Kubernetes and Gitlab Training Course
GitLab is a DevOps lifecycle platform that offers CI/CD capabilities for project planning and management. Kubernetes serves as an orchestration system for automating application deployment. By leveraging GitLab and Kubernetes, users can automate builds and deployments to containerized cloud environments.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets DevOps engineers looking to utilize Kubernetes and GitLab to automate the DevOps lifecycle.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Automate application builds, tests, and deployments.
- Establish an automated build infrastructure.
- Deploy applications to a containerized cloud environment.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Extensive exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Overview
- What is CI?
- What is CD?
GitLab at a Glance
- What is GitLab?
- GitLab features
- GitLab CI
Preparing the DevOps environment
- Installing and configuring Auto DevOps in GitLab
Kubernetes
- Integrating Kubernetes
- Creating Kubernetes clusters
- Creating a Kubernetes instance
- Using GitLab SSH keys
Stages, Artifacts, and Dependencies
- Placing jobs into stages
- Using cache
- Defining and using Artifacts
GitLab Auto DevOps
- Working with Helm
- Using Auto DevOps
- Configuring GitLab runner
- Adding repository
Automated Deployment
- Deploying to Kubernetes
Debugging
- Handling errors
Testing
- Integration and functional testing
Monitoring
- Using Prometheus
- Gathering metrics
Securing
- Hardening pipelines and pipeline systems
Troubleshooting
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- An understanding of DevOps
Audience
- DevOps Engineers
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Daniel Wegner - Fraunhofer IOSB
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