Kubernetes Application Essentials

Kubernetes Application Essentials is a foundational, hands-on course focused on building, deploying, and managing applications on Kubernetes. The course introduces developers and technical professionals to the core concepts, tools, and workflows required to run containerized applications in a Kubernetes environment. Emphasis is placed on practical application development tasks such as defining workloads, managing configuration and secrets, implementing health checks, scaling applications, and exposing services. By the end of the course, learners will have the essential skills needed to work effectively with Kubernetes-managed applications and to transition into more advanced application development or certification tracks.

• Understand Kubernetes concepts from an application developer perspective
• Build and deploy containerized applications using Kubernetes primitives
• Create, read, and modify Kubernetes manifests using YAML
• Deploy and manage Pods, ReplicaSets, and Deployments
• Configure application health checks using readiness and liveness probes
• Manage application configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets
• Implement resource requests and limits for application workloads
• Scale and update applications using rolling update strategies
• Expose applications using Kubernetes Services
• Monitor and troubleshoot basic application issues using kubectl tools

• Application Developers working with containerized applications
• Engineers new to Kubernetes application deployment
• Technical team leads seeking a practical understanding of Kubernetes application workflows
• Professionals supporting or maintaining microservices-based applications
• Individuals preparing for advanced Kubernetes developer or certification tracks

• Basic understanding of containers and Docker concepts
• Familiarity with Linux command-line usage
• General knowledge of application development concepts
• No prior Kubernetes experience required