What’s in this course?
Cloud Native Buildpacks for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of Cloud Native Buildpacks, from foundational concepts to advanced implementations.
Buildpacks simplify the process of transforming your application source code into container images, ensuring consistency, security, and efficiency in modern DevOps workflows. The course starts with foundational topics, perfect for beginners, covering the Buildpacks Architecture, then dive into the necessity and features of Cloud Native Buildpacks. You will learn how to set up and manage container image creation with Dockerfiles using Pack and Kpack platforms.
The course will explore various Builders, Buildpacks, lifecycle, build and run images. You’ll also learn how to perform advanced tasks like developing your own Buildpacks and Builders.
As you progress, you’ll delve into more specialized areas such as creating Container Images in Kubernetes environments using kpack.
With a strong focus on hands-on learning, real-world scenarios, and Kubernetes integrations, this course will equip you with the skills to build, package, and manage applications seamlessly using Buildpacks.
Special Note:
This course is designed to showcase all practical concepts with live demonstrations. Every concept is presented in real-time, and any errors that arise are troubleshooted and addressed as they occur live in the demonstrations.
Legal Notice:
Buildpacks or Cloud Native Buildpacks is a registered trademarks of The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation.
Course Structure:
Lectures
Demos
Quizzes
Assignments
Course Contents:
Course Introduction
Getting Started with Cloud Native Buildpacks
Cloud Native Buildpacks - Essential Concepts
Getting started with Pack CLI
Installing pack CLI on macOS, Linux and Windows
Building Container Images with Buildpacks
Python, nodejs, Java Image builds with Buildpacks
Undersdanding Build Lifecycle
Creating your own Buildpacks and Builders
What is a Procfile in Cloud Native Buildpacks
Getting Started with kpack
Environment Setup for kpack and kpack CLI
Building and Publishing OCI Images using kpack CLI
Building and Publishing OCI Images using kpack manifest files - YAML Approach
All sections of this course are demonstrated live, with the goal of encouraging enrolled users to set up their own environments, complete the exercises, and learn through hands-on experience!