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11 Resources that will make you a Kubernetes wizard in no time

Kubernetes is a complicated beast. There are many moving parts under the hood. Simplifying Container orchestration isn’t easy.

Here are 11 Resources that will make you a Kubernetes wizard in no time:

1. A Beginner’s Guide to Kubernetes

A comprehensive introduction to Kubernetes architecture.

πŸ”— https://medium.com/containermind/a-beginners-guide-to-kubernetes-7e8ca56420b6

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2. A Guide to the Kubernetes Networking Model

An in-depth run-through of Kubernetes networking.

πŸ”— https://sookocheff.com/post/kubernetes/understanding-kubernetes-networking-model/

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3. Amazon EKS Best Practices Guide for Security

This guide provides advice about protecting information, systems, and assets that are reliant on EKS while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies.

πŸ”— https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/

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4. Configuring HA Kubernetes cluster on bare metal servers with kubeadm

A guide to standing up a HA Kubernetes cluster on bare metal servers with kubeadm.

πŸ”— https://kubeclusters.com/docs/How-to-Deploy-a-Highly-Available-kubernetes-Cluster-with-Kubeadm-on-CentOS7

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5. Introduction to Using Google Kubernetes Engine; Explain Like I’m Five!

Creating your first managed Kubernetes cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine using Terraform.

πŸ”— https://faun.pub/google-kubernetes-engine-explain-like-im-five-1890e550c099

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6. Kubernetes Network Policy Recipes

This repository contains various use cases of Kubernetes Network Policies and sample YAML files to leverage in your setup.

πŸ”— https://github.com/ahmetb/kubernetes-network-policy-recipes

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7. Kubernetes The Hard Way

Kubernetes The Hard Way guides you through bootstrapping a highly available Kubernetes cluster with end-to-end encryption between components and RBAC authentication.

πŸ”— https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

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8. Production grade Kubernetes Monitoring using Prometheus

An in-depth guide to deploying Prometheus monitoring solution.

πŸ”— https://faun.pub/production-grade-kubernetes-monitoring-using-prometheus-78144b835b60

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9. The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes

Graphical explanations of Kubernetes.

πŸ”— https://youtube.com/watch?v=3I9PkvZ80BQ

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10. Troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments

A flow chart to troubleshoot a Kubernetes deployment in case of issues.

πŸ”— https://learnk8s.io/troubleshooting-deployments

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11. Writing Your First Kubernetes Operator

In this article, we’ll see how to build and deploy your first Kubernetes Operator using the Operator SDK.

πŸ”— https://faun.pub/writing-your-first-kubernetes-operator-8f3df4453234

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krlz

Grafana with prometheus is one of the best for monitoring and have a big picture of the apps, I replaced fully the logs in my backend code for proper metrics to visualize the users interaction

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Pragyan Tripathi

Absolutely. They are incredible and most reliable.

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Indika_Wimalasuriya

Very useful links. Thanks for sharing

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Pragyan Tripathi

Your welcome. I am glad you liked them.