Introduction
Course Overview
Course tutors
- Paris Cristian-Tănase (Cristi)
- Popescu Adrian (Adi)
- Cosma George (George)
Course structure
- First day: local setup, importance of containerization and orchestration, container basics, containers vs virtual machines
- Docker + docker compose
- Kubernetes
- Deployment + NGINX
What is this course about?
The goal of this course is to teach you about containers and orchestration with Kubernetes. After this course, you will be able to deploy an application into production that can serve users worldwide with minimal latency and headache for you, and the development team (which may include you 😎).
In brief, containerization is packaging an application and its dependencies into a standardized unit, known as a container. This container can then be easily moved between environments, ensuring consistency and reliability across different systems.
We care about containerization because it allows developers to build, test, and deploy applications more efficiently. By isolating applications within containers, we can avoid conflicts between dependencies and ensure that the application runs consistently regardless of the underlying infrastructure.
Orchestration is managing and coordinating multiple containers in a distributed environment. This includes tasks such as scaling containers up or down, load balancing traffic between containers, and ensuring high availability of the application. Kubernetes is a popular orchestration tool that helps automate these tasks, making it easier to manage containerized applications at scale.
By the end of this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to deploy and manage containerized applications in a production environment.
Setup instruction for required tools
You need to install the following tools to solve the workshop:
- Docker and Docker Compose (see the manual)
- Kubectl (see the manual)
- Minikube (see the manual)
- WSL2 (if you have Windows) (follow the install instructions)