Skip to main content
WebsitebeginnerFree

Katacoda (now O'Reilly Killercoda)

Unknown

Browser-based interactive scenarios that provision a real temporary Kubernetes cluster and walk through tasks step by step. Users practice kubectl, deployments, services, and troubleshooting on live clusters without installing anything or paying for infrastructure.

Visit resource

More resources on Containers & Kubernetes

WebsiteFree

Kubernetes Documentation

The project's own tutorial section, covering cluster basics with Minikube, stateless and stateful application deployment, configuration, services, and security. Working through it gives a grounded command of core Kubernetes objects and how they fit together.

WebsiteFree

Kubernetes The Hard Way

Kelsey Hightower's step-by-step guide to bootstrapping a cluster manually: certificates, etcd, control-plane components, kubelet and networking, with no install scripts. Completing it shows how the pieces of a Kubernetes control plane actually fit together.

CourseFree

Introduction to Kubernetes

Want to learn Kubernetes? Get an in-depth primer on this powerful system for managing containerized applications.

VideoFree

Kubernetes Course - Full Beginners Tutorial (Container Fundamentals)

Four-hour course covering Kubernetes architecture, pods, deployments, services, ConfigMaps, secrets, volumes, StatefulSets, and Helm, with hands-on Minikube demos. Viewers finish able to write manifests and deploy a multi-container application to a cluster.

PodcastFree

Kubernetes Podcast

A biweekly podcast focused on what's happening in the Kubernetes community hosted by Abdel Sghiouar and Kaslin Fields. We cover Kubernetes, cloud-native applications, and other developments in the ecosystem. Abdel and Kaslin on Twitter at @KubernetesPod or by email at kubernetespodcast@google.com.

BookPaid

Kubernetes Up & Running

An introduction from three engineers who built Kubernetes, covering pods, labels, services, deployments, ConfigMaps, and storage. Readers come away able to deploy and operate containerized applications on a cluster and reason about its scheduling model.

See all Containers & Kubernetes resources →