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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Built for experienced IT Professionals familiar with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in an on-premises environment or Citrix Cloud looking to expand their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops skills to an advanced level. Potential students include administrators or engineers responsible for the Citrix Apps and Desktop 7 Site. Overview After completing this course you should be able to: Configure Workspace Environment Management to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption Implement App Layering skills, for example how to create and administer OS, platform, application, elastic and user layers Migrate to Workspace Environment Management Students will learn to build and combine App Layers to optimize management of your app and desktop images and to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve log-on times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines. Students will leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions and features in their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 site. Introduction to App Layering App Layering Introduction Architecture and How it Works The OS Layer Creating an OS Layer The Platform Layer Creating a Platform Layer The App Layers Creating App Layers Creating Elastic App and User Layers Elastic App Layering User Layers Deploying a Layered Image using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Using Templates in App Layering Using Layered Images in a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site Exploring Layer Priority Layer Priority Maintaining an App Layering Environment Updating Layers Maintaining and Updating the App Layering Environment Common App Layering Considerations and Additional Resources Introduction to Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Introduction WEM Administration Using WEM to Centralize Environment Management Managing User Resources with WEM Managing Profiles with WEM Managing Endpoints with the WEM Transformer Feature Using WEM for Performance Optimizing Machine Performance with WEM Optimizing User Experience with WEM Using WEM to Secure Environments WEM Security Features Migrating and Upgrading WEM Migrating to WEM Upgrading a WEM Deployment WEM Multi-Location Considerations Additional course details: Nexus Humans CWS-314 Citrix App Layering and WEM Administration training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the CWS-314 Citrix App Layering and WEM Administration course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for the following participants: Cloud professionals who intend to take the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. Overview Candidates will be able to identify skill gaps and further areas of study. Candidates will also be directed to appropriate target learning resources. Students in this course will prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect Certification Exam. They will rehearse useful skills including exam question reasoning and case comprehension, tips and review of topics from the Infrastructure curriculum. Understanding the Professional Cloud Architect Certification Position the Professional Cloud Architect certification among the offerings Distinguish between Associate and Professional Provide guidance between Professional Cloud Architect and Associate Cloud Engineer Describe how the exam is administered and the exam rules Provide general advice about taking the exam Sample Case Studies MountKirk Games Dress4Win TerramEarth Designing and Implementing Review the layered model from Design and Process Provide exam tips focused on business and technical design Designing a solution infrastructure that meets business requirements Designing a solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements Design network, storage, and compute resources Creating a migration plan Envisioning future solution improvements Resources for learning more about designing and planning Configuring network topologies Configuring individual storage systems Configuring compute systems Resources for learning more about managing and provisioning Designing for security Designing for legal compliance Resources for learning more about security and compliance Optimizing and Operating Analyzing and defining technical processes Analyzing and defining business processes Resources for learning more about analyzing and optimizing processes Designing for security Designing for legal compliance Resources for learning more about security and compliance Advising development/operation teams to ensure successful deployment of the solution Resources for learning more about managing implementation Easy buttons Playbooks Developing a resilient culture Resources for learning more about ensuring reliability Next Steps Present Qwiklabs Challenge Quest for the Professional CA Identify Instructor Led Training courses and what they cover that will be helpful based on skills that might be on the exam Connect candidates to individual Qwiklabs, and to Coursera individual courses and specializations. Review/feedback of course Additional course details: Nexus Humans Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Examination training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Examination course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Solutions Architects who are new to designing and building cloud architectures Data Center Architects who are migrating from on-premises environment to cloud architectures Other IT/cloud roles who want to understand how to design and build cloud architectures Overview Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices Use AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available Use AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs Use the Well Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions This course combines Architecting on AWS and Advanced Architecting