Learning Path

Kubernetes Primer

Cluster, node, pod, deployment, service, ingress—what they are and how they relate.

Kubectl and First Deployment

Install kubectl, connect to a cluster, deploy a sample app, and inspect the resulting objects.

YAML, Deployments, and Services

Manifests, labels, selectors, replicas, and service types—with practical YAML.

Ingress, Config, and Secrets

Ingress basics, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and security caveats—plus real examples.

Operations Handbook

Debug pods, read events, manage rollouts, and navigate common failure modes with restraint.

The Control Plane

Governance of desired state: declarative truth, admission, and authority that guides convergence.

Reconciliation

Controllers, drift correction, and calm self-healing: the discipline of returning to intent.

Scheduling

Placement as stewardship: resources, fairness, constraints, and the rite of efficient execution.

Service and Network

Communication, discovery, ingress, and trust boundaries: the paths by which workloads speak.

Observability and Memory

Logs, metrics, traces, events, and audit: the archive that preserves truth across incidents.