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Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads

Google Cloud via Coursera

Go to Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/deploying-workloads-google-kubernetes-engine-gke

Introduction

Create and manage workloads in Google Kubernetes Engine.

Explain how pod networking works in Google Kubernetes Engine.

Define and work with different Kubernetes storage abstractions.

Syllabus

Workloads Course Introduction

In this introduction, you'll explore the course goals and preview each section.

Workloads: Deployments and Jobs

In this section of the course, you'll learn to manage Kubernetes Deployments, Jobs, and CronJobs to deliver applications and automate tasks. You'll also explore cluster scaling techniques to optimize performance and resource utilization.

Google Kubernetes Engine Networking

In this section of the course, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of Kubernetes networking. You'll delve into how pods and clusters communicate, create services to expose your applications to the network, and configure load balancers for external access. You'll also examine container-native load balancing and master the configuration of Google Kubernetes Engine Networking for optimal performance and security.

Persistent Data and Storage

In this section of the course, you'll unlock the secrets of Kubernetes storage. You'll learn how to define and work with Kubernetes storage abstractions, ensuring your applications have access to persistent data. You'll also discover how to manage sets of Pods efficiently using StatefulSets, decouple configuration from Pods using ConfigMaps, and securely manage sensitive access and authentication data. Finally, you'll practice configuring persistent storage for Google Kubernetes Engine, ensuring your data remains safe and accessible.

Workloads Course Summary

The course closes with a summary of the key points covered in each section.

Overview

In "Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads," you'll embark on a comprehensive journey into cloud-native application development. Throughout the learning experience, you'll explore Kubernetes operations, deployment management, GKE networking, and persistent storage. This is the first course of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine series. After completing this course, enroll in the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Production course."

Skills

Cloud Computing Google Cloud Platform

Reviews

I think more diagrams with interactive animations should be used in the networking part to make it more simulating.

This was one of the best courses on GCP so far - really helpful in understanding micro services development on Kubernetes.

Excellent course covers lot of ground learnt a lot. Thanks Google team for designing this insightful course

Really good resource to learn to manage kubernetes workloads. I learnt loads of new stuff including Kubernetes jobs, container native load balancing and much more

A very heavy and interesting course. It definitely a course that I will be using as a reference as it has way too much information to just take on one go.