Containerization technologies and orchestration solutions like Kubernetes are the cornerstones of building efficient microservice-based scalable and reliable applications. This course deals with the nature, design, and development of container-based systems and cloud-native services. The knowledge acquired in the course is hardened through practical tasks.

The goals of the course

• Give students knowledge and understanding of the nature of containerization, container orchestration solutions and using them to design cloud-native systems.
• Provide hands-on experience in managing Kubernetes services, deployments, and creating cloud-native applications.
• Introduce recent developments in the domain

Prerequisites

Students who take this course should be:

• Comfortable with Linux
  • Linux command line
  • Using VMs
• Comfortable with different programming and configuration languages
  • Python
  • Some JavaScript
  • Web programming
    • External APIs
    • REST
  • YAML (and JSON)

NB! Using a personal laptop is necessary in the labs. If you do not have one, you should be able to lend laptop from the institute.

Course communication

• Course Zoom
  • Used for Lecture broadcast.
• Course Slack
  • Used for course discussion, lab support.
  • You have to be logged in and student of the course to see the link here. (Contact Pelle if you can not see the link)
• Study Information System (SIS)
  • Course announcements will be sent through SIS.
    • Make sure your email is configured in SIS so you do not miss any important information

Learning Outcomes

• The architecture and building blocks of Kubernetes
• How to build microservices using Kubernetes
• How to configure, administer, and deploy services
• How to test, scale, and monitor Kubernetes applications
• How to design reliable cloud-native applications