Kubernetes – Container Orchestration Made Practical ☸️¶

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source platform used to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications in production.

On DevopsPilot, Kubernetes is taught using a clear concept-first approach, followed by hands-on tutorials that mirror real-world DevOps usage.

🔰 What You’ll Learn Here¶

✔ Core Kubernetes concepts and architecture ✔ How Kubernetes manages containers at scale ✔ Practical usage of Pods, Deployments, and Services ✔ Hands-on Kubernetes setup and command usage

🧠 How Kubernetes Is Taught on DevopsPilot¶

Kubernetes learning here follows this progression:

Understand the core concepts
Set up a local Kubernetes cluster
Work with Kubernetes objects
Expose and manage applications
Apply configurations, storage, and security

💡 Kubernetes is powerful — learning it step by step makes it approachable.

📘 Kubernetes Learning Structure¶

Follow this order for best understanding 👇

🟢 Introduction¶

What is Kubernetes?
Why Kubernetes is needed
Key Kubernetes concepts
Basic architecture overview

🟡 Setup & Installation¶

Installing Minikube
Installing kubectl
Setting up a local cluster

🟠 Core Concepts¶

Pods
Labels & selectors
Namespaces

🔵 Workload Resources¶

Deployments
ReplicaSets
DaemonSets
StatefulSets

🟣 Configuration & Storage¶

ConfigMaps
Secrets
Volumes
StorageClasses

🟠 Service & Networking¶

Services
Ingress
Ingress Controllers (NGINX)

🔴 Security & Operations¶

Certificates (cert-manager)
Resource isolation
Basic security practices

⚙️ Command Reference¶

Imperative kubectl commands
Common operational commands

🛠 Real-World Use Cases¶

Running containerized applications in production
Managing microservices architectures
Scaling applications automatically
Performing rolling updates and rollbacks
Building cloud-native platforms

🎯 Who Should Learn Kubernetes Here?¶

✅ Docker users moving to orchestration ✅ DevOps engineers ✅ Cloud engineers ✅ Backend developers deploying to production

🚀 Start Learning¶

👉 Use the left navigation menu 👉 Start with What is Kubernetes? 👉 Then move to Minikube setup and hands-on tutorials