Kubernetes Fundamentals For Beginners (Hands-on)

Name: Kubernetes Fundamentals For Beginners (Hands-on)
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Learn the fundamentals of Kubernetes. This course is for beginners, freshers, devops engineers, managers.

Created byGanesh Velrajan

Last updated 11/2025

English

What you'll learn

Be able to understand, deploy and administer Kubernetes Platform
Create Docker container images for web applications
Create a multi-node, production grade Kubernetes Cluster with High Availability
Create, Run and Manage Docker Containers at Cloud scale in a Kubernetes Cluster
Horizontally scale each microservices application, on demand and expose the microservice using a load balancer service.
Upgrade, downgrade applications running in a live production system using Kubernetes
Rollback to the previous working version of the application, if there was any problem with the upgrade.
Perform server maintenance activities in a live production Kubernetes Cluster, without any application downtime.

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 29m total length

Introduction to Virtualization Technologies12:16

Introduction to Kubernetes6:20
Learn how Kubernetes orchestrates containers at global scale, offering self-healing, rolling upgrades, rollback, high availability, and an open-source API that manages cluster resources.
Kubernetes Architecture3:26
Kubernetes Cluster Demo - Lab Setup Intro1:19
Set up a Kubernetes cluster lab in Google Cloud with a master and two worker nodes; deploy pods and containers, and configure the Kaliko CMA plugin for networking.
VM Creation in Google Cloud Platform - Demo3:06
Our goal is to create a 3 node Kubernetes Cluster. In this video, we'll create 3 Virtual Machines - one VM would function as a Kubernetes Master Node and the remaining two VM's would function as Kubernetes Worker Nodes.
We'll use the Google Cloud Platform to create the 3 Ubuntu Virtual Machines.
Kubernetes Cluster Configuration - Demo9:08
In this video, we'll put together a Kubernetes Cluster using the 3 Ubuntu Virtual Machines we created in the previous video. Our goal is to create a 3 node Kubernetes cluster( one master node and two worker nodes)
Minikube3:44
Kubernetes Pods3:08
Discover deploying a hello world app with Kubernetes pods using a Docker image and a YAML pod spec. Understand how pods host containers, expose ports, and have IPs and storage.
Kubernetes Pod - Demo1:23
Create a hello world app in a Kubernetes pod per the specifications, use describe to verify the pod, and observe the container listening on port 80 and related pod events.
Kubernetes Deployment2:01
Kubernetes Deployment Demo1:48
Deploy a hello world application with a Kubernetes deployment, monitor pod status, confirm pods run in the cluster, and note ip addresses assigned to nodes.
Kubernetes Service4:10
Expose multiple hello world pods behind a single external ip using a kubernetes service and load balancer, routing traffic to the pods via labels and port in the service yaml.
Kubernetes Service Demo3:20
When you build a 3 node cluster with one master and two worker nodes, the pods will be distributed between the two worker nodes.
You'll notice a problem when you try to refresh the browser or poll the URL multiple times, similar to what the script does.
This problem has something to do with the networking in the Kubernetes.
This is because I use the IP address of one of the worker nodes as the load-balancer external IP address. So the pods running in that worker node would respond, but the pods running in the other worker node couldn't be reached. Eventhough the IP addresses of both worker nodes are pingable from each other.
This seems to be a bug in the Kubernetes Calico CNI driver.
To workaround this problem, I drained and brought down the other worker node, so that all pods run in the worker node who's IP address has been assigned to the load-balancer service. This will enable the load balancer to talk to all pods.
This is just to clarify the issue and make you be aware of the issue. Hope you could work around it when you try it on your own.

Scale Up and Scale Down Pods1:19
Learn how dynamic business needs drive scale up and scale down of pods, illustrated by two demos: a hello world app from 2 to 15 pods and back to 3.
Scale Up and Scale Down Pods - Demo3:30
DevOps with Kubernetes2:26
DevOps with Kubernetes - Software Update Demo3:19
Learn to rebuild a docker image, publish it, and perform a rolling update in Kubernetes to deploy the new hello world version, then verify the change in the browser.
DevOps with Kubernetes - Software Rollback Demo1:28
Kubernetes High Availability1:42
Explore how Kubernetes high availability maintains service during node maintenance by draining pods and redistributing workloads, with two demos on maintenance and bringing the node back to the cluster.
Kubernetes High Availability - Demo3:04
Drain node 2 to shift hello world pods to node 1, then re-enable node 2 and add three more pods to balance load automatically during a Kubernetes high availability demo.
Delete Deployment, Service and Cluster Nodes0:26
Learn to delete deployments and services, and dismantle a Kubernetes cluster by resetting and deleting the master nodes.
Delete Deployment, Service and Cluster Nodes3:23

Requirements

Some Basic Understanding on Linux
We cover from the very basics - From Virtual Machines to Docker Containers to Kubernetes
Anyone from any background can easily understand this course.

Description

This course on Kubernetes for Beginners, was primarily designed with the beginners in mind. I also have published a free course on Docker Containers for Beginners in Udemy which is a pre-requisites for this course.

In addition to covering everything you need to known about Dockers Containers and Kubernetes, this course also covers the very basics on virtualization, Virtual Machines, Containers and cloud technologies, including Docker Containers.

This is a hands-on Kubernetes crash course with a lot of Labs, and Demos.

Here is a brief summary of what you'll learn in this course:

Virtual Machines,
Docker containers,
Difference between Docker and Kubernetes
What is Kubernetes
Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm
Why Google Open Sourced Kubernetes
What is the need for Kubernetes,
What is the problem that Kubernetes addresses
How end users benefit from Kubernetes,
Kubernetes Competitors
How to create a real multi-node Kubernetes Cluster in Google Cloud Platform
How to create a Minikube cluster on your laptop or VM.
How to create, run and manage Docker Containers as Pods in Kubernetes Cluster at cloud scale
How to create a Kubernetes Deployment
How to create a Kubernetes Load Balancer Service
Basics on Microservices Architecture
How to scale up and Scale down Pods in Kubernetes Cluster
How to perform DevOps workflow (rollout and rollback software updates to Pods) in a Kubernetes Cluster
How to drain a Kubernetes Node for maintenance using High Availability
How to add back the node to the cluster after the maintenance.
How to dismantle the Kubernetes Cluster.

This is a hands-on Kubernetes course with a lot of Labs, and Demos.

The course was created by a very senior technical architect and devops guru who has more than 16 years of experience in working for various silicon valley companies.

***Please Note***

If you are not completely satisfied with the course, you can request for a full refund from Udemy anytime within the first 30 days.

Who this course is for:

Software Developers, DevOps Engineers, Application Developers, Software Test Engineers, IT admins, Managers, Executives, or Anyone who's interested in learning Docker Containers and Kubernetes

Kubernetes Fundamentals For Beginners (Hands-on)

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 12min

Microservices Architecture1 lecture • 3min

Kubernetes12 lectures • 43min

Kubernetes - Advanced Topics9 lectures • 21min

Kubernetes - Very Advanced Topics1 lecture • 10min

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