🚀 Kubernetes Platform Lab

A production-focused Kubernetes learning repository containing 150 hands-on projects designed to take you from Kubernetes beginner → platform engineer.

This lab explores real-world cloud-native infrastructure patterns, including deployments, networking, observability, CI/CD, GitOps, service mesh, and multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.

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📚 Learning Roadmap

Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced → Expert → Pro

Phase	Days	Focus
Beginner	1–30	Kubernetes fundamentals
Intermediate	31–60	Networking & storage
Advanced	61–90	Observability & security
Expert	91–120	CI/CD, GitOps, platform engineering
Pro	121–150	Production distributed systems

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📊 Project Progress

Beginner Phase

Day	Project
1	Run first containerized app
2	Multi-pod scalable deployment
3	Kubernetes YAML deployment
4	ConfigMaps configuration
5	Secrets management
6	Resource limits & requests
7	Liveness & readiness probes
8	Labels and selectors
9	Namespaces isolation
10	Rolling updates

More projects coming daily…

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🧠 Topics Covered

Core Kubernetes

• Pods
• Deployments
• ReplicaSets
• Services
• ConfigMaps
• Secrets
• Namespaces

Networking

• ClusterIP
• NodePort
• LoadBalancer
• Ingress
• Network Policies

Storage

• Persistent Volumes
• Persistent Volume Claims
• StatefulSets
• Storage Classes

DevOps & Automation

• Helm
• GitOps
• CI/CD pipelines
• Kubernetes operators

Observability

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Loki
• OpenTelemetry
• Jaeger

Security

• RBAC
• OPA
• Kyverno
• Image scanning

Platform Engineering

• Internal developer platforms
• Multi-cluster Kubernetes
• Service mesh
• Serverless platforms

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📂 Repository Structure

kubernetes-platform-lab
│
├── learning-roadmap
│   ├── kubernetes-learning-pyramid.md
│   └── 150-day-roadmap.md
│
├── beginner-projects
├── intermediate-projects
├── advanced-projects
├── expert-projects
├── pro-projects
│
├── helm-charts
├── gitops
├── observability-stack
├── scripts
└── diagrams

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⚙️ Prerequisites

Before running the projects install:

Kubernetes CLI

kubectl

Local Kubernetes Cluster

Minikube
or
Docker Desktop Kubernetes

Container Runtime

Docker

Verify installation:

kubectl get nodes

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🚀 Running a Project

Example:

cd beginner-projects/day-03-yaml-deployment
kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f service.yaml

Check cluster resources:

kubectl get pods
kubectl get svc

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🧩 Kubernetes Architecture

User
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Service (NodePort / Ingress)
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Deployment
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Pods
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Containers

Kubernetes ensures:

• automatic scheduling
• self-healing
• load balancing
• horizontal scaling

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🎯 Goals of This Repository

• Learn Kubernetes through hands-on projects
• Build production-grade DevOps knowledge
• Document real-world infrastructure patterns
• Create a strong Kubernetes engineering portfolio

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📸 Screenshots

Each project includes screenshots of running applications and cluster resources.

Example:

screenshots/nginx-running.png

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⭐ Support the Project

If you find this repository useful:

• ⭐ Star the repo
• 🍴 Fork it
• 📢 Share with others learning Kubernetes

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👨‍💻 Author

Built as part of a Kubernetes deep-dive learning journey focused on DevOps, cloud-native infrastructure, and platform engineering.