title: Let's get started with Kubernetes --- pub_date: 2022-06-03 --- author: ungleich k8s team --- twitter_handle: ungleich --- _hidden: no --- _discoverable: yes --- abstract: Learning Kubernetes - the smart way --- body: ## It's time for Kubernetes You might have been following the topic of kubernetes for a while and maybe you wondered whether or not it's about time to learn kubernetes. So did we at ungleich. Over the years we tested kubernetes many times and quite often had the verdict "no, not yet". About 1.5 years ago, we finally found Kubernetes stable enough to be running in the ungleich environment, which is not only IPv6 only, but also needs to support a huge variety of workloads. ## Open Source and Open Teaching Over the last few years when we tested and learned a lot about Kubernetes. One of the main take aways is that it can be hard to start with Kubernetes, because it has a lot of different use-cases, concepts and configurations. At ungleich we have always been standing for Open Source and [Open Communication](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure) and we want to continue this by passing on our knowledge about Kubernetes. ## Is Kubernetes for me? That depends and there are many factors to consider. If you are an organisation and you want to standardise your application deployments or increase efficiency of deployments, Kubernetes is a good choice. If you are an engineer or a developer and you are considering to improve your career, learning Kubernetes might also be a good choice. ## 2 Beginner Courses starting in Digital Glarus For this reason we will start 2 beginner courses this June (**Update: only 2 places left**) in the beautiful Hacking Villa in Diesbach, Switzerland. ### Setting up Kubernetes The first course, [Kubernetes Setup Course](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/school-digital-glarus/k8s-setup/) focuses on how to setup Kubernetes clusters. It is intended for Sysadmins and DevOps engineers that want to operate Kubernetes clusters. ### Using Kubernetes After having a cluster setup, the big question is how to actually use it. Our second course, the [Kubernetes Usage Course](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/school-digital-glarus/k8s-usage/) is focussing on the aspect of understanding the concepts of Kubernetes. ## On-Site and Online Both courses are available On-Site in Switzerland as well as Online (choose the "Learning only" package for this one). If you choose to be onsite, you will visit us in the beautiful Swiss Alps and lodge in a historic, protected building. ## Intense + Personal + Relaxing At ungleich we know that intense learning (6 hours per day, 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon) also requires fitting calming down to be able to concentrate. For this reason we have locat recommendations for hiking paths, swimming or - if you join the winter course - skiing. Our experience has shown that trainings in small groups with a personal training is most effective. For this reason the size of the training groups is limited to 6 people. ## A or B or A+B? If you are considering to participate in the setting up or using Kubernetes course: you can take either of them or both of them, they work independently of each other. Note: for both courses we have 2 places free - if you are interested, you can apply directly on the course websites: * https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/school-digital-glarus/k8s-setup/ * https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/school-digital-glarus/k8s-usage/ ## Looking forward to seeing you Since the start of project Digital Glarus and ungleich, many people have visited us, learned with us and a lot of them even stayed in our [Open Chat](https://ungleich.ch/u/projects/open-chat/). We look forward to welcoming you in Digital Glarus or teaching you online and maybe stay with us even longer. Our Open Chat is based on Matrix and if you are curious about what we do and write about Kubernetes, feel free to join #kubernetes:ungleich.ch.