Blog Archive

Day 14: Securing Kubernetes – Runtime Security and Policy Enforcement

Welcome to Day 14 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’ll focus on securing Kubernetes clusters, covering runtime security and policy enforcement to ensure your applications and infrastructure are protected from vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Day 13: Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Welcome to Day 13 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’re focusing on monitoring and observability, key components for maintaining the health, performance, and reliability of your applications in Kubernetes.

Day 12: Advanced GitOps with Argo Rollouts

Welcome to Day 12 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’re diving deeper into GitOps by exploring Argo Rollouts, a powerful tool for managing progressive delivery strategies like canary and blue-green deployments.

Day 11: Introduction to GitOps with ArgoCD

Welcome to Day 11 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’re diving into GitOps, a modern approach to managing Kubernetes applications declaratively, with ArgoCD as our tool of choice.

Day 10: Managing Kubernetes with Helm and Terraform

Welcome to Day 10 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’ll explore how to combine Helm and Terraform, two powerful tools, to simplify the deployment and management of Kubernetes applications.

Day 9: Advanced Terraform – Managing Kubernetes Resources

Welcome to Day 9 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 Today, we’re diving deeper into Terraform, exploring advanced features like modules, workspaces, and how to manage Kubernetes resources programmatically

Day 8: Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Welcome to Week 2 of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge! 🚀 This week, we’re diving into Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines, two cornerstones of modern platform engineering. Today, we’ll focus on understanding what IaC is, why it matters, and how it helps manage infrastructure efficiently.

Day 7: Recap and Hands-On Challenges for Week 1

Congratulations! 🎉 You’ve completed the first week of the Zero to Platform Engineer in 30 Days challenge. This week, we’ve covered the foundations of Cloud Native and Kubernetes, setting the stage for everything to come. Today, we’ll recap the key concepts, reflect on your progress, and dive into some hands-on challenges to solidify your learning.

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