Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS258) Online Training Course
Length
3 days / 3 weeks
Price
$1,120 USD
Days
Mon - Fri
Why Choose This Course
Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258 is the Linux Foundation’s instructor-led training that builds practical skills for deploying, securing, and operating Kubernetes in production. The updated course uses hosted, in‑browser labs so you can practice cluster installation, workloads, services, Ingress and the Gateway API without local setup, reflecting real cloud‑native environments.
Kubernetes skills remain in high demand as organizations standardize on container orchestration for microservices, data platforms, and AI workloads. LFS258 develops the hands‑on capability to manage clusters responsibly, including configuring access, implementing network policies, handling persistent storage, and diagnosing issues under pressure—competencies that employers expect from administrators and platform engineers.
The course content is vendor‑neutral and exam‑aligned, helping you learn, prepare, and practice for roles that require day‑to‑day Kubernetes administration without over‑promising outcomes.A certificate of course attendance is included.
Prerequisites
- There are no formal prerequisites for this course. A working knowledge of Linux is recommended; the Linux Foundation also suggests its free Introduction to Kubernetes as helpful preparation.
Exam
Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Exam code: CKA.
Books
- Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258 course material included.
Delivery
- Live virtual online training attend in real-time from anywhere
Skills Gained
- Install and configure Kubernetes clusters suitable for production use.
- Understand Kubernetes architecture, control plane components, and worker nodes.
- Authenticate, authorize, and interact with the Kubernetes API, including RBAC.
- Create and manage core objects: pods, ReplicaSets, deployments, daemonsets, and jobs.
- Manage application state and rollouts with deployments and rollbacks.
- Package and customize applications with Helm and Kustomize.
- Configure services, CoreDNS, and traffic routing with Ingress and the Gateway API.
- Implement persistent storage with volumes, PersistentVolumes, and PersistentVolumeClaims.
- Apply security best practices including secrets management and network policies.
- Schedule workloads effectively using resource requests/limits and affinities.
- Troubleshoot clusters and workloads using logs and systematic diagnostics.
- Design for high availability across the control plane and critical services.
Audience
- IT administrators, systems engineers, DevOps and platform engineers, SREs, and cloud engineers who need practical Kubernetes administration skills aligned to the CKA domains.
Course Schedule & Pricing
Choose the schedule that fits your life — all options include full course materials & certification support
Full-time immersion for rapid certification readiness.
Balance your career while you upgrade your skills.
Maximum flexibility for busy working professionals.
Outline
- Course introduction and lab environment
- Kubernetes basics and core concepts
- Cluster installation and configuration with production considerations
- Kubernetes architecture: control plane, nodes, and components
- APIs and access: authentication, authorization, and kubectl usage
- API objects: namespaces, pods, ReplicaSets, deployments, daemonsets, jobs, cronjobs
- Managing state, rollouts, and rollbacks with deployments
- Packaging with Helm charts and customization with Kustomize
- Volumes and data: PVs, PVCs, storage classes, reclaim policies
- Services: ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, endpoints
- Ingress controllers and Ingress resources; Gateway API fundamentals
- Scheduling: resource requests/limits, taints, tolerations, node affinity
- Logging, monitoring signals, and troubleshooting workflow
- Custom Resource Definitions and operators overview
- Security: secrets, service accounts, RBAC, and network policies
- High availability for the control plane and etcd basics
- CoreDNS configuration and service discovery
- Extension interfaces: CNI, CSI, CRI overview
- Workload autoscaling concepts and probes for health management
- CKA domain review and exam‑aligned practice
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
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