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After years of ignoring it, I'm no longer able to fight the cloud urge. What's the best way to learn k8s in 2019?

a012 7y ago
I'd suggest to read "Kubernetes: Up and Running" book, it's short enough and cover basics of k8s. Also it's important to have hands-on k8s cluster, so Google Kubernetes Engine would help a lot about spinning up a cluster.
- funkymike 7y ago
  I had to get up to speed on k8s at work this year and from that experience I would recommend to use minikube at first. Only go to GKE or such once you outgrow minikube. Doing minikube first also makes for a nice way to develop an application. Minikube for local development and testing, then deploy to GKE for QA & prod.
maffydub 7y ago
For a very hands-on, getting-started tutorial, Katacoda is pretty awesome: https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes
smartbit 7y ago
With these these resources it will be difficult not to pass the CKA exam: - kubernauts.slack.com & https://twitter.com/kubernauts/ https://twitter.com/kubernauts/ - https://github.com/walidshaari/Kubernetes-Certified-Administrator https://github.com/walidshaari/Kubernetes-Certified-Administ... - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13EQKZSQDounPC1I6EC4PmqaRmdCrpT3qswQJz9KRCyE/edit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13EQKZSQDounPC1I6EC4P...
xena 7y ago
Banging your head into things until it works, then figuring out why it worked.
bryanlarsen 7y ago
I'd recommend GitLab Auto-DevOps, although I'm sure there are others in this space, which provides a Heroku-like experience on Kubernetes. That way you don't have to learn Kubernetes in one big bang. You'll still probably need/want to learn Kubernetes eventually so you know what GitLab is doing for you and some of the tradeoffs involved but it's not a roadblock to getting stuff done, and starts you off with a fairly sane configuration.
k__ 7y ago
I did so in the beginning unf 2018 and after reading around and talking to some cloud people, I got the impression that the best idea is going right for serverless unless you have a real need for the stuff tha k8s gives you over it.
tannhaeuser 7y ago
I think the originally-posted site has the answer for you [1] ;) Of course, it's slightly out of date and you need daaal and temple8 in 2019. [1] https://christine.website/blog/experimental-rilkef-2018-11-30 https://christine.website/blog/experimental-rilkef-2018-11-3...
falcolas 7y ago
The other suggestions are great; it boils down to run kubernetes and use it. I like minikube for my local system, but it won't help learn how to run Kubernetes itself.
sergiotapia 7y ago
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a012 7y ago

I'd suggest to read "Kubernetes: Up and Running" book, it's short enough and cover basics of k8s. Also it's important to have hands-on k8s cluster, so Google Kubernetes Engine would help a lot about spinning up a cluster.

funkymike 7y ago
I had to get up to speed on k8s at work this year and from that experience I would recommend to use minikube at first. Only go to GKE or such once you outgrow minikube. Doing minikube first also makes for a nice way to develop an application. Minikube for local development and testing, then deploy to GKE for QA & prod.

maffydub 7y ago

For a very hands-on, getting-started tutorial, Katacoda is pretty awesome: https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes

smartbit 7y ago

With these these resources it will be difficult not to pass the CKA exam: - kubernauts.slack.com & https://twitter.com/kubernauts/ https://twitter.com/kubernauts/ - https://github.com/walidshaari/Kubernetes-Certified-Administrator https://github.com/walidshaari/Kubernetes-Certified-Administ... - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13EQKZSQDounPC1I6EC4PmqaRmdCrpT3qswQJz9KRCyE/edit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13EQKZSQDounPC1I6EC4P...

xena 7y ago

Banging your head into things until it works, then figuring out why it worked.

bryanlarsen 7y ago

I'd recommend GitLab Auto-DevOps, although I'm sure there are others in this space, which provides a Heroku-like experience on Kubernetes. That way you don't have to learn Kubernetes in one big bang. You'll still probably need/want to learn Kubernetes eventually so you know what GitLab is doing for you and some of the tradeoffs involved but it's not a roadblock to getting stuff done, and starts you off with a fairly sane configuration.

k__ 7y ago

I did so in the beginning unf 2018 and after reading around and talking to some cloud people, I got the impression that the best idea is going right for serverless unless you have a real need for the stuff tha k8s gives you over it.

tannhaeuser 7y ago

I think the originally-posted site has the answer for you [1] ;) Of course, it's slightly out of date and you need daaal and temple8 in 2019. [1] https://christine.website/blog/experimental-rilkef-2018-11-30 https://christine.website/blog/experimental-rilkef-2018-11-3...

falcolas 7y ago

The other suggestions are great; it boils down to run kubernetes and use it. I like minikube for my local system, but it won't help learn how to run Kubernetes itself.

sergiotapia 7y ago

saving