This course will teach you how to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster. It also serves as preparation for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.
Kubernetes for App Developers (LFD459)




- Who You Are
- The Linux Foundation
- Linux Foundation Training
- Certification Programs and Digital Badging
- Platform Details

- Components of Kubernetes
- Challenges
- The Borg Heritage
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Terminology
- Control Plane Node
- Worker Nodes
- Pods
- Services
- Operators
- Single IP per Pod
- Networking Setup
- CNI Network Configuration File
- Pod-to-Pod Communication
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- Resource Recommendations
- Labs

- Containerizing an Application
- Creating the Dockerfile
- Hosting a Local Repository
- Creating a Deployment
- Running Commands in a Container
- Multi-Container Pod
- readinessProbe
- livenessProbe
- startupProbe
- Testing
- Helm
- Labs

- Decoupled Resources
- Transience
- Flexible Framework
- Managing Resource Usage
- Using Label Selectors
- Multi-Container Pods
- Sidecar Container
- Adapter Container
- Ambassador
- initContainer
- Custom Resource Definitions
- Points to Ponder
- Jobs
- Labs

- Introducing Volumes
- Volume Spec
- Volume Types
- Shared Volume Example
- Persistent Volumes and Claims
- Persistent Volume
- Persistent Volume Claim
- Dynamic Provisioning
- Secrets
- Using Secrets via Environment Variables
- Mounting Secrets as Volumes
- Portable Data with ConfigMaps
- Using ConfigMaps
- Deployment Configuration Status
- Scaling and Rolling Updates
- Deployment Rollbacks
- Labs

- Accessing the API
- Authentication
- Authorization
- RBAC
- RBAC Process Overview
- Admission Controller
- Security Contexts
- Pod Security Policies
- Pod Security Standards
- Network Security Policies
- Network Security Policy Example
- Default Policy Example
- Labs

- Services Diagram
- Service Update Pattern
- Accessing an Application with a Service
- Service without a Selector
- ClusterIP
- NodePort
- LoadBalancer
- ExternalName
- Ingress Resource
- Ingress Controller
- Service Mesh
- Labs

- Basic Troubleshooting Steps
- Ongoing (Constant) Change
- Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Pods
- Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Node and Security
- Basic Troubleshooting Flow: Agents
- Monitoring
- Logging Tools
- Monitoring Applications
- System and Agent Logs
- Conformance Testing
- More Resource
- Labs

Basic Linux command line and file editing skills and be familiar with using a programming language (such as Python, Node.js, Go). Knowledge of Cloud Native application concepts and architectures (such as is taught in our free Introduction to Kubernetes edX MOOC) is helpful for this course.
Please note, Kubernetes Administration (LFS458) is not a pre-requisite for this course. There is overlap in the course materials as each one is designed to stand alone and aligns with the related exams.