Kubernetes Courses and Certifications

Kubernetes From Basics to Guru: Microservices

Build container-based microservices on Kubernetes: manage images with Docker and Podman, then use Istio Service Mesh to control service-to-service communication and traffic flow.

• Coursera
• 5 hours 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Docker and Kubernetes for ASP.NET Development

Containerize .NET APIs with Docker: write Dockerfiles, orchestrate multi-container apps and NGINX reverse proxies with Docker Compose, publish images, and deploy and scale on Kubernetes.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 2

Secure a Kubernetes cluster: apply network security policies, validate against CIS benchmarks, configure TLS ingress, protect nodes, verify platform binaries, and lock down the Dashboard with RBAC.

• Coursera
• 5 hours 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Kubernetes From Basics to Guru: GitOps

Manage cloud-native environments with GitOps: deliver zero-downtime updates, automate code sync using Flux, Argo CD and OpenShift Source-to-Image, and add observability.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Automating Kubernetes with GitOps

Automate Kubernetes delivery with GitOps: build container images, provision infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, write custom operators, and run pipelines with Tekton, Flux, and Argo CD.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Kubernetes & Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) Prep

Prepare for the KCNA exam: deploy Kubernetes clusters, work with pods, deployments, services, storage, RBAC and network policies, Helm charts, Prometheus and Grafana, and Argo CD.

• Coursera
• 16 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 3

Secure Kubernetes clusters by restricting API access, implementing RBAC, protecting user and service accounts, hardening the API server, and planning low-downtime upgrades with kubeadm.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Scale Kubernetes: Optimize Your Systems

Optimize Kubernetes resource use for ML workloads: analyze pod and node utilization metrics, tune Horizontal Pod Autoscalers on CPU, memory and custom metrics, and set requests and limits.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Using Role-based Access Control in Kubernetes Engine

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. After provisioning two service accounts to represent user personas and three namespaces for dev, test, and prod, you will test the access controls of the personals in each namespace.

• Coursera
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 4

Harden the systems under your Kubernetes cluster: minimize the host OS footprint, configure firewalls and logging, apply SecComp and AppArmor, and tighten RBAC roles.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 5

Enforce pod security and manage secrets in Kubernetes, isolate workloads with OPA Gatekeeper, gVisor and Kata Containers, and encrypt pod-to-pod traffic with Cilium.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 6

Secure the Kubernetes software supply chain: harden image registries, enforce image signing, run static analysis with KubeLinter and KubeSec, and automate scanning with Trivy and Kyverno.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 7

Harden running Kubernetes clusters: enforce container immutability, configure audit logging and log storage, detect threats with Falco rules, and investigate incidents via MITRE ATT&CK.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS): Unit 8

Practice exam-style Kubernetes security scenarios: secure API access, enforce pod security, apply network policies, encrypt secrets, harden clusters, and detect threats with Falco.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How to Use a Network Policy on Google Kubernetes Engine

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you learn how to improve the security of your Kubernetes Engine by applying fine-grained restrictions to limit intra-cluster network communication.

• Coursera
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course