Master Docker, Kubernetes in Production :-

Module 01: Docker Fundamentals on Windows

• Introduction to Containers & Docker vs Virtual Machines
• Installing Docker Desktop on Windows, WSL2 integration
• Docker Architecture, Core Concepts & Windows Container modes

Module 02: Building Applications with Docker

• Understanding Dockerfile & Creating Docker Images
• Running ASP.NET Core MVC Applications in Docker
• Multi-Stage Builds in Docker for optimised image sizes

Module 03: IIS and ASP.NET Hosting in Containers

• Installing and Configuring IIS, Virtual Directories in containers
• Hosting ASP.NET Core Applications inside IIS Containers
• Running ASP.NET Web Forms Applications in Docker Windows containers

Module 04: Docker Storage & Troubleshooting

• Debugging Docker Applications — Logs & Diagnostics
• Mounting Windows Drives and Volumes in containers
• Working with Windows Event Logs from containers

Module 05: Dockerizing SQL Server Databases

• Creating SQL Server Containers on Windows and Linux hosts
• Managing Database Persistence with volumes
• Connecting ASP.NET Applications to SQL Server Containers

Module 06: Configuration & Secrets Management

• Environment Variables in Docker and Docker Compose
• Configuration Management Best Practices for .NET apps
• Limitations of Environment Variables; using Docker Secrets

Module 07: Multi-Container .NET Applications

• ASP.NET Core + Entity Framework containerized apps
• Container Networking Fundamentals on Windows
• Running Multiple Containers in the same Docker network
• Application-to-Database inter-container communication

Module 08: Kubernetes Fundamentals

• Introduction to Kubernetes & Architecture Overview
• Master Node and Worker Node Concepts
• Pods, Deployments, Services and YAML manifests

Module 09: Local Kubernetes Setup on Windows

• Installing and Configuring Minikube on Windows (Hyper-V / WSL2)
• Running .NET Containers in Kubernetes locally
• kubectl Commands, YAML editing and Troubleshooting

Module 10: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Introduction to AKS & Azure Container Registry (ACR)
• Building and Publishing .NET Container Images to ACR
• Deploying ASP.NET Applications from ACR to AKS
• Managing, Scaling and Monitoring AKS Clusters

Module 11: Kubernetes Deployment & Operations

• Deployments and Auto-Scaling; Service Exposure and Networking
• Application Updates, Rolling Deployments and Rollbacks
• RBAC, Network Policies and Kubernetes Security Best Practices

Module 12: Revision, Best Practices & Hands-On Labs

• Docker Revision and Production Best Practices
• Kubernetes Revision and Production Best Practices
• End-to-End Application Deployment on AKS
• Source Code Walkthrough & Guided Practical Exercises

Docker & Kubernetes Fundamentals for Linux / Cross-Platform

Module 01: Introduction to Containerization

• Physical Servers → Virtualization → Containerization evolution
• Linux Namespaces & cgroups — how containers work under the hood
• VMs vs Containers: resource utilisation, startup time, footprint
• Docker Engine, Desktop, Daemon & Client-Server Architecture

Module 02: Working with Containers & Images

• Container lifecycle: run, stop, start, restart, inspect
• Commands: docker run, exec, ps, logs, inspect
• Port binding, Detached & Foreground modes
• Image layers, copy-on-write, storage drivers & caching
• Docker Hub: pull, push, tagging & private registries

Module 03: Deep Dive into Dockerfile

• Key instructions: FROM, RUN, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, COPY, ADD, ENV, ARG, EXPOSE, WORKDIR
• Multi-stage builds, minimising layers, leveraging build cache
• Hands-on: Node.js, Python, Java Spring Boot environments

Module 04: Docker Storage & Networking

• Anonymous Volumes, Named Volumes, Bind Mounts
• Network drivers: Bridge, Host, None, Overlay
• Linking containers & custom user-defined bridge networks

Module 05: Multi-Container Orchestration — Docker Compose

• Writing docker-compose.yml; Frontend / Backend / Database tiers
• Environment variables, secrets management & volume mounts
• Health checks, depends_on & service dependencies

Module 06: Kubernetes Architecture & Setup

• Control Plane: API Server, etcd, Controller Manager, Scheduler
• Worker Nodes: Kubelet, Kube-Proxy, Container Runtime (CRI)
• kubectl, Minikube & Kind (Kubernetes in Docker)

Module 07: Core Kubernetes Objects & Workloads

• Pods: lifecycle, Sidecar pattern, Init Containers
• Imperative vs. Declarative — kubectl & YAML manifests
• ReplicaSets: self-healing & manual scaling
• Deployments: rolling updates & rollback strategies

Module 08: Networking & Service Discovery

• Services: ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer deep dive
• Ingress & Ingress Controllers: path-based & domain-based routing
• CoreDNS — service discovery inside the cluster

Module 09: Application Configuration & Storage

• ConfigMaps & Secrets: API keys, passwords, decoupled config
• PersistentVolumes (PV), PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC), StorageClasses
• StatefulSets — managing stateful applications & Databases

Module 10: Advanced Cluster Management

• Scheduling: Node Selectors, Affinity, Taints & Tolerations
• Health checks: Liveness, Readiness & Startup Probes
• Resource Requests & Limits (CPU & Memory)
• Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) — CPU & memory-based scaling

Module 11: Security, Troubleshooting & Production

• RBAC: Roles, ClusterRoles, RoleBindings, ClusterRoleBindings
• Debugging apps: kubectl logs, kubectl exec, port-forward
• Debugging cluster: kubectl describe, system logs, Control Plane diagnostics
• Networking: DNS issues, CNI bottlenecks, CrashLoopBackOff, Pending Pods
• Deploying to AWS EKS — production cluster setup & operations