LEARNING PATH / AMAZON EKS

Amazon EKS

From Kubernetes fundamentals to a production-ready platform. Understand every layer, then put it to work.

10 modules111 lessons13 labsBeginner → Production

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AMAZON EKS · REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE

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Managed control planeAPI server · etcd · scheduler

↓ Kubernetes API

YOUR VPC · DATA PLANE

⬡Node APods · kubelet

⬡Node BPods · kubelet

AWS manages the control plane. You configure the workloads, nodes, access, and network in your account.

THE ROADMAP

Ten modules. One connected system.

Move from Kubernetes building blocks to secure production EKS operations.

Kubernetes Foundations

Build the vocabulary of clusters, Pods, controllers, Services, configuration, and kubectl.

Understanding Amazon EKS

Understand what AWS operates for EKS and what remains yours to design and run.

EKS Networking

Follow packets through VPC subnets, Pod IPs, DNS, Services, and load balancers.

Identity and Security

Connect IAM, access entries, RBAC, service accounts, and workload permissions safely.

Deploying Applications

Create manifests and ship healthy updates with probes, resources, scaling, and rollback.

Storage

Choose and troubleshoot persistent storage with PVCs, CSI, EBS, and EFS.

Scaling

Coordinate Pod autoscaling with node provisioning, scheduling, and cost controls.

Observability

Use events, logs, metrics, and dashboards to investigate real failure patterns.

CI/CD for EKS

Build a secure path from Git and container images to reviewed EKS deployments.

Production EKS

Design for multi-AZ resilience, upgrades, recovery, security, and daily operations.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Build the full mental model.

✓ Kubernetes fundamentals✓ EKS architecture and control plane✓ Networking and IAM✓ Deployments and storage✓ Scaling and observability✓ Delivery and production readiness

PRACTICE THE PATH

Guided labs

Apply each idea in an isolated environment you control.

Kubernetes YAML Basics

Create and inspect a Pod manifest, then validate its fields before applying it.

↗⚗GUIDED LAB

Deploy a Sample Application

Deploy two replicas and confirm the rollout reaches a ready state.

↗⚗GUIDED LAB

Expose an Application with a Service

Connect a Service selector to ready Pods and test stable DNS and routing.

↗⚗GUIDED LAB

ConfigMap and Secret

Inject configuration into a workload without rebuilding its image.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Prerequisites

Start with basic command-line comfort. Later labs work best with a disposable Kubernetes cluster and kubectl configured for that cluster. AWS-specific exercises explain which permissions and resources are needed before you run anything.

Recommended starting point

Read the Kubernetes Foundations module first.
Use a non-production namespace for commands.
Check your kubectl context before applying resources.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Start with Kubernetes Foundations

Follow the lesson, inspect the visual flow, then practice in the related lab.

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