Frequently Asked Questions

Beginner
17 Lessons
1h 24m

The cloud native world is deep and wide. In order to help you navigate questions you may have we created a course that is a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help you get quick answers to questions you may have and help you determine if you want to learn more about a particular topic.

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Why Containers?

Why Containers?

What are the driving factors that led to the creation of containers?

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What is a Container?

What is a Container?

Understanding the basics of Containers by visiting this fundamental question.

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7m
Virtual Machines vs Containers

Virtual Machines vs Containers

Comparing and contrasting the differences between Containers and Virtual Machines.

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8m
What is Kubernetes?

What is Kubernetes?

High level overview of what Kubernetes is and what it bring to the table.

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5m
Why did Kubernetes win?

Why did Kubernetes win?

Kubernetes has become the most popular container orchestration platform despite being launched later than alternative platforms. In this FAQ, we address some of the factors that helped Kubernetes achieve that status despite alternative solutions.

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What is a Pod?

What is a Pod?

What is the Pod object in Kubernetes, how does it work, and why do we need it?

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Build a Simple Container

Build a Simple Container

How to make a Hello World image and run a container from it.

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What is a Namespace?

What is a Namespace?

Watch this short video on resource organization and how to use namespaces.

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What is GitOps?

What is GitOps?

A quick video to describe the overview, principles, and operational use cases of GitOps

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What is YAML?

What is YAML?

Learn more about what is YAML in this quick introductory video.

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How Do We Use Yaml in Kubernetes?

How Do We Use Yaml in Kubernetes?

Learn how yaml is applied to Kubernetes to create and read objects.

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What is the API server?

What is the API server?

In this lesson, you will learn about the API server.

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What is a Config Map?

What is a Config Map?

Take this lesson to learn what a config map is.

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What is Carvel?

What is Carvel?

Learn about Carvel, an open source, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project.

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What are Labels?

What are Labels?

Understand what labels and their functions are in Kubernetes.

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What is a Kubernetes Cluster?

What is a Kubernetes Cluster?

Learn about a Kubernetes cluster and its composition.

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What is OPA?

What is OPA?

Learn what the OPA (open policy agent) is and how it's used make policy decisions for your software.

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