Course description

Amazon EKS makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane. In this course, you will learn container management and orchestration for Kubernetes using Amazon EKS.

You will build an Amazon EKS cluster, configure the environment, deploy the cluster, and then add applications to your cluster. You will manage container images using Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) and learn how to automate application deployment. You will deploy applications using CI/CD tools. You will learn how to monitor and scale your environment by using metrics, logging, tracing, and horizontal/vertical scaling. You will learn how to design and manage a large container environment by designing for efficiency, cost, and resiliency. You will configure AWS networking services to support the cluster and learn how to secure your Amazon EKS environment.

Course level Intermediate

Duration 3 days

Activities

This course includes instructor lecture, presentations, hands-on labs, demonstrations, and group exercises/discussions.

Intended audience

This course is intended for people who provide container orchestration management in the AWS Cloud including:

• DevOps engineers
• Systems administrators

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Completed Introduction to Containers
• Completed Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer
• Completed AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (or equivalent real-world experience)
• Basic Linux administration experience
• Basic network administration experience
• Basic knowledge of containers and microservices

Course Outline

• Module 1: Kubernetes Fundamentals
• Module 2: Amazon EKS Fundamentals
• Module 3: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster
• Module 4: Deploying Applications to Your Amazon EKS Cluster
• Module 5: Configuring Observability in Amazon EKS
• Module 6: Balancing Efficiency, Resilience, and Cost Optimization in Amazon EKS
• Module 7: Managing Networking in Amazon EKS
• Module 8: Managing Authentication and Authorization in Amazon EKS
• Module 9: Implementing Secure Workflows
• Module 10: Managing Upgrades in Amazon EKS