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KubExperience

Operate Kubernetes clusters with confidence and context.

Three half-day labs that take your team from running toy clusters to shipping production workloads with the right guardrails. We blend control-loop theory with hands-on debugging so you leave ready to run real clusters.

Format
3 × 4-hour sessions
Level
Intermediate

Inside the series

  1. Module 1 · Control loops & platform anatomy

    Understand how the scheduler, controller manager, and operators reconcile desired state.

    • Navigating the Kubernetes API and event stream
    • Designing for reconciliation and drift
    • Hands-on: dissecting workloads with `kubectl` & `k9s`
  2. Module 2 · Scaling workloads without pager fatigue

    Practice building smart autoscaling and resilience patterns for modern services.

    • Horizontal vs. event-driven scaling with KEDA
    • Request/limit strategies and cost-aware scheduling
    • Hands-on: building a metrics-driven scaling plan
  3. Module 3 · Stateful services and the platform toolbox

    • Storage classes, CSI drivers, and data durability
    • Secrets, configuration, and policy enforcement
    • Hands-on: deploying a production-ready stateful workload