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Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

Course Summary:

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 Duration:

Course Content:

Day 1

Module 0: Course Introduction

Course preparation activities and agenda

Module 1: Kubernetes Fundamentals

Container orchestration
Kubernetes objects
Kubernetes internals

Module 2: Amazon EKS Fundamentals

Introduction to Amazon EKS
Amazon EKS control plane
Amazon EKS data plane
Fundamentals of Amazon EKS security
Amazon EKS API

Module 3: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster

Configuring your environment
Creating an Amazon EKS cluster
Demo: Deploying a cluster
Deploying worker nodes
Demo: Completing a cluster configuration
Preparing for Lab 1: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster

Module 4: Deploying Applications to Your Amazon EKS Cluster

Configuring Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
Demo: Configuring Amazon ECR
Deploying applications with Helm
Demo: Deploying applications with Helm
Continuous deployment in Amazon EKS
GitOps and Amazon EKS
Preparing for Lab 2: Deploying Applications

Day 2

Module 5: Configuring Observability in Amazon EKS

Configuring observability in an Amazon EKS cluster
Collecting metrics
Using metrics for automatic scaling
Managing logs
Application tracing in Amazon EKS
Gaining and applying insight from observability
Preparing for Lab 3: Monitoring Amazon EKS

Module 6: Balancing Efficiency, Resilience, and Cost Optimization in Amazon EKS

The high level overview
Designing for resilience
Designing for cost optimization
Designing for efficiency

Module 7: Managing Networking in Amazon EKS

Review: Networking in AWS
Communicating in Amazon EKS
Managing your IP space
Deploying a service mesh
Preparing for Lab 4: Exploring Amazon EKS Communication
Day 3

Module 8: Managing Authentication and Authorization in Amazon EKS
- Understanding the AWS shared responsibility model
- Authentication and authorization
- Managing IAM and RBAC
- Demo: Customizing RBAC roles
- Managing pod permissions using RBAC service accounts
Module 9: Implementing Secure Workflows
- Securing cluster endpoint access
- Improving the security of your workflows
- Improving host and network security
- Managing secrets
- Preparing for Lab 5: Securing Amazon EKS
Module 10: Managing Upgrades in Amazon EKS
- Planning for an upgrade
- Upgrading your Kubernetes version
Amazon EKS platform versions