Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

Course Certification

This course helps you prepare to take the:

AWS Certified Developer – Associate Exam ;

Course Outline

Module 1: Kubernetes Fundamentals

• Container Orchestration
• Kubernetes objects
• Kubernetes internals

Module 2: Amazon EKS Fundamentals

• Introduction to Amazon EKS
• Amazon EKS Control Plane
• Amazon EKS data plane
• Fundamentals of Amazon EKS security
• Amazon EKS API

Module 3: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster

• Configuring your environment
• Creating an Amazon EKS cluster
• Demo: Deploying a cluster
• Deploying worker nodes
• Demo: Completing a cluster configuration
• Preparing for Lab 1: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster

Module 4: Deploying Applications to Your Amazon EKS Cluster

• Configuring Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
• Demo: Configuring Amazon ECR
• Deploying applications with Helm
• Demo: Deploying applications with Helm
• Continuous deployment on Amazon EKS
• GitOps and Amazon EKS
• Preparing for Lab 2: Deploying Applications

Module 5: Configuring Observability in Amazon EKS

• Configuring observability in an Amazon EKS cluster
• Collecting metrics
• Using metrics for automatic scaling
• Managing logs
• Application tracing in Amazon EKS
• Gaining and applying insight from observability
• Preparing for Lab 3: Monitoring Amazon EKS

Module 6: Balancing Efficiency, Resilience, and Cost Optimization in Amazon EKS

• The high level overview
• Designing for resilience
• Designing for cost optimization
• Designing for efficiency

Module 7: Managing Networking in Amazon EKS

• Review: Networking on AWS
• Communicating in Amazon EKS
• Managing your IP space
• Deploying a service mesh
• Preparing for Lab 4: Exploring Amazon EKS Communication

Module 8: Managing Authentication and Authorization in Amazon EKS

• Understanding the AWS shared responsibility model
• Authentication and authorization
• Managing IAM and RBAC
• Demo: Customizing RBAC roles
• Managing pod permissions using RBAC service accounts

Module 9: Implementing Secure Workflows

• Securing cluster endpoint access
• Improving the security of your workflows
• Improving host and network security
• Managing secrets
• Preparing for Lab 5: Securing Amazon EKS

Module 10: Managing Upgrades in Amazon EKS

• Planning for an upgrade
• Upgrading your Kubernetes version
• Amazon EKS platform versions

Course Mode

Instructor-Led Remote Live Classroom Training;

Trainers

Trainers are Amazon AWS accredited instructors and certified in other IT technologies, with years of practical experience in the sector and in training.

Lab Topology

For all types of delivery, the participant can access the equipment and actual systems in our laboratories or directly in international data centers remotely, 24/7. Each participant has access to implement various configurations, Thus immediately applying the theory learned. Below are some scenarios drawn from laboratory activities.