Cloud & VirtualisationIntermediate

Cloud Ops: Production Ready

EKS hardening, network policies, observability, and IaC patterns for teams shipping to production.

6 steps~12h
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  1. 1
    Read

    EKS production checklist

    Control plane, node groups, IRSA, and upgrade strategy before go-live.

    Open chapter
  2. 2
    Read

    Kubernetes network policies

    Default-deny posture, namespace isolation, and CNI interaction.

    Open chapter
  3. 3
    Lab

    Lab — NetworkPolicy on kind

    • ›Spin a local kind cluster with two namespaces
    • ›Apply default-deny policies and verify blocked cross-namespace traffic
    • ›Allow only required pod-to-pod flows and test with curl/netcat
    • ›Rollback policies and document the diff
  4. 4
    Read

    Prometheus & Grafana stack

    RED/USE signals, scrape architecture, and SLO alerting without fatigue.

    Open chapter
  5. 5
    Read

    Terraform multicloud patterns

    Module structure, state backends, and environment promotion.

    Open chapter
  6. 6
    Self-check

    Self-check — cloud ops

    Answer all questions to validate this step