Containers and Kubernetes

 
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Training and Workshops

Containers have become a de-facto standard for packaging and distributing software. Kubernetes is the dominant platform for running containerized software in production.

Polar Squad is a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP), and our certified Kubernetes administrators are here to help your developers and operators get familiar with using containers and managing Kubernetes.

We offer multiple ready-made training packages and tailored workshop solutions customized to your needs.

Containers and Docker Basics

In the lectures and hands-on exercises, we take a deep dive into Docker and its various uses, from development and testing to production.

  • Fundamentals of containers

  • Business benefits

  • Basics of Docker

  • Best practices and use cases

  • Using containers in production

This training is aimed at everyone involved in software development.

  • Developers

  • Operations Engineers

Kubernetes for Developers

We provide details on the fundamentals and primitives of Kubernetes, and how to use them in practice.

  • Various deployment strategies

  • Load balancing

  • Exposing services outside of Kubernetes

  • Troubleshooting

  • Persistent disk storage

This training is aimed at people just starting their journey with Kubernetes.

  • Developers

  • Architects

Kubernetes for Operators

The lectures introduce the prerequisites of running a Kubernetes cluster and explain the overall topology. The hands-on exercises include deploying a Kubernetes cluster from scratch.

  • Master and worker node roles

  • Kubernetes internal database

  • Kubernetes networking

  • Kubernetes maintenance tasks

  • Running Kubernetes in production

This training is for people who are using or planning on using Kubernetes in production and have a beginner or intermediate familiarity with it.

  • Operations Engineers

  • Site Reliability Engineers

  • DevOps Specialists