This course is designed for aspiring DevOps professionals and IT enthusiasts. Dive deep into the intricacies of services and networking, mastering the skills necessary to efficiently manage and optimize application traffic within your Kubernetes clusters. Through hands-on labs and expert-led lessons, you'll gain practical experience and a solid understanding of essential networking concepts, ensuring you're well-equipped to tackle real-world challenges.



Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD): Unit 4
This course is part of Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Specialization

Instructor: Pearson
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What you'll learn
Master Kubernetes networking fundamentals and service creation.
Configure and manage Ingress and Gateway API for optimized traffic control.
Implement network policies and integrate services with DNS for seamless operations.
Troubleshoot network issues effectively with practical lab exercises.
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This course is about services and networking. It has two lessons. In the first lesson, you'll find a generic introduction to Kubernetes networking and how to service resources used in that. Next, you'll find a lesson about ingress and the recently introduced Gateway API resource.
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