Hands-On K8s: Automate Postgres Backups with Bash & CronJobs

🎉 Course Title: Automate Workloads on Kubernetes with Cronjobs: Hands On!

🎓 Instructor: Gilbert Sam | SRE & Cloud Infrastructure Expert

🚀 Course Headline: Unleash the Power of Kubernetes and Docker to Deploy Modern Applications and Automate Your Workflows with Cronjobs!

📚 Course Description:

Embark on a journey to master the art of deploying robust applications onto the powerful Kubernetes platform and automating your workloads using cronjobs and bash scripting. With this hands-on course, you'll learn to harness the capabilities of Docker Desktop to create a local Kubernetes environment and set up automated backups for Postgres server instances.

Key Features:

• 🎬 Hands-On Learning: Engage with real-world scenarios as you build, deploy, and manage applications using GitHub, Helm, Docker, and bash scripting within a Kubernetes ecosystem.

• 🚀 Development Made Easier: Discover how Docker Desktop simplifies cloud application development processes.

• 🏷 Custom Docker Images: Learn to craft and publish your own Docker images with Docker Hub.

• 🖥️ Version Control Mastery: Master GitHub for hosting your application code and managing versions like a pro.

• 📊 Application Management with Helm: Understand how to install, delete, and manage applications on Kubernetes using the powerful Helm tool.

• 🛠️ Postgres Skills: Gain hands-on experience with Postgres commands, creating tables, listing entities, and navigating your database instance.

• 📈 Architectural Insight: Learn to utilize architectural diagrams for clear communication of complex technical details.

• ⏱️ Automation with Cronjobs: Automate Postgres backup processes using cronjobs within the same Kubernetes instance, and learn to restore backups manually with bash scripts.

• 🧩 Kubernetes Proficiency: Get comfortable with essential Kubernetes commands for log viewing, troubleshooting, and more.

• 🔍 Interactive Quizzes: Reinforce your knowledge with quizzes at the end of each section to ensure a solid understanding of the concepts introduced.

By completing this course, you will be equipped to:

• Architect and deploy modern applications on Kubernetes.

• Automate various workflows using cronjobs and bash scripting.

• Manage your Kubernetes environment with confidence and expertise.

🎓 Course Outline:

1. Provisioning Local Kubernetes Environment with Docker Desktop

   • Setting up Docker Desktop
   • Creating a local Kubernetes cluster

2. Version Control & Code Hosting with GitHub

   • Introduction to GitHub as a version control system
   • Best practices for code hosting and collaboration on GitHub

3. Building & Publishing Custom Docker Images

   • Writing Dockerfiles
   • Pushing and pulling images from Docker Hub

4. Application Deployment & Management with Helm

   • Understanding Helm charts
   • Installing and upgrading applications using Helm

5. Postgres Database Fundamentals

   • Postgres commands for table creation, data manipulation, and querying
   • Setting up a secure Postgres instance on Kubernetes

6. Automating Backups with Cronjobs

   • Writing backup scripts using bash
   • Scheduling backups with cronjobs in Kubernetes

7. Troubleshooting & Logging in Kubernetes

   • Navigating container logs and diagnosing issues
   • Best practices for maintaining application health

8. Restoring from Backup

   • Manually restoring database backups using bash scripts
   • Ensuring data integrity and application continuity

9. Quizzes & Assessments

   • Reinforce your learning with interactive quizzes
   • Apply your skills to real-world scenarios

📆 Start Your Kubernetes Automation Journey Today! With the expertise of Gilbert Sam guiding you, you'll be automating workloads and deploying applications on Kubernetes like a seasoned DevOps engineer in no time. Enroll now and elevate your skills to the next level! 🚀💻