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Velero Docs - Overview
(velero.io)
reference
backup, restore and migration of Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes, cloud or on-prem
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Introduction | Podman Desktop
(podman-desktop.io)
reference
GUI for containers, pods and local Kubernetes on Linux, macOS and Windows, with Docker migration notes
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Crossplane Is the Cloud-Native Framework for Platform Engineering
(crossplane.io)
tool
Kubernetes-based control planes exposing custom APIs that provision cloud resources; CNCF project
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MinIO AIStor Documentation
(MinIO AIStor Documentation)
reference
S3-compatible object store with Iceberg tables and SFTP; installing and operating AIStor clusters
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Red Hat OpenShift
(redhat.com)
tool
editions from managed ROSA and ARO to self-managed Container Platform; commercial, free dev tiers
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Community
(Rancher Labs)
organisation
Rancher and SUSE cloud native community hub: Rancher Academy training, GitHub, Slack, events
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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) | Linux Foundation Education
(Linux Foundation - Education)
reference
CKA scope and pricing: cluster ops, workloads, storage, troubleshooting; $445 exam-only, bundles above
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Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) | Linux Foundation Education
(Linux Foundation - Education)
reference
CKAD exam domains for Kubernetes app developers; $445 exam alone, $625-$645 bundled with training
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認定Kubernetesセキュリティスペシャリスト (CKS-JP)
(Linux Foundation - Education)
reference
CKS exam objectives and domain weights: cluster hardening, supply chain, runtime; paid hands-on
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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) | Linux Foundation Education
(Linux Foundation - Education)
reference
KCNA vendor-neutral cloud native exam: domains, prep handbook, two attempts; $250 exam-only
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GitHub - cncf/curriculum: 📚Open Source Curriculum for CNCF Certification Courses
(GitHub)
repo
CNCF exam curricula for CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA and more, versioned to Kubernetes releases; CC-BY 4.0, free
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Killercoda
(killercoda.com)
tool
Browser-based Linux and Kubernetes lab scenarios, free tier plus paid
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etcd
(etcd)
tool
Raft-replicated strongly consistent key-value store with watches and key TTLs; backs Kubernetes
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Argo Workflows - The workflow engine for Kubernetes
(argo-workflows.readthedocs.io)
reference
container-native workflow and DAG engine built as Kubernetes CRDs, CNCF graduated, open source
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CoreDNS: DNS and Service Discovery
(coredns.io)
tool
Go DNS server chaining plugins for zone files, Kubernetes and cloud service discovery, Apache-2.0
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Kubernetes at Scale on any Infrastructure | OKD Kubernetes Platform
(okd.io)
tool
opinionated Kubernetes distribution preloading 100+ operators, community upstream of OpenShift
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Welcome | Overview | OKD 4
(OpenShift)
reference
Entry point to OKD 4 docs: cluster features, layered offerings and operator life cycles
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GitHub - crc-org/crc: CRC is a tool to help you run containers. It manages local VMs to run a OpenShift 4.x cluster, Microshift or Podman optimized for testing and development purposes
(GitHub)
repo
upstream of OpenShift Local: local VM running single-node OpenShift, MicroShift or Podman
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MicroShift
(MicroShift)
tool
OpenShift trimmed for the device edge: frugal resources, poor networking, safe rollbacks on RHEL for Edge
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Welcome to Operator framework
(operatorframework.io)
tool
Operator SDK, OLM lifecycle manager and OperatorHub for encoding day-1 and day-2 ops into clusters
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OperatorHub.io | The registry for Kubernetes Operators
(Operator Hub)
reference
Community registry of Kubernetes Operators, browsable by capability level
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Kubernetes Documentation
(Kubernetes)
reference
entry point to Kubernetes concepts, tasks, tutorials and API reference; current plus four prior versions
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Kubernetes API
(Kubernetes)
reference
Generated reference for every Kubernetes API group, resource type and field the control plane serves
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Command line tool (kubectl)
(Kubernetes)
reference
kubectl syntax, command operations and kubeconfig handling, with cheat sheet and per-command links
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Kubeadm
(Kubernetes)
reference
init/join fast paths for standing up a conformant cluster, plus upgrades; addons out of scope
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GitHub - kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way: Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way. No scripts.
