Kubernetes for App Developers (LFD459)

The Kubernetes for Application Developers (LFD459) is an intensive, hands-on programme designed for software developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud-native practitioners who want to master application development, deployment, and management using Kubernetes, the leading container orchestration platform.

This course equips participants with the skills to design, deploy, and manage containerized applications in enterprise-grade Kubernetes environments. Learners gain deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, objects, services, and configurations, enabling them to build scalable, resilient, and highly available applications.

Through practical labs and real-world scenarios, participants will learn how to package applications in containers, automate deployments, manage configurations, implement security, and troubleshoot production-level Kubernetes workloads. The training emphasizes best practices, cloud-native principles, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows, preparing developers to thrive in modern application delivery environments.

By the end of this course, participants will have the expertise to develop and deploy applications efficiently in Kubernetes clusters, leverage containerization effectively, and enhance application reliability, scalability, and observability.

Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes:

• Understand Kubernetes architecture, components, and cluster design
• Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes
• Work with Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets
• Implement networking, service discovery, and load balancing in Kubernetes
• Automate application deployments with Helm charts and CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and log Kubernetes applications effectively
• Apply security best practices for applications and clusters
• Design applications for high availability, scalability, and resilience
• Integrate Kubernetes workloads with cloud platforms and microservices architectures