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Kubernetes Observability Fundamentals
This Kubernetes Training course teaches learners the principles, tools, and best practices for monitoring, logging, and tracing in Kubernetes environments. Designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, and...
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This Kubernetes Training course teaches learners the principles, tools, and best practices for monitoring, logging, and tracing in Kubernetes environments. Designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, and Kubernetes administrators, this training teaches learners how to implement full-stack observability in containerized applications. Learners gain hands-on experience with industry-standard tools such as Prometheus for metrics collection, Grafana for visualization, Loki for centralized logging, and Jaeger for distributed tracing. They will also learn how to instrument applications with OpenTelemetry, set up alerting, and troubleshoot performance issues in Kubernetes clusters. At the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently design and deploy a robust observability stack, enabling proactive monitoring, faster issue resolution, and improved system reliability.
Skills Gained
- Understand the fundamentals of observability in Kubernetes
- Implement logging, tracing, and metrics for Kubernetes workloads
- Use common observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, and OpenTelemetry
- Analyze and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in Kubernetes
Who Can Benefit
- DevOps engineers, SREs, and Kubernetes administrators
- Developers deploying applications in Kubernetes
Course Details
Understanding Observability in Kubernetes
- Observability vs. monitoring
- Key challenges of observability in Kubernetes
- The three pillars: Metrics, Logging, and Tracing
Kubernetes Metrics & Monitoring Overview
- Cluster-level vs. application-level monitoring
- Overview of Kubernetes control plane metrics (API Server, Scheduler, Controller Manager)
- Key kubelet metrics for nodes and pods
Visualizing Kubernetes Metrics with Grafana
- Installing Grafana and connecting to Prometheus
- Building dashboards for cluster and application metrics
- Setting up alerts and notifications
Logging in Kubernetes
- Centralized vs. distributed logging in Kubernetes
- Log aggregation patterns
- Using Loki for scalable log storage
Setting Up Loki for Kubernetes Logging
- Loki architecture and components (Promtail, Loki, Grafana)
- Deploying Loki and Promtail with Helm
- Querying logs with LogQL
Introduction to Distributed Tracing in Kubernetes
- Why tracing is essential in microservices environments
- How distributed tracing works
- Overview of Jaeger and OpenTelemetry
Deploying Jaeger for Kubernetes Tracing
- Setting up Jaeger with Helm
- Instrumenting a microservices app with OpenTelemetry
- Tracing request flows across services
Proactive Observability with Alerting & Dashboards
- Setting up alerting rules in Prometheus
- Integrating alerting with Grafana and Slack
- Detecting anomalies with AI-powered observability
Correlating Metrics, Logs, and Traces for Root Cause Analysis
- Using Loki + Prometheus + Grafana for full-stack observability
- Tracing slow API requests with Jaeger
- Debugging Kubernetes node and pod failures
OpenTelemetry for Kubernetes Observability
- Overview of OpenTelemetry components
- Instrumenting applications for logs, metrics, and traces
- Collecting and exporting observability data
Observability in Production: Scaling and Optimization
- Best practices for optimizing observability in large-scale Kubernetes deployments
- Cost-saving strategies for logging and metrics storage
- Security considerations for observability data
Schedule
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