Containers for Deploying and Scaling Apps

Overview Key Takeaways Who Should Attend ICT and SS Competency Framework Course Structure Instructors Fees Upcoming Classes How To Register

Overview

Duration	4 days
Course Time	9.00am - 5.00pm
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This course is delivered by NUS-ISS.

In the world of microservices, containers are one of the most favoured way of packaging and delivering services.

Containers are often deployed onto a container orchestration platform like Kubernetes; the orchestration platform provides management functions, resiliency, security and observability.

By the end of this course, participants will have all the tools they need to build and maintain an entire microservices based on containers running locally or on public cloud provider infrastructure.

Key Takeaways

At the end of this workshop-oriented course, you will be able to:

Apply the 12 Factor App principles to building your application
Acquire hands on experience in packaging applications as container images, deploying the images and diagnosing containers
Deploy self-healing service mesh with Kubernetes container orchestration platform
Perform application upgrades without down time
Maintain application service level by automatically scaling deployments based on predetermined metrics
Use Helm package manager to simplify application configuration, deployment, and upgrades
Use Kubernetes operators to deploy complex applications like MySQL clusters
Use kustomize to speed up application development and deployment cycle

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for:

Developers, Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, System Administrators and Infrastructure specialists/members from Enterprise IT
Startup Tech members who desire to take on lead roles in deployment, growth and scale of their products
Scrum Team members responsible for DevOps

Prerequisite
To benefit from this course, participants should have:

Hands-on experience in developing CRUD application (Java, Node, Python, etc),
Basic command line skills
You will be required to pass a pre-course assessment to ensure that you have the requisite background knowledge to learn the material.

What to Bring

Participants must bring their internet-enabled computing device (laptops, tablet etc) with power charger to access and download course materials.

If you are bringing a laptop, please refer to the full tech spec here.

ICT and SS Competency Framework

As part of the ICTCF, this course falls under the Apps Development and ICT Infrastructure functional cluster and tagged to the following competencies:

Apps Development: Infrastructure as Code
Apps Development: Configuration Management
Apps Development: Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & Continuous Deployment
Apps Infrastructure: App Network & Security
ICT Infrastructure: Cloud Infrastructure

The course is mapped to the following job roles:

Infrastructure Engineer
Infrastructure Architect
Software Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Quality Engineer
Delivery Manager
UX Designer

Course Structure

The 12-factor app design philosophy
Containerising application
Understanding Kubernetes architecture
Deploying and orchestrating container workloads

Instructors

Fees

	Full Fee
Full course fee	S$2400
7% GST on nett course fee	S$168
Total nett course fee payable, including GST	S$2568

With effect till 31 Dec 2022

	Full Fee
Full course fee	S$2400
8% GST on nett course fee	S$192
Total nett course fee payable, including GST	S$2592

Your organisation's training request system (or relevant HR staff) confirms your organisation's approval for you to take the course.

Your organisation will send registration information to the academy.

Organisation HR L&D or equivalent staff can click here for details of the registration submission process.

Step 3

The Digital Academy will inform you whether you have been successful in enrolment.