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Operational Considerations for Virtual Infrastructure Administrators

This course covers operational considerations tailored for virtual infrastructure administrators who want to build a Kubernetes stack for development teams.

6 Lessons1:21:07
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Lessons

1

Lesson 1Intermediate7:31

Introduction to Operational Considerations

In this lesson, you'll gain an overview of the course and why it's important to look at building an integrated Kubernetes stack.

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Lesson 2Intermediate16:47

Networking Considerations

Kubernetes has lots of layered networks from containers to pods to nodes and service level networks. All these networking requirements have to be considered to build an effective stack. This lesson covers how Kubernetes implements this via its Container Networking Interface or CNI.

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Lesson 3Intermediate20:58

Storage Considerations

Applications running on Kubernetes need storage. Because of the dynamic nature of applications that Kubernetes enables, it is imperative to have dynamic storage capabilities. In this lesson, we talk about the various ways Kubernetes provisions storage using the Container Storage plugins can be implemented.

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Lesson 4Intermediate16:02

Security Considerations

Because Kubernetes molds the infrastructure it runs on to match the application state, it becomes important to make sure there are effective security policies that make sure the API is secure and there are certain guardrails implemented. This lesson covers some of the basic security aspects to consider while building a Kubernetes stack.

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Lesson 5Intermediate16:58

Access and Quota Management

Kubernetes has its own access control mechanisms for each cluster. In this lesson, we cover what to consider when implementing access control for users and implementing quota management to avoid unnecessary infrastructure sprawl.

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Lesson 6Intermediate2:51

Top Takeaways from Operations Considerations for Virtual Infrastructure Administrators

To wrap the course up, we’ll spend a few minutes reviewing the key takeaways from the course.

Instructor

Boskey Salva

Boskey Savla is Technical Marketing Manager @VMware focusing on Cloud Native Applications, she has 15 years of experience in systems and operations.

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