Kubernetes Services and Ingress: Types and Routing
Master Kubernetes service types and Ingress controllers to expose your applications inside and outside the cluster with proper load balancing and routing.
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Kubernetes Storage: PersistentVolumes, Claims, and StorageClasses
Implement persistent storage in Kubernetes using PersistentVolumes, PersistentVolumeClaims, and StorageClasses for stateful applications across different cloud providers.
Kubernetes Workload Resources: Deployments, StatefulSets, and DaemonSets
Understand Kubernetes workload resources—when to use Deployments for stateless apps, StatefulSets for clustered workloads, and DaemonSets for node-level agents.
Kustomize: Native Kubernetes Configuration Management
Use Kustomize for declarative Kubernetes configuration management without Helm's templating—overlays, patches, and environment-specific customization.
Multi-Cloud Strategy: Portability and Tradeoffs
Design for multi-cloud environments—avoiding vendor lock-in, managing multiple cloud providers, and understanding the real tradeoffs of multi-cloud architectures.
Network Security: VPC, Firewall Rules, and Service Mesh mTLS
Design network security for cloud-native applications using VPCs, network policies, and mutual TLS for service-to-service encryption.
The Observability Engineering Mindset: Beyond Monitoring
Move beyond monitoring with structured logs, metrics, and traces. Learn how SLOs, sampling, OpenTelemetry, and team practices improve incident debugging.
OCI Artifacts: Distributing Container Images and Helm Charts
Package and distribute container images, Helm charts, and other artifacts using the OCI (Open Container Initiative) specification for portable artifact management.
Policy as Code: Guardrails and Compliance with OPA and Sentinel
Enforce infrastructure compliance and governance automatically using Policy as Code with Open Policy Agent (OPA), HashiCorp Sentinel, or AWS Policy.
Pulumi: Infrastructure as Actual Code
Use Pulumi to define infrastructure using real programming languages—TypeScript, Python, Go, C#—enabling loops, conditionals, and full IDE support for IaC.