Kubernetes Workshop Series: Scaling the Kubernetes Mountain

​Details

​Join Chase Christensen (Kubestronaut, Kubeflow Maintainer, and AMLC Member) for a multi-session, hands-on series designed to take you from Kubernetes novice to Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
We’re bridging the gap between cloud-native infrastructure and machine learning. Come for the certification, stay for the Spark workloads and model serving!

​ 📅 Series Highlights

• ​K8s Fundamentals: Pods, Jobs, and Deployments.

• ​Data at Scale: Running Spark workloads natively on K8s.

• ​MLOps: Deploying and serving trained ML models.

• ​Advanced Logic: Controllers and Operators.

• ​Exam Prep: Strategies to ace the CKAD.

​🍕 Bonus: Pizza and beverages provided!

​ 💻 Requirements

​ Hardware & OS

• ​OS: macOS or Linux (No Windows, please).

• ​RAM: 8GB is plenty.

• ​Cloud Backup: If our workloads outpace your laptop, we’ll provide the necessary cloud infrastructure.

​Software Setup

• ​Docker Desktop: Install and ensure "Enable Kubernetes" is checked in settings.

• ​kubectl: Verify via kubectl version --client in your terminal.

• ​IDE: Your choice (VS Code, Vim, Cursor, etc.). Just ensure you can edit YAML comfortably.

​Recommended Familiarity

• ​Terminal: Basic navigation (`cd`, ls) and CLI usage.

• ​YAML: Understanding indentation and structure.

• ​Containers: A high-level grasp of Docker images and runtimes.

​Ready to bridge the gap? See you there!