Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Certification and Training

Overview

Amazon EKS makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane.

On this accelerated Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) course, you will learn container management and orchestration for Kubernetes using Amazon EKS. You will build an Amazon EKS cluster, configure the environment, deploy the cluster, and then add applications to your cluster. You will manage container images using Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) and learn how to automate application deployment. You will deploy applications using CI/CD tools. You will learn how to monitor and scale your environment by using metrics, logging, tracing, and horizontal/vertical scaling. You will learn how to design and manage a large container environment by designing for efficiency, cost, and resiliency. You will configure AWS networking services to support the cluster and learn how to secure your Amazon EKS environment.

In just 3 day’s you will also learn to:

Review and examine containers, Kubernetes and Amazon EKS fundamentals and the impact of containers on workflows.
Build an Amazon EKS cluster by selecting the correct compute resources to support worker nodes.
Secure your environment with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication by creating an Amazon EKS service role for your cluster
Deploy an application on the cluster.
Publish container images to ECR and secure access via IAM policy.
Automate and deploy applications, examine automation tools and pipelines.
Create a GitOps pipeline using WeaveFlux.
Collect monitoring data through metrics, logs, tracing with AWS X-Ray and identify metrics for performance tuning.
Review scenarios where bottlenecks require the best scaling approach using horizontal or vertical scaling. Assess the trade-offs between efficiency, resiliency, and cost and impact for tuning one over the other. Describe and outline a holistic, iterative approach to optimizing your environment.
Design for cost, efficiency, and resiliency.
Configure the AWS networking services to support the cluster.
Describe how EKS/Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) functions and simplifies inter-node communications. Describe the function of VPC Container Network Interface (CNI).
Review the benefits of a service mesh.
Upgrade your Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and third party tools.

At the end of this course, you’ll achieve your Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology you’ll certify at twice the speed of traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

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Audience

This course is intended for:

Those who will provide container orchestration management in the AWS Cloud including:

DevOps engineers

Systems administrators

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Benefits

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

Intensive group instruction
One-on-one instruction attention
Hands-on labs
Lab partner and group exercises
Question and answer drills
Independent study

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Curriculum

Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

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 in 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 in 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 version

Exam Track

none

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you we recommend that you will have the following prerequisites: Basic Linux administration experience Basic network administration experience Basic knowledge of containers and Kubernetes
Completed the free online course Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer
Ideally, completed an AWS Associate-level certification or have equivalent experience
At a bare minimum, the equivalent knowledge gained by attending the AWS Technical Essentials

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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"Highly recommended!"
Yuchen Wang, Engineer. (8/5/2023 (Monday) to 11/5/2023 (Thursday))

"Great instructor, very disciplined, good knowledge and very patiently explained. Its like a boot camp and a very structured approach is taken to make you ready for exam and also increase your knowledge. Any one can join if you meet the prerequisites."
Mahesh Kukrani. (8/5/2023 (Monday) to 11/5/2023 (Thursday))

"Very skilled teacher and helpful discussions."
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"Thanks for this intensive and quite productive training session !"
Alain Dedeurwaerder. (22/5/2018 (Tuesday) to 24/5/2018 (Thursday))

"Very impressed with the dedication from the instructor and how well structured the sessions are. The course is very intense since it's only 3 days long, however, the quality of the training makes it worthwhile. I'd recommend going in person since you will find it much easier to focus and likely get more out of the course overall."
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