Part of the Terminal JourneyJourneyLearn Kubernetes & kubectl
A free, interactive course on Kubernetes. You practice the core kubectl commands on every lesson - get, describe, apply, scale, rollout, expose, logs, exec - running Pods, Deployments and Services in a simulated cluster, with AI hints when you get stuck and a free certificate when you finish. No minikube and no cloud account needed: the cluster is simulated, so you can focus on the commands and concepts. Part of the wider Terminal journey, right after the Docker section, so the container basics Kubernetes builds on are right there.
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Syllabus
This section is part of the Terminal Journey. The full syllabus has more sections - click any preview below to view it on the Journey page.
- Section 1Fundamentals82 lessons
- Section 2Version Control58 lessons
- Section 3Introduction to Docker40 lessons
Section 4
Introduction to Kubernetes
Start sectionStartExpandCollapseLearn Kubernetes from the command line: run and inspect Pods, write manifests, manage Deployments, Services and configuration, work with namespaces and Jobs, and debug what goes wrong.Introduction
2 lessons212Pods
5 lessons525Manifests
3 lessons313Deployments
6 lessons630Services
4 lessons418Debugging
5 lessons524Configuration
4 lessons418Namespaces & Jobs
4 lessons418Output Formats
4 lessons418Web Shop Project
Project5 lessons16Final Challenges
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A variable is a named container that stores a value you can reference later in your program.
In Python, you create one by writing the name, an equals sign, then the value you want to store.
The value can change over time - reassigning the name simply points it to a new value.
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- Practice Kubernetes in your browser. No minikube, no kind, no Docker Desktop and no cloud bill - every lesson runs against a simulated single-node cluster, so you can start typing
kubectlcommands immediately and watch how the cluster responds. - Core Kubernetes: Pods, YAML manifests and labels, Deployments with scaling, rolling updates and rollbacks, Services and their endpoints, ConfigMaps and Secrets, namespaces and Jobs, and
kubectloutput from-o wideto JSONPath. The Kubernetes basics you'll use every day on the job. - AI hints help you read what the cluster is telling you - a Pod stuck in
ImagePullBackOff, a container inCrashLoopBackOff, the events at the bottom ofkubectl describe- without spoiling the answer, so debugging stops being guesswork. - Free Kubernetes certificate when you finish the section, with a hands-on web shop project along the way. A credible proof point for DevOps, platform and backend roles, where Kubernetes is the standard way to run containers in production.
Frequently asked questions about learning Kubernetes
What is Kubernetes?
What is kubectl?
kubectl is the command-line tool for working with a Kubernetes cluster. You use it to create and inspect resources (kubectl get pods, kubectl describe), apply YAML manifests (kubectl apply -f), scale and update Deployments, read logs, and run commands inside containers. Almost every lesson in this section is a kubectl exercise, because that's how most engineers work with Kubernetes day to day.Do I need to install Kubernetes or set up a cluster?
Is this a real Kubernetes cluster?
kubectl answers the way a real cluster would: Pods move from ContainerCreating to Running, a bad image ends in ImagePullBackOff, a crashing container in CrashLoopBackOff, and kubectl describe shows the events that explain why. There's no real control plane behind it, so it's for learning the commands and concepts, not for running production workloads. The same commands work against minikube, kind or a cloud cluster.Kubernetes vs Docker: what's the difference?
Should I learn Docker before Kubernetes?
Is Kubernetes hard to learn?
kubectl describe, spotting an ImagePullBackOff or a CrashLoopBackOff - is where most beginners get stuck, so it has a chapter of its own.Can I learn Kubernetes online for free?
kubectl practice in every exercise, a project and a certificate. Everything runs in a simulated browser environment, so you don't need to install anything or pay for a cloud cluster to start.Does the course come with a Kubernetes certification?
kubectl fluency you build here is the foundation they build on. Kubernetes appears in most DevOps, platform and backend job descriptions, so the certificate is a meaningful signal alongside your projects.