What Is Cloud Native?
Define cloud native computing, understand its core pillars - containers, orchestration, and dynamic management - and explore why the CNCF ecosystem is the operating environment for AI-driven infrastructure.
Foundations
Core concepts of cloud native computing - containers, Kubernetes, declarative infrastructure, and GitOps - that underpin everything else in this learning path.
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Containers and Images
Understand containers versus virtual machines, how images are built from layers, and why immutability makes containers the right unit of deployment for automated infrastructure.
Kubernetes Essentials
Understand Kubernetes core objects - Pods, Deployments, Services, and Namespaces - the reconciliation control loop, and why declarative APIs are the right interface for automated cluster management.
Declarative Infrastructure and GitOps
Contrast declarative and imperative infrastructure models, understand desired state management, and learn why a version-controlled declarative model is the ideal substrate for LLM and agent-driven automation.