Master the skills required to run and deploy containerized applications using Kubernetes in this free online course. Kubernetes is an open-source platform for automating containerized application deployment, scaling and management. It consists of several components that communicate with one another via the API server to package applications in a standardized manner. This course will teach you the fundamentals of Kubernetes, which will help you get started in your professional DevOps career. Discover microservices, deployments, Kubectl and Minikube.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 196170 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Identify the various services Kubernetes can be run on • Outline the properties of a pod in Kubernetes • List and discuss the components of Kubernetes • Explain the uses of container deployment engines • List and explain various Kubernetes terminologies • Summarize the working principles of deployments • Discuss the roles of Etcd within Kubernetes • Distinguish between clusters, nodes, and pods • Recall various commands used in Kubernetes • Identify the steps required to deploy a containerized application • Summarize the installation requirements for minikube • Explain the benefits of DevOps in deploying software |
| Course Code | 4912 |

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