Kubernetes Hands-On Labs

The Kubernetes labs give you a real cluster to work on, not a diagram. From a first cluster and a first Pod, to writing the manifests yourself, exposing an application with Ingress, and resolving an RBAC incident in a production-style scenario.

Start with the first lab

18 labs
9.1 h
Free

Kubernetes hands-on labs

Kubernetes Labs

Eighteen real Kubernetes clusters, free. From your first Pod to a hardened, publicly routed application with least-privilege access — no videos, no reading, just work you do in a live environment.

18 labs
9.1 h
7 practising today
Beginner

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What you will practice in the Kubernetes labs

Pods and lifecycle
Deployments
YAML manifests
ConfigMaps and Secrets
Probes and resource limits
Jobs and CronJobs
Services and DNS
Ingress
Network Policies
RBAC and ServiceAccounts
Namespaces
Troubleshooting

Why practice Kubernetes hands-on?

Kubernetes has concepts that look simple in a talk and fall apart the first time you write the YAML yourself. The lab shows the difference.
Every module closes with a scenario lab: expose and harden a full stack, or resolve a permissions incident.
The cluster is real, so what you learn is what you will do on your team's cluster.

Frequently asked questions

Is the cluster real?

Yes. Each lab creates a Kubernetes cluster of your own, and you work on it with kubectl from a terminal in the browser.

Do I need Docker first?

Preferably. Kubernetes runs containers, so understanding images and containers makes you faster. The Docker labs are there if you need to start with them.

Do the labs cover RBAC and networking?

Yes. There is a full networking module (Services, DNS, Ingress, Network Policies) and a full RBAC module that ends with an incident scenario.

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Kubernetes hands-on labs