DO001 - Getting Started With Kubernetes

Introduction

This workshop aims to provide the attendee a short tour of Kubernetes: explain what it is, basic building blocks as well as how to apply Kubernetes on production.

Duration

3 hours

Target audiences

• People who already have knowledge about docker and want to explore container orchestra solution

• Companies who plan to try Kubernetes on their environment

Requirements for the attendees

• Experienced with docker before

• Experienced with deploying apps on either cloud or on-premise (good to have but not require)

Prepare at home before workshop

• Docker (https://www.docker.com/)

• Kubectl (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/)

• Minikube (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/)

Learning outcome

• What's is Kubernetes and the problem it's trying to solve

• The building block of Kubernetes

• Hand-on experience with basic K8s operations (like how to deploy apps, scale up/down services, ...)

• Experience and sharing on running Kubernetes for production

• Have a sense when and when not to use Kubernetes

What won’t be included in this workshop

• How to setup a production-grade K8s cluster

• In-depth of K8s internal system (basic components will be introduced briefly)