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Kubernetes Administration (LFS458) Training

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Course Overview

The Kubernetes Administration (LFS458) Training is an advanced, hands-on programme designed for system administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and IT professionals who are responsible for deploying, managing, securing, and operating Kubernetes clusters in production environments.

This course provides deep practical knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, cluster installation, configuration, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Participants will gain real-world experience managing containerized applications at scale using Kubernetes, the industry-standard container orchestration platform.

Through intensive labs and real-life enterprise scenarios, learners will work directly with kubectl, kubeadm, etcd, networking plugins, storage classes, RBAC, and monitoring tools. The training focuses on operational best practices, ensuring participants can maintain high availability, scalability, security, and reliability of Kubernetes clusters.

By the end of the course, participants will be fully equipped to administer Kubernetes clusters in cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments, making this training ideal for professionals preparing for production-level Kubernetes operations and administration roles.

Course Objectives:

  • Install, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters using best practices
  • Administer core Kubernetes components, including API Server, etcd, Scheduler, and Controller Manager
  • Manage workloads using Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and Jobs
  • Configure Kubernetes networking, services, ingress, and DNS
  • Implement persistent storage solutions using PVs, PVCs, and StorageClasses
  • Apply Kubernetes security controls, including RBAC, network policies, and pod security
  • Perform cluster upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery
  • Monitor, log, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters effectively
  • Optimize cluster performance and resource utilization
  • Handle real-world operational challenges in production Kubernetes environments

Target Audiance

  • This course is designed for system administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, platform engineers, and SREs who are responsible for managing Kubernetes clusters in production. It is also suitable for professionals who already have basic Kubernetes knowledge and want to advance into administration and operations-focused roles.

Schedule Dates

20 April 2026 - 23 April 2026
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Course Content

  • Linux Foundation
  • Linux Foundation Training
  • Linux Foundation Certifications
  • Linux Foundation Digital Badges
  • Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
  • E-Learning Course: LFS258
  • Distribution Details
  • Labs

  • Define Kubernetes
  • Cluster Structure
  • Adoption
  • Project Governance and CNCF
  • Labs

  • Getting Started With Kubernetes
  • Minikube
  • kubeadm
  • More Installation Tools
  • Labs

  • Kubernetes Architecture
  • Networking
  • Other Cluster Systems
  • Labs

  • API Access
  • Annotations
  • Working with A Simple Pod
  • kubectl and API
  • Swagger and OpenAPI
  • Labs

  • API Objects
  • The v1 Group
  • API Resources
  • RBAC APIs
  • Labs

  • Deployment Overview
  • Managing Deployment States
  • Deployments and Replica Sets
  • DaemonSets
  • Labels
  • Labs

  • Volumes Overview
  • Volumes
  • Persistent Volumes
  • Rook
  • Passing Data To Pods
  • ConfigMaps
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Accessing Services
  • DNS
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Ingress Controller
  • Ingress Rules
  • Service Mesh
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Scheduler Settings
  • Policies
  • Affinity Rules
  • Taints and Tolerations
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Troubleshooting Flow
  • Basic Start Sequence
  • Monitoring
  • Plugins
  • Logging
  • Troubleshooting Resources
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Custom Resource Definitions
  • Aggregated APIs
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Helm
  • Using Helm
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Accessing the API
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Admission Controller
  • Pod Policies
  • Network Policies
  • Labs

  • Overview
  • Stacked Database
  • External Database
  • Labs

FAQs

This is a highly hands-on training programme. Participants will spend significant time working in real Kubernetes environments, performing administrative tasks such as deploying clusters, configuring networking and storage, managing workloads, and troubleshooting live issues.

Absolutely. Participants will learn about Kubernetes networking models, CNI plugins, services, ingress controllers, persistent volumes, storage classes, and stateful applications, enabling them to manage complex enterprise workloads.

Yes. Participants will gain practical experience in diagnosing and resolving cluster issues, including node failures, networking problems, storage errors, scheduling issues, and application crashes, using Kubernetes diagnostic tools and logs.

Yes. The skills learned in this course apply to managed Kubernetes services such as Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE, as well as on-premise and hybrid Kubernetes deployments.

Completing the Kubernetes Administration (LFS458) Training equips professionals with production-ready Kubernetes administration skills, opening career opportunities such as Kubernetes Administrator, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, SRE, and Platform Engineer, with strong demand across global IT organizations.

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