on AWS to offer a comprehensive, immersive course in cloud architecture. It covers all aspects of how to architect for the cloud over 5 days. You will learn how to design cloud architectures, starting small and working to large-scale enterprise level designs?and everything in between. Starting with the Well Architected Framework, you will be immersed in AWS services like compute, storage, database, networking, security, monitoring, automation, optimization, benefits of de-coupling applications and serverless, building for resilience, and understanding costs. Using hands-on labs, you will apply knowledge from lectures to gain skills. Course Outline The Well-Architected Framework Networking with AWS Core AWS concepts, knowledge, and services, including designing your environment and making your environment highly available Event-driven scaling Automation Decoupling Building for resilience Optimization Serverless designs Data security Advance networking topics Migration How to grow your architecture from small to extremely large Additional course details: Nexus Humans Architecting on AWS Accelerator training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting on AWS Accelerator course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for using the advanced features of vRealize Automation in enterprise deployments. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives Describe and configure the vRealize Automation in a clustered enterprise deployment using VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager™ Scale VMware Identity Manager™ to support High Availability. Configure security certificates in vRealize Automation from external Certificate Authorities. Describe the clustered deployment architecture, including Kubernetes pods and services. Create and configure advanced blueprints with complex YAML and cloudConfig. Use vRealize Automation advanced blueprints to deploy an actual 2-tier DB-Server using MySQL and phpMyAdmin. Practice troubleshooting techniques with advanced YAML blueprints in vRealize Automation. Use advanced VMware NSX-TTM Data Center networking features including NAT, routed networks, load balancers, security groups, and tags. Use VMware Code Stream™ to integrate vRealize Automation with Kubernetes. Create Code Stream pipelines. Create and use Ansible playbooks that integrate with vRealize Automation. Configure vRealize Automation to integrate with Puppet. Configure and use ABX actions to create day-2 actions and interface with PowerShell scripts. Use vracli commands, log files, and VMware vRealize Log Insight™ to troubleshoot vRealize Automation and vRealize Automation deployments. This five-day course is a follow-on to the VMware vRealize© Automation? Install, Configure, Manage course. In this course you go deeper into the advanced features of vRealize Automation to deploy user systems and interface vRealize Automation with other platforms and you learn how to deploy an enterprise-level cluster environment using LCM. This course relies heavily on hands-on labs. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives vRealize Automation Clustered Deployment Use LCM in a clustered deployment Configure External Certificates Configure NSX-T Data Center load balancer Install vRealize Automation using Clustered Deployment Scale VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability vRealize Automation Clustered Deployment Architecture List of Kubernetes Pods The vRealize Automation Kubernetes Architecture Relationship of Kubernetes Pods to Services Logs and their locations Blueprint deployment workflow with Kubernetes Service interaction Backup strategies and potential problems Advanced Blueprints Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front-end server and a MySQL database server Use troubleshooting techniques to debug problems in advanced YAML blueprints List the log files that can aid in troubleshooting blueprint deployment Advanced Networking Use VMware NSX-T Data Center advanced features in blueprints Interfacing to IPAMs Use NSX-T Data Center NAT in blueprints Use NSX-T Data Center routed networks Use NSX-T Data Center load balancers Use NSX-T Data Center security groups Use tags with NSX-T Data Center network profiles Using vRealize Orchestrator Create Day-2 Actions with vRealize Orchestrator workflows Troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator cluster issues Use vRealize Orchestrator to add computer objects to Active Directory when vRealize Automation deploys blueprints Use a tagging approach to vRealize Orchestrator workflows Use dynamic forms with vRealize Orchestrator Using ABX Actions Determine when to use ABX and when to use vRealize Orchestrator Use ABX to create day-2 Actions Call PowerShell from ABX Kubernetes Integration Create a Kubernetes namespace from vRealize Automation Connect to an existing Kubernetes cluster Automate the deployment of an application to a Kubernetes cluster with Code Stream Use Kubernetes in Extensibility Code Stream Create and use CI/CD pipelines Use the Code Stream user interface Add states and tasks to a Code Stream pipeline Integrate code from Code Stream with Git Using GitLab Integration Configure the GitLab Integration Use Gitlab with blueprints Configuration Management Describe the use case of Ansible and Ansible Tower Connect to Ansible Tower Use Ansible playbooks Use Puppet in configuration management Troubleshooting vracli commands and when to use them Check the status of Kubernetes pods and services Correct the state of pods and services Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation infrastructure problems Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation failures to deploy blueprints and services Use vRealize Log Insight for troubleshooting Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [v8.x] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [v8.x] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is suitable for anyone responsible for configuring, managing or supporting a Veeam Availability