Kubernetes Unpacked 003: Beginner Lab Environments For Learning Kubernetes

Today’s Kubernetes Unpacked podcast explores entry-level lab environments for IT professionals interested in learning Kubernetes, including suggestions for simple container-based apps you can run to get familiar with Kubernetes essentials. My guest is Phil Afable, a software engineer at Sophos who manages a Kubernetes cluster running Jenkins. We also explore the operational benefits of using Kubernetes in production. We discuss: * The benefits of running apps in containers * Moving from manual processes to code-driven operations * Learning Kubernetes with tools such as Docker Desktop or Minikube * Using cloud-based hosts for Kubernetes learning * Why you don’t need to be a  Terraform guru to launch clusters * Suggestions for simple container-based apps to understand Kubernetes * More Show Links: Docker Desktop – Docker Minikube – minikube EKS – AWS Prometheus.io Your Host: Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this podcast. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author. You can also see his free instructional videos on YouTube.