Workload Management

📊 Progress Tracking

TABLE WITHOUT ID
  "📈 Progress" as " ",
  length(filter(file.tasks, (t) => t.completed)) + "/" + length(file.tasks) + " tasks" as "Completed",
  round(length(filter(file.tasks, (t) => t.completed)) / length(file.tasks) * 100) + "%" as "Progress"
WHERE file.path = this.file.path

📋 Module Overview

Advanced workload management with deployments, scaling, and updates

🎯 Learning Objectives

  • Master deployment strategies
  • Master specialized workloads
  • Master resource management
  • Master practice scenarios

📚 Tasks & Exercises

1. Deployment Strategies

  • Task 1.1: Rolling updates and rollbacks
  • Task 2.2: Blue-green and canary deployments
  • Task 3.3: Deployment history and revision management
  • Task 4.4: Deployment scaling strategies
  • Task 5.5: PodDisruptionBudgets for availability

Practice: Complete practical exercises for deployment strategies

2. Specialized Workloads

  • Task 1.1: StatefulSets for stateful applications
  • Task 2.2: DaemonSets for node-level services
  • Task 3.3: Jobs and CronJobs for batch workloads
  • Task 4.4: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)
  • Task 5.5: Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA)

Practice: Complete practical exercises for specialized workloads

3. Resource Management

  • Task 1.1: Resource requests and limits
  • Task 2.2: Quality of Service classes
  • Task 3.3: LimitRanges and ResourceQuotas
  • Task 4.4: Node affinity and anti-affinity
  • Task 5.5: Taints and tolerations

Practice: Complete practical exercises for resource management

4. Practice Scenarios

  • Task 1.1: Deploy and scale a stateful database
  • Task 2.2: Implement rolling update strategy
  • Task 3.3: Configure HPA for web application
  • Task 4.4: Manage resource constraints and limits

Practice: Complete practical exercises for practice scenarios

📖 Resources

Required Reading

Optional Materials

  • Explore additional resources as needed
  • Practice with real-world examples
  • Join community discussions

✅ Completion Criteria

Mark this module complete when you can:

  • Successfully complete all deployment strategies tasks

  • Successfully complete all specialized workloads tasks

  • Successfully complete all resource management tasks

  • Successfully complete all practice scenarios tasks

  • Apply concepts in practical scenarios

  • Explain key concepts to others

📝 Notes Section

Use this space for your personal notes and insights while learning


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