Kubernetes and Gitlab Training Course
Gitlab serves as a comprehensive DevOps lifecycle platform, offering CI/CD capabilities for project planning and management. Kubernetes acts as an orchestration system designed to automate application deployment. By leveraging Gitlab alongside Kubernetes, users can streamline the automation of builds and deployments within containerized cloud environments.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is specifically designed for DevOps engineers who aim to utilize Kubernetes and Gitlab to automate the DevOps lifecycle.
Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:
- Automating application builds, tests, and deployments.
- Establishing an automated build infrastructure.
- Deploying applications to a containerized cloud environment.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Extensive exercises and practical practice.
- Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Overview
- What is CI?
- What is CD?
Gitlab at a Glance
- What is Gitlab?
- Gitlab features
- Gitlab CI
Preparing the DevOps environment
- Installing and configuring Auto DevOps in Gitlab
Kubernetes
- Integrating Kubernetes
- Creating Kubernetes clusters
- Creating a Kubernetes instance
- Using Gitlab SSH keys
Stages, Artifacts, and Dependencies
- Placing jobs into stages
- Using cache
- Defining and using Artifacts
Gitlab Auto DevOps
- Working with Helm
- Using Auto DevOps
- Configuring Gitlab runner
- Adding repository
Automated Deployment
- Deploying to Kubernetes
Debugging
- Handling errors
Testing
- Integration and functional testing
Monitoring
- Using Prometheus
- Gathering metrics
Securing
- Hardening pipelines and pipeline systems
Troubleshooting
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- An understanding of DevOps
Audience
- DevOps Engineers
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Course - Kubernetes and Gitlab
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