Kubernetes Architecture
Understand API server, scheduler, controllers, etcd, kubelet and reconciliation.
Open module →Batch 03 · Container orchestration
Kubernetes & AKS Academy
Understand Kubernetes control loops, workload primitives and production AKS operations.
13 structured modulesDevOps, SRE and platform engineers
Pods
Use the smallest deployable unit correctly and understand lifecycle behaviour.
Open module →ReplicaSets
Understand replica control and why deployments normally own ReplicaSets.
Open module →Deployments
Perform rolling releases, rollbacks and controlled application updates.
Open module →DaemonSets
Run node-level agents for logging, networking and security.
Open module →StatefulSets
Manage stable identity, ordered rollout and persistent storage.
Open module →Services
Provide stable discovery using ClusterIP, NodePort and LoadBalancer.
Open module →Ingress
Route external HTTP traffic with controllers, TLS and host/path rules.
Open module →Volumes
Use ephemeral and persistent storage with PVs, PVCs and storage classes.
Open module →ConfigMaps
Externalise non-secret application configuration safely.
Open module →Secrets
Handle sensitive configuration while recognising base64 is not encryption.
Open module →AKS Operations
Operate node pools, upgrades, identity, networking, policy and monitoring.
Open module →Kubernetes Troubleshooting
Use events, logs, describe, probes, DNS and network checks systematically.
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