Suite v11 environment. This includes Senior Engineers and Architects responsible for creating architectures for Veeam environments. Overview After completing this course, attendees should be able to: Describe Veeam Availability Suite components usage scenarios and relevance to your environment. Effectively manage data availability in on-site, off-site, cloud and hybrid environments. Ensure both Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) are met. Configure Veeam Availability Suite to ensure data is protected effectively. Adapt with an organization's evolving technical and business data protection needs. Ensure recovery is possible, effective, efficient, secure and compliant with business requirements. Provide visibility of the business data assets, reports and dashboards to monitor performance and risks. Design and architect a Veeam solution in a real-world environment Describe best practices, review an existing infrastructure and assess business/project requirements Identify relevant infrastructure metrics and perform component (storage, CPU, memory) quantity sizing Provide implementation and testing guidelines in line with designs Innovatively address design challenges and pain points, matching appropriate Veeam Backup & Replication features with requirements Veeam Certified Architect is the highest level of Veeam technical certifications. Engineers who complete both Veeam Availability Suite v11: Configuration and Management and Veeam Backup & Replication V11: Architecture and Design programs (courses + exams) will be granted with the 'Veeam Certified Architect' (VMCA) title by Veeam. Introduction Veeam Availability Suite v11: Configuration and Management Describe RTOs and RPOs, what they mean for your business, how to manage and monitor performance against them The 3-2-1 Rule and its importance in formulating a successful backup strategy Identify key Veeam Availability Suite components and describe their usage scenarios and deployment types Building backup capabilities Backup methods, the appropriate use cases and impact on underlying file systems Create, modify, optimize and delete backup jobs, including Agents and NAS Backup jobs. Explore different tools and methods to maximize environment performance Ensure efficiency by being able to select appropriate transport modes while being aware of the impact of various backup functions on the infrastructure Building replication capabilities Identify and describe the options available for replication and impacts of using them Create and modify replication jobs, outline considerations to ensure success Introduce the new Continuous Data Protection (CDP) policy Secondary backups Simple vs. advanced backup copy jobs, how to create and modify them using best practices to ensure efficient recovery Discuss using tapes for backups Advanced repository capabilities Ensure repository scalability using a capability such as SOBR on-premises and off-site including integration with cloud storage Ensure compatibility with existing deduplication appliances Introduce the new hardened repository Protecting data in the cloud Review how Veeam can protect the data of a cloud native application Review how Veeam Cloud Connect enables you to take advantage of cloud services built on Veeam Review how Veeam can be used to protect your Office 365 data Restoring from backup Ensure you have the confidence to use the correct restore tool at the right time for restoring VMs, bare metal and individual content such as files and folders Utilize Secure Restore to prevent the restoration of malware Describe how to use Staged Restore to comply with things like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before releasing restores to production Identify, describe and utilize the different explores and instant recovery tools and features Recovery from replica Identify and describe in detail, failover features and the appropriate usage Develop, prepare and test failover plans to ensure recovery Disaster recovery from replica to meet a variety of real-world recovery needs Testing backup and replication Testing backups and replicas to ensure you can recover, what you need, when you need to Configure and setup virtual sandbox environments based on backup, replicas and storage snapshots Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and Veeam ONE Introduce the concept of monitoring your virtual, physical and cloud environments with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and Veeam ONE? Configuration backup Locate, migrate or restore backup configuration Introduction Veeam Backup & Replication v11: Architecture and Design Review the architecture principles Explore what a successful architecture looks like Review Veeam?s architecture methodology Discovery Analyze the existing environment Uncover relevant infrastructure metrics Uncover assumptions and risks Identify complexity in the environment Conceptual design Review scenario and data from discovery phase Identify logical groups of objects that will share resources based on requirements Create a set of detailed tables of business and technical requirements, constraints, assumptions and risks Review infrastructure data with each product component in mind Create high level design and data flow Logical design Match critical components and features of VBR with requirements Create logical groupings Determine location of components and relationship to logical grouping Aggregate totals of component resources needed per logical grouping Calculate component (storage, CPU, memory) quantity sizing Physical/tangible design Convert the logical design into a physical design Physical hardware sizing Create a list of physical Veeam backup components Implementation and Governance Review physical design and implantation plan Review Veeam deployment hardening Describe the architect?s obligations to the implementation team Provide guidance on implementation specifics that relate to the design Validation and Iteration Provide framework for how to test the design Further develop the design according to a modification scenario

