Cloud Native and Containerization

19 chapters

This page contains all chapters in this theme. Use search and the type and difficulty filters to find the right material inside this section.

Difficulty:

Only chapters matching both the selected material type and the selected difficulty are shown.

Why know Cloud Native and 12 factorseasy

Introductory chapter on 12-factor discipline, cloud-native architecture, portability, Kubernetes, IaC/GitOps, managed services, and operating cost.

Cloud technologiesmedium

Talk on cloud service models in fintech: IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/BaaS, regulation, elasticity, platform engineering, FinOps, disaster recovery, and provider-dependency risks.

Well-Architected Framework: AWS, Azure, GCPmedium

Comparison of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Well-Architected frameworks: architecture reviews, assessment pillars, production readiness, provider trade-offs, and a recurring improvement loop.

The Twelve-Factor Appmedium

Heroku methodology for cloud-ready SaaS applications: codebase, dependencies, configuration, backing services, processes, logs, and operational readiness.

Cloud Native (short summary)hard

O'Reilly's practical guide to Cloud Native: containers, functions, data, resilience, GitOps, and observability.

Infrastructure as Codemedium

Infrastructure as Code practice: declarative infrastructure management, state, modules, policy checks, drift control, and auditable change application.

Kubernetes Fundamentals (v1.36): Architecture, Objects, and Core Practicesmedium

A practical base on Kubernetes based on the official documentation v1.36: control plane, workload objects, networking, storage, and core operations.

Kubernetes Patterns (short summary)hard

A review of Bilgin Ibryam's book: Kubernetes patterns for probes, resources, Jobs, stateful services, Pod composition, configuration, operators, and scaling.

Designing Distributed Systems (short summary)medium

A review of Brendan Burns's book: composable distributed-system patterns for Pod composition, replication, sharding, scatter/gather, work queues, and team responsibility.

GitOpsmedium

How to implement GitOps: desired state in Git, pull-based delivery, Argo CD/Flux, progressive delivery, and safe rollback.

Inside Argo: Automating the Futuremedium

Documentary analysis of Argo as a GitOps ecosystem: Argo CD, Rollouts, Workflows, Events, progressive delivery, and platform operational maturity.

Service Mesh Architecturehard

Service mesh architecture: control plane and data plane, mTLS, traffic policy, observability, and the operational trade-offs of platform-level networking.

Serverless: Architecture and Usage Patternsmedium

How to design serverless systems: event-driven flow, cold starts, state management, idempotency and cost/latency trade-offs.

Edge Computing: Architecture and Trade-offsmedium

How to design edge systems: local processing, cloud-core synchronization, offline operation, node security, and fleet management.

Multi-region / Global Systemshard

Design of global cloud-native systems: multi-region topologies, consistency trade-offs, global traffic routing and disaster recovery.

Cost Optimization & FinOpsmedium

How to manage cloud cost through CAPEX and OPEX choices, unit economics, FinOps loops, budget guardrails, and architecture decisions with measurable financial impact.

Kubernetes: The Documentarymedium

The story of Kubernetes: from Borg and container orchestration at Google to CNCF, open governance, a platform standard, and production operations.

Inside Envoy: The Proxy for the Futurehard

The story of Envoy Proxy at Lyft: an L7 proxy, xDS APIs, service mesh data planes, dynamic configuration, and the project's path into CNCF.

CKA: Kubernetes Exam Preparationhard

Practical CKA preparation: curriculum structure, speed drills, documentation navigation, kubectl fluency, and the Kubernetes operating basics behind the exam.