Kustomize Mastery: Manage Kubernetes Configuration with Ease

In this course,  you will:

• Understand how Kustomize works.

• Understand how to use kustomize to manage kubernetes manifests for multiple environments from scratch.

• Apply kustomize to existing kubernetes configurations manifests.

• Assess and decide when to use Kustomize and when the use case isn’t suitable.

• Understand various ways to set up Kustomize and pros and cons of each.

Before taking this course, you should be:

• Familiar with what Kubernetes is and the basic structure of a Kubernetes manifest file.

• Have basic knowledge or experience working with YAML files.

• Interested in writing clean YAML code and applying best practices such as DRY (Dont Repeat Yourself) in your Kubernetes configurations.

This course is intended for:

• Beginner, Intermediate to advanced Kubernetes developers who are seeking new ways to manage their Kubernetes configurations.

• Developers who just want to get more familiar with Kustomize and the possibilities it offers.

• Developers looking for best practices around Kubernetes configuration management with minimal overhead. (I want to stick to YAML. I don't want to learn a new language just to manage my configurations).
  

Why you should take this course:

• Configuration management in Kubernetes becomes complicated the more you use it and the more complex your infrastructure gets, especially when you need to manage multiple environments.

• New Kubernetes developers end up duplicating their Kubernetes configurations across multiple environment directories, resulting in even more complication.

• Updating deployment manifests becomes really difficult when you need to make a simple manifest change, since this will need to be made in several places due to the duplication.

• Most other Kubernetes configuration management tools add more complexity to simple workflows, e.g. helm charts.

• The name “Kustomize” is just cool and now integrated into kubectl :)

  
  

Extra things that come with this course:

• Access to the course Slack team, for getting help/advice from me and other students.