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Cloud Architects, Security Experts, and Network Administrators requiring in depth knowledge on CloudGuard Network Security products. Overview Discuss AWS Platform Components and their relationship to Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. Explain how to maintain a secure, efficient, and stable cloud environment. Describe the components and constraints of a hub and spoke security environment. Describe the function of the Cloud Management Extension. Explain the purpose of identity and access controls and constraints in different cloud platforms. Explain the steps required to configure Identity and Access controls in AWS. Describe the purpose and function of the CloudGuard Controller, its processes, and how it is tied to the Identity Awareness feature. Explain how to design and configure Cloud Adaptive Policies. Discuss the purpose and function of Data Center Objects. Describe the function and advantages of Cloud Service Provider (CSP) automation templates for instance and resource deployments. Explain how CSP templates can be used for maintenance tasks in the cloud environment. Discuss Third-Party Automation tools, how they can simplify deployment and maintenance tasks, and the constraints associated with them. Discuss Scaling Solutions and Options for Cloud Environments. Explain the Scaling Options in AWS. Describe the workflow for configuring scaling solutions in AWS. Discuss how ClusterXL operates and what elements work together to permit traffic failover. Explain how ClusterXL functions differently in a Cloud Environment. Describe how clusters are created and function in AWS. Discuss the elements involved in Hybrid Data Center deployments, the advantages of them, and the constraints involved. Explain the nature of a 'Greenfield' deployment, the advantages of it, and the constraints involved. Describe the components and constraint involved in deploying a Disaster Recovery Site in the cloud. Discuss the steps required for troubleshooting automation in AWS. Explain the steps required for troubleshooting Scaling Solution issues in AWS. Describe the steps required for troubleshooting clusters in AWS. Learn advanced concepts and develop skills needed to design and administer CloudGuard Network Security Environments. Course Outline Create an SSH Key Pair. Create a VPC. Deploy an SMS. Connect to SmartConsole. Review the IAM Role. Configure the Cloud Management Extension. Configure the Access Control Policy. Create the AWS Data Center Object. Create Access Control Policy with a Data Center Object. Create the AWS VPC Spokes. Deploy the Web Servers into the Spoke VPCs. Create the AWS Auto Scale Deployment. Create the External and Internal Load Balancers. Create the VPC for the Auto Scale Deployment. Create the VPC Peers. Deploy the CloudGuard Cluster Template. Create the AWS VPN Gateway. Configure the Tunnel Interfaces. Configure the Static Routes. Configure the Network Objects. Configure the VPN Community. Configure the Security Policy. Test the Traffic. Troubleshoot the CloudGuard Controller. Debug the CloudGuard Controller. Debug the Cloud Management Extension Additional course details: Nexus Humans CNSE-AWS Check Point Network Security Expert for AWS training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the CNSE-AWS Check Point Network Security Expert for AWS course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours Overview At the completion of this course, students already familiar with the RHCT/RHCSA administration skills will have exposure to all competencies tested by the RHCSA and RHCE exams. This course is designed for experienced Linux administrators who require networking and security administration skills. Getting Started with the Classroom Environment Given a virtualized environment, begin to administrate multiple systems using prerequisite skills Enhance User Security Configure system to use Kerberos to verify credentials and grant privileges via sudo Bash Scripting and Tools Automate system administration tasks utilizing Bash scripts and text-based tools File Security with GnuPG Secure files with GnuPG. Software Management Use yum plugins to manage packages and understand the design of packages to build a simple package Network Monitoring Profile running services then capture and analyze network traffic Route Network Traffic Configure system to route traffic and customize network parameters with sysctl Secure Network Traffic Secure network traffic through SSH port forwarding and iptables filtering/network address translation (NAT) NTP Server Configuration Configure an NTP server Filesystems and Logs Manage local file system integrity, monitor system over time, and system logging Centralized and Secure Storage Access centralized storage (iSCSI) and encrypt filesystems SSL-encapsulated Web Services Understand SSL certificates and deploy an SSL encapsulated web service Web Server Additional Configuration Configure web server with virtual hosts, dynamic content, and authenticated directories Basic SMTP Configuration Configure an SMTP server for basic operation (null client, receiving mail, smarthost relay) Caching-Only DNS Server Understand DNS resource records and configure a caching-only name server File Sharing with NFS Configure file sharing between hosts with NFS File Sharing with CIFS Configure file and print sharing between hosts with CIFS File Sharing with FTP Configure file sharing with anonymous FTP Troubleshooting Boot Process Understand the boot process and recover unbootable systems with rescue mode Additional course details: Nexus Humans Enterprise Linux System Admin 3 with Exam Prep training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Enterprise Linux System Admin 3 with Exam Prep course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Administrator Architect Database Administrator Overview To provide an acceptable response time to users and manage resources