Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - A Complete Practical Guide

Name: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - A Complete Practical Guide
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GKE Enterprise, Standard GKE, Kubernetes in GCP, Ingress, Gateway, Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, FUSE, Scaling,Loadbalacing

Created byK8s Point - Training House for GCP, AI & Kubernetes

Last updated 6/2026

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What you'll learn

You will know everything that you need to know about Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Course full of Demos and practical implementation of GKE
This course covers all the aspects of GKE including newer features like Gateway, FUSE and many more
Anthos Service Mesh / Istio Service Mesh in GKE
Understand how to attach a Persistent Disk or Google File Store to a pod using Volume
Perform Cloud Storage Bucket integration ( using FUSE) with GKE Pods
Various aspects of connecting to Cloud SQL
Implement connecting to SQL with Cloud SQL Auth Proxy as both sidecar and service implementation
Scaling options in GKE including Horizontal Pod Autoscaling, Vertical Pod Autoscaling, Nodepool Scaling, Cluster Autoscalling
RBAC Implementation in GKE with example
All the aspects of Security in a GKE cluster
Kubernetes Ingress implemetation
Kubernetes Gateway implementation
Securing your application with Certificates
Public GKE Cluster and Private GKE Cluster
Autopilot GKE Cluster and Standard GKE Cluster
Release management in GKE with Kubernetes upgrade process
Real world implementation of GKE
Workload Identity in GCP
GKE Enterprise - Complete Practical Implementation

Course content

24 sections • 199 lectures • 20h 15m total length

Introduction1:28
Course Presentation0:10
Kubernetes Architecture6:40
Explore the Kubernetes architecture, detailing the control plane, etcd, API server, scheduler, and controller manager, plus how cloud controller, kubelet, and kube-proxy manage pods on nodes.
GKE Architecture7:15
GKE - Configuration Choices3:25
Standard vs Autopilot Cluster10:40
GCP Public vs Private VMs2:33
GKE Private Cluster9:28
GKE Public Cluster2:31
Standard vs Enterprise Tier Cluster3:33
GKE Availability Choices5:12
Section Quiz

Section Introduction0:31
Note on New GKE Screen Options1:37
Creating a Standard Cluster - Part 19:49
Creating a Standard Cluster - Part 217:40
Creating a Standard Cluster - Part 316:45
Public/Private Node - New Option1:15
Creating a Autopilot Cluster7:00
Accessing the Cluster - Options2:39
Accessing the Cluster - From Laptop3:44
Connect to a Kubernetes cluster from a local laptop using gcloud auth login and the auth plugin, authenticating with your Gmail ID. Verify with kubectl by creating a test pod.
Accessing the Cluster - From Cloud Shell1:24
Accessing the Cluster - From Compute Instance6:00
install below 2 components to use Kubernetes from compute engine

sudo apt-get install google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
sudo apt-get install kubectl

Section Introduction0:38
Using Kubectl - Shortcuts and Autocomplete3:19
Understanding Pod and Deployment14:07
Explore pods as containers wrapped by Kubernetes with support for multiple containers and sidecar patterns, and learn deployments that manage pod replicas, replica sets, and declarative YAML with kubectl workflows.
Understanding Services9:22
Sample App3:46
Create Backend Deployment & Service6:48
Create Frontend Deployment & Service6:57
Create and expose a front end deployment and service in GKE, using environment variables, a back end service DNS, and a load balancer to connect front end to back end.
See Loadbalancer in Action4:34
Loadbalancer with a Static IP5:48
Allocate and reserve an external static IP in GCP, then bind it to your load balancer service to keep a stable address even if you recreate the service.
Using Config Map for Frontend App7:27
Section Quiz

Load Balancer Introduction6:55
Nodeport Service in Kubernetes9:59
Loadbalancing Open in Kubernetes7:43
Explore how to expose apps outside the cluster using load balancer type services, ingress, and gateway in GKE, with internal and external options and TCP pass-through details.
Creating an External Loadbalancer5:24
Creating an internal Loadbalancer4:16
Loadbalancer with Static IP3:56
Container Native Loadbalancing in GKE10:48
Health Check with Loadbalancer6:16

Requirements

Basic of Google Cloud Platform
Minimal Kubernetes idea

Description

A complete course on GKE which covers all the aspects of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with demos and practical implementation.

Teaches basic of Kubernetes along with GKE implementation. This course covers real world implementation of GKE in a corporate environment. Learn how to use GKE in your work

Covers topic:

Different type of GKE cluster
Public Cluster, Private Cluster, Standard GKE Cluster, Autopilot GKE Cluster, Regional Cluster, Zonal Cluster
Enterprise GKE
Implementing GKE topics with sample app for each understanding
Anthos Service Mesh / Istio Service Mesh in GKE
Kubernetes Ingress implementation in GKE
Kubernetes Gateway implementation in GKE
Attach a Persistent Disk to a pod as Volume
Attach a Filestore to a pod as Volume
Attach a GCP Bucket ( Cloud Storage) to a pod as Volume using FUSE
Different type of Services in Kubernetes and loadbalancer implementation
RBAC implementation in GKE
Kubernetes cluster upgrade process
Release management
Cloud SQL connection option ( secure and insecure) from GKE
Workload Identity
Cloud SQL Auth Proxy
Sidecar container implementation
Horizontal Pod Autoscaling
Vertical Pod Autoscaling
GKE cluster autoscaling
Multi Cluster Ingress
Multi Cluster Gateway
Autopilot Cluster with merits and limitations
Security Posture Management
Binary Authorization
Workload Scanning in GKE
Service Account best practice in GCP and Kubernetes
RBAC with roles and responsibility with demo
Release channel in GKE
Exposing application with loadbalancer
Probes in Kubernetes
Healthcheck with Loadbalancer

Who this course is for:

Anyone looking to learn Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine from basic
Google Cloud implementation of Kubernetes

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - A Complete Practical Guide

What you'll learn

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Course content

Architecture11 lectures • 53min

Cluster Creation & Access11 lectures • 1hr 8min

Deploying and Exposing App10 lectures • 1hr 3min

Connecting to Cloud SQL10 lectures • 42min

Cloud SQL Auth Proxy7 lectures • 43min

Using Volumes in GKE - Introduction3 lectures • 32min

Using Volumes in GKE - Persistent Storage6 lectures • 45min

Using Volumes in GKE - File Store5 lectures • 25min

Using Volumes in GKE - Cloud Storage ( Buckets)4 lectures • 33min

Loadbalancer with GKE8 lectures • 55min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: