Launching EKS clusters on AWS may incur costs. Be sure to monitor your AWS billing dashboard and clean up resources after your labs.
Course Curriculum
| Module | Topics | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals | What is EKS? When to use it? | Understand EKS architecture and use cases |
| Networking | VPC integration, CNI plugins, Best practices | Configure secure, scalable cluster networking |
| Storage | Persistent storage for StatefulSets, AWS volume options | Provision and manage EBS, EFS, and FSx for Kubernetes |
| Security | IAM roles for service accounts, Pod identities, Secrets | Secure cluster access with IAM and External Secrets |
| Load Balancing | ALB, NLB architectures, Ingress controllers | Route external traffic efficiently to your workloads |
| Compute & Scaling | Fargate vs. Managed Node Groups vs. Karpenter | Choose the right compute model for optimal scaling |
| Upgrades & Maintenance | Monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus), Cluster upgrades | Implement seamless upgrades and proactive monitoring |