Kubernetes Training
Go from K8s Beginner to Production-Ready Engineer
ITSulu's Kubernetes training courses take engineers from fundamentals to advanced cluster operations — with hands-on labs, real clusters, and expert instructors who run Kubernetes in production every day.
Kubernetes Training Courses
From first pod to production-grade cluster operations — we have a course for every stage of your Kubernetes journey.
📚 Kubernetes Fundamentals (KF)
The complete foundation course. Understand containers, pods, deployments, services, config maps, secrets, persistent storage, and resource management. Includes hands-on labs on a real cluster.
- Container and image basics with Docker / containerd
- Core K8s objects: Pod, Deployment, ReplicaSet, Service
- ConfigMaps, Secrets, and environment management
- Persistent Volumes, PVCs, and storage classes
- Namespace isolation and basic RBAC
3 Days Beginner to Intermediate
🏅 CKA — Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Full exam preparation for the CNCF CKA certification. Covers cluster bootstrapping with kubeadm, networking, troubleshooting, etcd backup/restore, and all exam domains with timed practice tests.
- Cluster installation and configuration with kubeadm
- Workload management and scheduling
- Networking: CNI, Services, DNS, Ingress
- Storage, security, and cluster maintenance
- Full practice exams with exam-day tips
4 Days Intermediate
🛠 CKAD — Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Focused on deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting applications on Kubernetes. Covers multi-container pods, probes, Helm, resource limits, and CI/CD integration for developers.
- Application design: multi-container patterns, init containers
- Observability: liveness, readiness, startup probes
- Helm chart authoring and templating
- Rolling updates, canary, and blue-green deployments
- Job, CronJob, HPA, and KEDA scaling
3 Days Intermediate
🔐 CKS — Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
Advanced security course covering K8s cluster hardening, supply chain security, runtime threat detection, and compliance. Requires CKA. Maps directly to the CKS certification exam.
- Cluster hardening: API server flags, kubelet security
- OPA/Gatekeeper policy enforcement
- Falco runtime security and audit logging
- Image scanning, signing, and supply chain integrity
- Network policies and mTLS with Istio
4 Days Advanced — CKA Required
🤖 AI & GPU Workloads on Kubernetes
Purpose-built for teams running machine learning and LLM inference on Kubernetes. Covers the NVIDIA GPU Operator, CUDA workloads, KServe for model serving, and cost optimization strategies for GPU clusters.
- NVIDIA GPU Operator and device plugins
- Running CUDA workloads as K8s Jobs
- KServe: model serving, A/B testing, canary rollouts
- Ray on Kubernetes for distributed training
- GPU cost optimization: time-slicing, MIG
3 Days Advanced
⚙ GitOps & Platform Engineering on K8s
Build an internal developer platform with GitOps at the core. Covers ArgoCD, Flux, Crossplane, Backstage, and the principles of building self-service infrastructure for developer teams.
- ArgoCD: app of apps, ApplicationSets, RBAC
- Flux v2: Kustomize, Helm controller, image automation
- Crossplane: infrastructure as K8s resources
- Multi-cluster management strategies
- Developer self-service with Backstage
4 Days Advanced
Why Learn Kubernetes with ITSulu?
Real clusters. Real instructors. Real results.
Live Cloud Clusters
Students work on real EKS, GKE, or bare-metal clusters — not Minikube
CNCF Exam Alignment
Courses map directly to CKA, CKAD, and CKS exam objectives
Production-Experienced Instructors
Learn from engineers who operate K8s clusters for real enterprise workloads
Measurable ROI
Teams report 40–60% reduction in cluster incidents within 90 days of training
On-Site or Virtual
We deliver anywhere in the US or via live virtual instructor-led format
Group Pricing
Discounts for teams of 5 or more — ask about enterprise packages