effectively, you learn how to monitor performance and manage resources within the multitenant container database and its pluggable databases, and within each pluggable database. Another important aspect is the data movement between non-CDBs and pluggable databases, and between pluggable databases. It is also important to understand the procedures of upgrading an Oracle Database multitenant container database or an Oracle Database pluggable database. Finally, students discover the way multitenant container database and pluggable databases are created and monitored in the Cloud. This course covers all aspects of the multitenant architecture, providing detailed information on the components of an Oracle multitenant container database and its regular and application pluggable databases. You learn why and how to create and manage a multitenant container database and its regular and application pluggable databases, with storage structures appropriate for the business applications. You practice cold and hot cloning, plugging unplugged pluggable databases in multitenant container databases using various methods. CDB BasicsCDB and Regular PDBsApplication PDBs and Application InstallationPDB CreationCDB and PDB ManagementStorageSecurityBackup and DuplicateRecovery and FlashbackPerformance MonitoringResources AllocationData MovementUpgrade methods

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Anyone who plans to work with Kubernetes at any level or tier of involvement Any company or individual who wants to advance their knowledge of the cloud environment Application Developers Operations Developers IT Directors/Managers Overview All topics required by the CKAD exam, including: Deploy applications to a Kubernetes cluster Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments, DaemonSets Self-healing and observable applications Multi-container Pod Design Application configuration via Configmaps, Secrets Administrate cluster use for your team A systematic understanding of Kubernetes architecture Troubleshooting and debugging tools Kubernetes networking and services Kubernetes is a Cloud Orchestration Platform providing reliability, replication, and stability while maximizing resource utilization for applications and services. By the conclusion of this hands-on training, you will go back to work with all necessary commands and practical skills to empower your team to succeed, as well as gain knowledge of important concepts like Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration. We prioritize covering all objectives and concepts necessary for passing the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam. You will command and configure a high availability Kubernetes environment (and later, build your own!) capable of demonstrating all ?K8s'' features discussed and demonstrated in this course. Your week of intensive, hands-on training will conclude with a mock CKAD exam that matches the real thing. Kubernetes Architecture Components Understand API deprecations Containers Define, build and modify container images Pods Master Services Node Services K8s Services YAML Essentials Creating a K8s Cluster kubectl Commands Kubernetes Resources Kubernetes Namespace Kubernetes Contexts Pods What is a Pod? Create, List, Delete Pods How to Access Running Pods Kubernetes Resources Managing Cloud Resource Consumption Multi-Container Pod Design Security Contexts Init Containers Understand multi-container Pod design patterns (e.g. sidecar, init and others) Pod Wellness Tracking Networking Packet Forwarding ClusterIP and NodePort Services Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services Ingress Controllers Use Ingress rules to expose applications NetworkPolicy resource Demonstrate basic understanding of NetworkPolicies Network Plugins Defining the Service Mesh Service mesh configuration examples ReplicaSets Services ReplicaSet Function Deploying ReplicaSets Deployments Deployment Object Updating/Rolling Back Deployments Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates Deployment Strategies Use Kubernetes primitives to implement common deployment strategies (e.g. blue/green or canary) Scaling ReplicaSets Autoscaling Labels and Annotations Labels Annotations Node Taints and Tolerations Jobs The K8s Job and CronJob Understand Jobs and CronJobs Immediate vs. scheduled internal use Application Configuration Understanding and defining resource requirements, limits and quotas Config Maps Create & consume Secrets Patching Custom Resource Definition Discover and use resources that extend Kubernetes (CRD) Managing ConfigMaps and Secrets as Volumes Storage Static and dynamic persistent volumes via StorageClass K8s volume configuration Utilize persistent and ephemeral volumes Adding persistent storage to containers via persistent volume claims Introduction to Helm Helm Introduction Charts Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages Application Security Understand authentication, authorization and admission control Understand ServiceAccounts Understand SecurityContexts Application Observability and Maintenance Use provided tools to monitor Kubernetes applications How to Troubleshoot Kubernetes Basic and Advanced Logging Techniques Utilize container logs Accessing containers with Port-Forward Debugging in Kubernetes Hands on Labs: Define, build and modify container images Deploy Kubernetes using Ansible Isolating Resources with Kubernetes Namespaces Cluster Access with Kubernetes Context Listing Resources with kubectl get Examining Resources with kubectl describe Create and Configure Basic Pods Debugging via kubectl port-forward Imperative vs. Declarative Resource Creation Performing Commands inside a Pod Understanding Labels and Selectors Insert an Annotation Create and Configure a ReplicaSet Writing a Deployment Manifest Perform rolling updates and rollbacks with Deployments Horizontal Scaling with kubectl scale Implement probes and health checks Understanding and defining resource requirements, limits and quotas Understand Jobs and