Cloud Native Training

List of cloud native training, certifications and other useful resources.

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• Cloud Native
• Training
• Certifications
• Resources

Cloud Native

From the Cloud Native Computing Foundation:

Cloud native technologies empower organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds. Containers, service meshes, microservices, immutable infrastructure, and declarative APIs exemplify this approach.

These techniques enable loosely coupled systems that are resilient, manageable, and observable. Combined with robust automation, they allow engineers to make high-impact changes frequently and predictably with minimal toil.

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation seeks to drive adoption of this paradigm by fostering and sustaining an ecosystem of open source, vendor-neutral projects. We democratize state-of-the-art patterns to make these innovations accessible for everyone.

Landscape & Trail Map

• Cloud Native Landscape
• Cloud Native Trail Map

Maturity

Some interesting views on the maturity model/levels of Cloud Native organizations:

• https://www.mojotech.com/blog/cloud-native-maturity-model/
• https://container-solutions.com/cloud-native-maturity-matrix/
• https://blog.newrelic.com/technology/cloud-maturity-levels/
• https://www.danteinc.com/blog/cloud-native-maturity-model/

Training

Core Engineering Skills

Every Consultant/Engineer/Architect should have the following skills:

• Background in software development or operations;
• Core engineering skills such as working with Git, Bash or Powershell;
• Experience with at least one programming language and/or scripting (e.g. Go, Java, Javascript, Python, .NET, Bash, Powershell);
• Experience with Agile/DevOps way of working;
• Experience with Public (AWS, Azure, GCP) or Private Clouds (VMWare, OpenStack);
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Concourse, CircleCI, Gitlab CI/CD);
• Experience with Containers and Orchestrators (Kubernetes, Mesos, Rancher or Nomad);
• Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management (Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible or Puppet).

Cloud Native

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• Cloud-native Architecture: The Big Picture
• The Twelve-Factor App

Cloud Computing

AWS

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Tips
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Online Course
• AWS Learning Paths
• AWS Training Methods

GCP:

• Architecting with Google Cloud Platform Specialization with Coursera
• Developing Applications with Google Cloud Platform specialization with Coursera

Continuous Delivery

Introduction

• Continuous Delivery by Jezz Humble and David Farley
• Continuous Delivery by Martin Fowler
• CI/CD best practices

Tools

• Circle CI
• Gitlab CI/CD
• Jenkins

DevOps

• Introduction to DevOps: Transforming and Improving Operations
• Intro to DevOps

Docker

• Playing with Docker
• Docker Deep Dive
• DCA Prep Guide

Infrastructure as Code

• Getting Started with Terraform
• Learning Terraform
• Getting Started with Ansible
• Infrastructure Automation with Terraform Online Course

Kubernetes

• Introduction to Kubernetes Free Course
• Katacoda
• Kubernetes Bootcamp
• Kubernetes Online Training
• Kubernetes The Hard Way
• Kubernetes By Example
• Kubernetes Certified Administrator Preparation
• Kubernetes Certified Application Developer Preparation

Microservices

• Martin Fowler
• Microservices Patterns
• Pivotal’s view on Microservices
• RedHat’s view on Microservices
• Migrate to Cloud Native Applications
• The Twelve Factor App

Observability & Monitoring

Introduction

• @copyconstruct/monitoring-in-the-time-of-cloud-native-c87c7a5bfa3e">Very interesting blog about Cloud Native Monitoring
• Cloud Native Monitoring Whitepaper from Weaveworks

Cloud Native Observability with Prometheus:

• Getting Started with Prometheus
• Prometheus Exporters and Integrations
• Kubernetes Prometheus Operator

Certifications

AWS

• Overview

  • AWS Certification

• Cloud Practitioner

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

• Associate

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate

• Professional

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional

• Speciality

  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

Azure

• Azure Developer Associate
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Google Cloud (GCP)

• Associate Cloud Engineer
• Professional Cloud Architect
• Professional Cloud Developer

DevOps

• Dasa DevOps Fundamentals
• Dasa DevOps Professional

Docker

• Docker Certified Associate (DCA)

Kubernetes

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Linux Foundation

• Certified SysAdmin (LFCS)
• Certified Engineer (LFCE)

Red Hat

• Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Certified Architect (RHCA)

Resources

Newsletters

• Devops Weekly
• Docker Weekly
• KubeWeekly

Conferences

• AWS Summit
• Cloud Native Con
• Container Days
• DevOps Days
• DevOps Summit Amsterdam
• Dockercon
• HashiDays
• Kubecon
• Software Circus

Books

• Building Microservices
• Cloud Native Architectures
• Continuous Delivery
• DevOps Handbook
• Docker Deep Dive
• Infrastructure as Code
• Kubernetes App Developer
• Kubernetes Up & Running
• The Phoenix Project

Slack Channels

• https://ansible-automation.slack.com
• https://dockercommunity.slack.com
• https://gcp-slack.appspot.com/
• https://kubernetes.slack.com
• https://og-aws.slack.com
• https://vmwarecode.slack.com
• https://rancher-users.slack.com

Other

• Awesome Cloud Native
• Awesome Kubernetes
• Awesome Rancher