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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="23597" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/amazon-rcaeks" lastchanged="2025-12-24T11:19:44+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)</title><productcode>RCAEKS</productcode><vendorcode>AW</vendorcode><vendorname>Amazon Web Services</vendorname><fullproductcode>AW-RCAEKS</fullproductcode><version>2.0</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;In this course, you will learn to:
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&lt;li&gt;Describe the main components of Kubernetes, including the key objects and the core components of the Kubernetes API.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how Amazon EKS manages the Kubernetes control plane and parts of the data plane.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build and maintain an Amazon EKS cluster.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy applications to an Amazon EKS cluster.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage applications running in enterprise-scale Amazon EKS clusters.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure efficient, secure communication both within the cluster and with outside services.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure observability in an Amazon EKS cluster.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provision storage for applications running on Amazon EKS.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Secure an Amazon EKS cluster.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;We recommend that attendees of this course have:
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&lt;li&gt;Completed Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Completed Introduction to Containers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Completed &lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/en/course/amazon-cp-ess&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(CP-ESS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (or equivalent real-world experience)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic Linux administration experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic network administration experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Those who will provide container orchestration management in the AWS Cloud including:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cloud architects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;DevOps engineers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Systems administrators&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Module 1: Kubernetes Fundamentals&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benefits of containers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Container orchestration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kubernetes internals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pod scheduling&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kubernetes objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 2: Amazon EKS Fundamentals&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon EKS control plane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon EKS data plane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fundamentals of Amazon EKS security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two APIs: Kubernetes and Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Deploying Kubernetes Pods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 3: Building and maintaining an Amazon EKS cluster&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creating an Amazon EKS cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploying nodes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Planning for an upgrade&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Upgrading your Kubernetes version&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 4: Deploying Applications to Your Amazon EKS Cluster&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Application deployment methods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working with Amazon ECR&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploying applications with Helm&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Deploying Applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Module 5: Managing Applications at Scale in Amazon EKS&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scale to meet demand in Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Continuous deployment in Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GitOps and Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Continuous Deployment and GitOps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 6: Managing Networking in Amazon EKS&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Review: Networking in AWS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Communicating in Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improving Pod-level security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Load balancing with Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 7: Configuring Observability in Amazon EKS&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configuring observability in an Amazon EKS cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collecting metrics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing logs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Application tracing in Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Monitoring Amazon EK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Module 8: Managing Storage in Amazon EKS&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Design patterns for storage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Persistent storage in Kubernetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Persistent storage with AWS storage services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing secrets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Persistent Storage in Amazon EKS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 9: Managing Security in Amazon EKS&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cloud security fundamentals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Authentication and authorization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing IAM and RBAC&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing Pod permissions using RBAC service accounts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Capstone Exercise&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>In this course, you will learn to:



- Describe the main components of Kubernetes, including the key objects and the core components of the Kubernetes API.
- Describe how Amazon EKS manages the Kubernetes control plane and parts of the data plane.
- Build and maintain an Amazon EKS cluster.
- Deploy applications to an Amazon EKS cluster.
- Manage applications running in enterprise-scale Amazon EKS clusters.
- Configure efficient, secure communication both within the cluster and with outside services.
- Configure observability in an Amazon EKS cluster.
- Provision storage for applications running on Amazon EKS.
- Secure an Amazon EKS cluster.</objective_plain><essentials_plain>We recommend that attendees of this course have:



- Completed Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer
- Completed Introduction to Containers
- Completed AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (CP-ESS) (or equivalent real-world experience)
- Basic Linux administration experience
- Basic network administration experience</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Those who will provide container orchestration management in the AWS Cloud including:



- Cloud architects
- DevOps engineers
- Systems administrators</audience_plain><outline_plain>Day 1

Module 1: Kubernetes Fundamentals


- Benefits of containers
- Container orchestration
- Kubernetes internals
- Pod scheduling
- Kubernetes objects
Module 2: Amazon EKS Fundamentals


- Introduction to Amazon EKS
- Amazon EKS control plane
- Amazon EKS data plane
- Fundamentals of Amazon EKS security
- Two APIs: Kubernetes and Amazon EKS
- Hands-On Lab: Deploying Kubernetes Pods
Module 3: Building and maintaining an Amazon EKS cluster


- Creating an Amazon EKS cluster
- Deploying nodes
- Planning for an upgrade
- Upgrading your Kubernetes version
Module 4: Deploying Applications to Your Amazon EKS Cluster


- Application deployment methods
- Working with Amazon ECR
- Deploying applications with Helm
- Hands-On Lab: Deploying Applications
Day 2

Module 5: Managing Applications at Scale in Amazon EKS


- Scale to meet demand in Amazon EKS
- Continuous deployment in Amazon EKS
- GitOps and Amazon EKS
- Hands-On Lab: Continuous Deployment and GitOps
Module 6: Managing Networking in Amazon EKS


- Review: Networking in AWS
- Communicating in Amazon EKS
- Improving Pod-level security
- Load balancing with Services
Module 7: Configuring Observability in Amazon EKS


- Configuring observability in an Amazon EKS cluster
- Collecting metrics
- Managing logs
- Application tracing in Amazon EKS
- Hands-On Lab: Monitoring Amazon EK
Day 3

Module 8: Managing Storage in Amazon EKS


- Design patterns for storage
- Persistent storage in Kubernetes
- Persistent storage with AWS storage services
- Managing secrets
- Hands-On Lab: Persistent Storage in Amazon EKS
Module 9: Managing Security in Amazon EKS


- Cloud security fundamentals
- Authentication and authorization
- Managing IAM and RBAC
- Managing Pod permissions using RBAC service accounts
- Hands-On Lab: Capstone Exercise</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 days</duration><pricelist><price country="US" currency="USD">2025.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1750.00</price><price country="DE" currency="EUR">1795.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">1795.00</price><price country="AE" currency="USD">2250.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1650.00</price><price country="IL" currency="ILS">6230.00</price><price country="GR" currency="EUR">1750.00</price><price country="MK" currency="EUR">1750.00</price><price country="BE" currency="EUR">2195.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2195.00</price><price country="HU" currency="EUR">1750.00</price><price country="PL" currency="PLN">5000.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">2655.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">3150.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">2795.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">2550.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>