CronJobs Best Practices for Container Customization Persistent Configuration with ConfigMaps Create and Consume Secrets Understand the Init container multi-container Pod design pattern Using PersistentVolumeClaims for Storage Dynamically Provision PersistentVolumes with NFS Deploy a NetworkPolicy Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services Use Ingress rules to expose applications Understand the Sidecar multi-container Pod design pattern Setting up a single tier service mesh Tainted Nodes and Tolerations Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages A Completed Project Install Jenkins Using Helm and Run a Demo Job Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) Patching Understanding Security Contexts for Cluster Access Control Utilize container logs Advanced Logging Techniques Troubleshooting Calicoctl Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster using Kubeadm Monitoring Applications in Kubernetes Resource-Based Autoscaling Create ServiceAccounts for use with the Kubernetes Dashboard Saving Your Progress With GitHub CKAD Practice Drill Alta Kubernetes Course Specific Updates Sourcing Secrets from HashiCorp Vault Example CKAD Test Questions

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Application developers who want to build cloud-native applications or redesign existing applications that will run on Google Cloud Platform Overview This course teaches participants the following skills: Use best practices for application development. Choose the appropriate data storage option for application data. Implement federated identity management. Develop loosely coupled application components or microservices. Integrate application components and data sources. Debug, trace, and monitor applications. Perform repeatable deployments with containers and deployment services. Choose the appropriate application runtime environment; use Google Container Engine as a runtime environment and later switch to a no-ops solution with Google App Engine flexible environment. Learn how to design, develop, and deploy applications that seamlessly integrate components from the Google Cloud ecosystem. This course uses lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to show you how to use Google Cloud services and pre-trained machine learning APIs to build secure, scalable, and intelligent cloud-native applications. Best Practices for Application Development Code and environment management. Design and development of secure, scalable, reliable, loosely coupled application components and microservices. Continuous integration and delivery. Re-architecting applications for the cloud. Google Cloud Client Libraries, Google Cloud SDK, and Google Firebase SDK How to set up and use Google Cloud Client Libraries, Google Cloud SDK, and Google Firebase SDK. Lab: Set up Google Client Libraries, Cloud SDK, and Firebase SDK on a Linux instance and set up application credentials. Overview of Data Storage Options Overview of options to store application data. Use cases for Google Cloud Storage, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Bigtable, Google Cloud SQL, and Cloud Spanner. Best Practices for Using Cloud Firestore Best practices related to using Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode for:Queries, Built-in and composite indexes, Inserting and deleting data (batch operations),Transactions,Error handling. Bulk-loading data into Cloud Firestore by using Google Cloud Dataflow. Lab: Store application data in Cloud Datastore. Performing Operations on Cloud Storage Operations that can be performed on buckets and objects. Consistency model. Error handling. Best Practices for Using Cloud Storage Naming buckets for static websites and other uses. Naming objects (from an access distribution perspective). Performance considerations. Setting up and debugging a CORS configuration on a bucket. Lab: Store files in Cloud Storage. Handling Authentication and Authorization Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and service accounts. User authentication by using Firebase Authentication. User authentication and authorization by using Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy. Lab: Authenticate users by using Firebase Authentication. Using Pub/Sub to Integrate Components of Your Application Topics, publishers, and subscribers. Pull and push subscriptions. Use cases for Cloud Pub/Sub. Lab: Develop a backend service to process messages in a message queue. Adding Intelligence to Your Application Overview of pre-trained machine learning APIs such as Cloud Vision API and Cloud Natural Language Processing API. Using Cloud Functions for Event-Driven Processing Key concepts such as triggers, background functions, HTTP functions. Use cases. Developing and deploying functions. Logging, error reporting, and monitoring. Managing APIs with Cloud Endpoints Open API deployment configuration. Lab: Deploy an API for your application. Deploying Applications Creating and storing container images. Repeatable deployments with deployment configuration and templates. Lab: Use Deployment Manager to deploy a web application into Google App Engine flexible environment test and production environments. Execution Environments for Your Application Considerations for choosing an execution environment for your application or service:Google Compute Engine (GCE),Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), App Engine flexible environment, Cloud Functions, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Run. Lab: Deploying your application on App Engine flexible environment. Debugging, Monitoring, and Tuning Performance Application Performance Management Tools. Stackdriver Debugger. Stackdriver Error Reporting. Lab: Debugging an application error by using Stackdriver Debugger and Error Reporting. Stackdriver Logging. Key concepts related to Stackdriver Trace and Stackdriver Monitoring. Lab: Use Stackdriver Monitoring and Stackdriver Trace to trace a request across services, observe, and optimize performance.