(GitHub)
repo
manual bootstrap of a control plane and two workers across four machines, no scripts, built for learning
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CNCF Landscape
(CNCF Landscape)
reference
Interactive map of cloud-native projects and vendors by category
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Documentation versions
(etcd)
reference
distributed key-value store holding Kubernetes cluster state; versioned documentation index
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cri-o
(cri-o.io)
tool
OCI runtime implementing the Kubernetes CRI, with per-Kubernetes-version rpm and deb repositories
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containerd
(containerd.io)
tool
CNCF-graduated OCI container runtime: image push/pull, CAS storage, namespaces and lifecycle
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K3s - Lightweight Kubernetes | K3s
(docs.k3s.io)
reference
certified Kubernetes in a sub-100MB binary with sqlite3 datastore, for edge, IoT and air-gapped use
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Introduction | RKE2
(docs.rke2.io)
reference
Rancher Kubernetes built for CIS benchmark and FIPS 140-2 pass; containerd, static-pod control plane
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Overview :: SUSE® Rancher Manager
(ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com)
reference
multi-cluster Kubernetes management: RKE or EKS/GKE/AKS clusters, central auth, policy, monitoring
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Sidero Labs | Makers of Talos Linux and Omni
(Sidero Labs)
tool
immutable Kubernetes OS with no sshd, shell or package manager: read-only root, gRPC/mTLS API, ~50 binaries
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kind
(kind.sigs.k8s.io)
tool
Throwaway Kubernetes clusters as Docker, podman or nerdctl container nodes, for local dev and CI
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Welcome!
(minikube)
reference
local single-node Kubernetes on Linux, macOS or Windows for learning; VM, container or bare-metal
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Docs Home | Helm
(helm.sh)
reference
Kubernetes charts and templating: how-tos, chart template guide, plugins, Helm 4 changes
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Kustomize - Kubernetes native configuration management
(kustomize.io)
tool
template-free overlay editing of Kubernetes manifests, standalone binary or built into kubectl
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Argo CD - Declarative GitOps CD for Kubernetes
(argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
reference
GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes, syncing kustomize, Helm or plain manifests from git
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Flux Documentation
(fluxcd.io)
reference
Kubernetes custom resources that sync cluster state from git sources, multi-tenant and RBAC-aware
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Welcome to Tekton
(Tekton)
reference
Kubernetes-native CI/CD building blocks: pipelines, triggers, CLI, catalog, signing, results store
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Overview - Knative
(knative.dev)
reference
scale-to-zero serving and event routing layered over Kubernetes, with the concepts behind it
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Documentation
(Istio)
reference
sidecar and ambient mesh setup, traffic-management tasks, mTLS concepts and CLI/API reference
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Welcome to Cilium’s documentation! — Cilium 1.20.1 documentation
(docs.cilium.io)
reference
eBPF and XDP networking, network policy and Hubble observability for Kubernetes workloads
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cert-manager
(cert-manager)
reference
issuing and auto-renewing Kubernetes/OpenShift TLS certs from Let's Encrypt, Vault or private CA
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Longhorn | The Longhorn Documentation
(Longhorn)
reference
distributed block storage for Kubernetes: per-volume controllers, synchronous replicas across nodes; CNCF/LF
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Introduction
(Kyverno)
reference
Kubernetes-native policy engine governing declarative configuration and runtime behaviour
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Podman
(podman.io)
tool
Daemonless, rootless OCI container engine with pods and Kubernetes-compatible local workflows
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Welcome | Portainer Documentation
(docs.portainer.io)
reference
container management UI docs spanning Docker, Swarm, Podman and Kubernetes; free CE, licensed BE
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K3s
(k3s.io)
tool
Sub-70MB single-binary certified Kubernetes aimed at ARM boards, edge sites and constrained nodes
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Traefik Proxy Documentation - Traefik
(doc.traefik.io)
reference
Container-aware routing: discovers Docker and Kubernetes backends automatically, no restarts, TLS included