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Conceptual Season 1: Kubernetes: The Container Odyssey

Part 0: The Container Odyssey: A Kubernetes Tutorial Series: Season 1

This is a 12-part Kubernetes tutorial series written for **experienced software engineers** who are new to Kubernetes. It follows the story of Alex, a senior backend engineer with a decade of experience in monoliths and VMs, who joins a fast-growing startup called NovaCraft where everything runs on Kubernetes. Each chapter solves a real problem Alex faces at NovaCraft, combining deep conceptual explanations with practical, runnable examples that you can follow on your macOS laptop. The series progresses from foundational concepts to production-ready practices, building on each previous chapter.

Conceptual Season 1: Kubernetes: The Container Odyssey

Series Posts

Part 0: The Container Odyssey: A Kubernetes Tutorial Series: Season 1

Part 1: Part 1: "The New Gig" — Why Kubernetes Exists and What Problem It Solves

Part 2: Part 2: "Containers 101" — Docker Fundamentals You Actually Need for K8s

Part 3: Part 3: The First Deploy — Pods, the Atomic Unit of Kubernetes

Part 4: Part 4: "Scaling the Team" — ReplicaSets, Deployments, and Rolling Updates

Part 5: Part 5: "Opening the Doors" — Services, Networking, and Ingress

Part 6: Part 6: "The Config Puzzle" — ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Environment Management

Part 7: Part 7: "Persistent Memories" — Storage, Volumes, and StatefulSets

Part 8: Part 8: The Night Watch — Health Checks, Resource Management, and Observability

Part 9: Part 9: "The Assembly Line" — Jobs, CronJobs, and DaemonSets

Part 9: Part 9: "The Assembly Line" — Jobs, CronJobs, and DaemonSets

Part 10: Part 10: "Fortress K8s" — RBAC, Network Policies, and Security Best Practices

Part 11: Part 11: "The Helm of the Ship" — Helm, Kustomize, and Templating

Part 12: Part 12: "Production Ready" — CI/CD, GitOps, and the Road Ahead