Introduction to Kubernetes Workshop

Introduction to containers and Kubernetes. Overview of the "what" and "why" of Docker containers and an overview of container orchestration with Kubernetes. In addition to lecture and discussion will be some hands on labs to demonstrate how to install the required tools and see how containers work in practice. Attending this session will give you the basic skills to explore and experiment with containers to determine how they best fit your use cases, or just to have fun with them!

Agenda Overview

Presentation and Discussion

In this segment we'll spend about 30 minutes talking through the basics:

What are "containers" and where did they come from?
What's the difference between containers and Virtual machines?
What's "container orchestration" and what's Kubernetes all about?

10 minute break

Exercises

lab 00: Creating a working environment
lab 01: Running your first docker container
lab 02: Building your own docker container

Getting Started with Minikube

lab 03: Running Kubernetes with Minikube
lab 04: Deploying a containers to minikube

Deploying an application on minikube

lab 05: Containerize and deploy a node.js application

Discussion and Questions