Learn Kubernetes with Cloud Services AWS &amp; Azure

Deep operational model of Kubernetes Pods, Deployments, and ReplicaSets: lifecycle, ownership, rollout mechanics, status interpretation, debugging, and production failure modes.

Workload API Design Patterns

Production workload API design patterns for Kubernetes across AWS EKS and Azure AKS: choosing Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet, Job, CronJob, and composing workload primitives safely.

Configuration, Secrets, and Runtime Contract

Configuration, Secrets, and runtime contract engineering for Kubernetes workloads across AWS EKS and Azure AKS: ConfigMap, Secret, immutable config, reload strategy, secret delivery, external secret stores, and production failure modes.

Requests, Limits, QoS, and Scheduling

Resource requests, limits, QoS, scheduling, node pressure, eviction, and production-grade placement strategy for Kubernetes workloads on EKS and AKS.

Health Probes and Lifecycle Engineering

16 min

Production health probes, startup behavior, readiness, liveness, graceful shutdown, preStop hooks, traffic draining, and rollout-safe lifecycle engineering.

Service Discovery and Kubernetes Networking

Service discovery and Kubernetes networking from a production engineering perspective: Service, EndpointSlice, DNS, kube-proxy, traffic flow, cloud implications, and debugging.

Ingress, Gateway API, and Edge Routing

Ingress, Gateway API, and edge routing for production Kubernetes on AWS EKS and Azure AKS, covering L7 routing, TLS, controller ownership, migration, and failure modes.

Network Policy and Zero-Trust Traffic

14 min

NetworkPolicy and zero-trust traffic engineering for production Kubernetes on AWS EKS and Azure AKS, covering selectors, default deny, DNS egress, CNI enforcement, cloud limitations, and policy rollout.

Storage, PV/PVC, CSI, and Stateful Boundaries

Storage, PersistentVolume, PersistentVolumeClaim, StorageClass, CSI, and stateful workload boundaries for production Kubernetes on AWS EKS and Azure AKS.

Cluster Architecture Managed vs Self-Managed

32 min

Cluster architecture decision-making for managed vs self-managed Kubernetes, with production responsibility boundaries, failure domains, operating models, and cloud platform implications.

AWS EKS Architecture Foundation

27 min

Production-grade AWS EKS architecture foundation covering control plane, data plane, VPC networking, IAM, access management, add-ons, node models, Fargate, EKS Auto Mode, and operational invariants.

Azure AKS Architecture Foundation

26 min

Azure AKS architecture foundation for production platform engineers: control plane boundary, cluster modes, node pools, identity, networking, private access, add-ons, governance, and operational design decisions.

EKS VPC Networking Deep Dive

Deep dive into EKS VPC networking: Amazon VPC CNI, ENI/IP allocation, subnet sizing, pod density, prefix delegation, custom networking, IPv6, security groups, egress, and production troubleshooting.

AKS VNet Networking Deep Dive

Deep dive into AKS VNet networking: Azure CNI Overlay, Azure CNI Pod Subnet, IP planning, subnet design, routing, egress, private clusters, NSG/UDR/firewall boundaries, and production troubleshooting.

Cloud Load Balancing and Ingress on AWS/Azure

15 min

Production patterns for cloud load balancing and ingress on EKS and AKS: Service LoadBalancer, ALB, NLB, Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Application Gateway for Containers, Ingress, Gateway API, target modes, TLS, health checks, and failure models.

DNS, TLS, Certificates, and Edge Security

Production patterns for DNS, TLS, certificate lifecycle, and edge security on Kubernetes with AWS Route 53, ACM, ExternalDNS, cert-manager, Azure DNS, Azure Key Vault, Application Gateway, and Gateway API.

Kubernetes Identity, RBAC, and Cloud IAM

Production-grade identity and authorization model for Kubernetes, EKS, and AKS: authentication, RBAC, service accounts, human access, automation access, AWS IAM access entries, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, least privilege, and failure modes.

EKS Pod Identity and IRSA

EKS Pod Identity and IRSA as production workload identity patterns for AWS access from Kubernetes workloads.

AKS Workload Identity and Managed Identity

AKS Workload Identity and Managed Identity for production-grade Azure access from Kubernetes Pods.

Security Context, Pod Security, and Admission

15 min

Production-grade security context, Pod Security Standards, Pod Security Admission, and admission-control design for Kubernetes workloads on EKS and AKS.

Policy as Code with OPA, Kyverno, and Cloud Policy

Production-grade policy-as-code design for Kubernetes using ValidatingAdmissionPolicy, OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Azure Policy, and EKS/AKS governance patterns.

Supply Chain Security

22 min

Production-grade Kubernetes supply chain security for container images, SBOM, signing, provenance, registries, admission control, and AWS/Azure enforcement.

Autoscaling with HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Cluster Autoscaler

22 min

Production-grade autoscaling in Kubernetes using HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Cluster Autoscaler across EKS and AKS.

Karpenter, EKS Auto Mode, and Node Provisioning

23 min

Production-grade node provisioning on Amazon EKS using Karpenter, EKS Auto Mode, NodePool, NodeClass, Spot/On-Demand strategy, consolidation, disruption control, and migration patterns.

AKS Automatic, Node Pools, and Scaling

Production-grade AKS compute scaling with AKS Automatic, Node Auto-Provisioning, node pools, Cluster Autoscaler, KEDA integration, workload placement, capacity planning, and failure-mode analysis.

Observability Foundation: Logs, Metrics, Traces, and Events

23 min

Production-grade Kubernetes observability foundation covering logs, metrics, traces, events, telemetry contracts, cardinality, correlation, SLO signals, dashboards, alerts, and incident workflows.

Observability on EKS

22 min

Production-grade observability on Amazon EKS using CloudWatch Container Insights, ADOT, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon Managed Grafana, X-Ray, logs, metrics, traces, events, and EKS-specific runbooks.

Observability on AKS

24 min

Production-grade observability on Azure Kubernetes Service using Azure Monitor, Container Insights, Managed Prometheus, Azure Managed Grafana, diagnostic settings, activity logs, resource logs, network observability, and AKS-specific runbooks.

Delivery with Helm, Kustomize, and Release Strategy

Production delivery engineering with Helm, Kustomize, release strategy, progressive delivery, rollback contracts, environment overlays, values hygiene, and AWS/Azure deployment boundaries.

GitOps with Argo CD / Flux and Environment Promotion

GitOps production engineering with Argo CD, Flux, repository topology, environment promotion, drift control, secrets, rollback, multi-cluster delivery, and AWS/Azure cloud integration boundaries.

Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platform

Platform engineering and Internal Developer Platform design for Kubernetes on AWS EKS and Azure AKS, including paved roads, platform APIs, namespace factories, service templates, guardrails, golden paths, ownership, scorecards, and operating model.

Reliability, SLO, and Failure Modeling

27 min

Reliability, SLO, and failure modeling for production Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Azure AKS.

Upgrades, Versioning, and API Deprecation

23 min

Production Kubernetes upgrades, versioning, API deprecation management, and upgrade playbooks for AWS EKS and Azure AKS.

Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity

Backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity for production Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Azure AKS.

Cost Engineering, FinOps, and Capacity Planning

Cost engineering, FinOps, and capacity planning for production Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS and Azure AKS.

Multi-Cluster, Multi-Region, and Hybrid Patterns

Multi-cluster, multi-region, and hybrid Kubernetes patterns for production-grade EKS and AKS platforms, including topology, traffic, data, identity, GitOps, reliability, and operating model trade-offs.

Final Production Platform Blueprint