Overview
Join Chase Christensen (CNCF Ambassador, Kubestronaut, Kubeflow Maintainer, and AMLC Member) for an intensive, full-day, hands-on workshop designed to take you from Kubernetes novice to Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
We are bridging the gap between cloud-native infrastructure and the future of AI. Kubernetes is rapidly becoming the backbone of modern AI/ML pipelines, and mastering container orchestration is essential for scaling next-generation workloads. Come for the certification, stay for the notebooks and PyTorch model serving!
Workshop Highlights
- K8s Fundamentals: Pods, Jobs, and Deployments.
- Interactive Environments: Running notebooks natively on K8s.
- MLOps: Deploying and serving PyTorch models.
- Real-World Case Study: We'll use Kubeflow (an open-source AI/ML application development platform) as a hands-on case study to demonstrate how these core Kubernetes concepts power production-grade machine learning systems.
- Advanced Logic: Controllers and Operators.
- Exam Prep: Strategies to ace the CKAD.
Requirements
Hardware & OS
- •OS: macOS or Linux (No Windows, please).
- •RAM: 8GB is plenty.
Cloud Infrastructure: We will be running Cloud Kubernetes clusters using provided lab accounts for our main workloads.
Software Setup
Please have these ready before the session:
- •Docker Desktop: Recommended for local image builds and pushes. You can also use Podman or any other of your favorite container runtimes!
- •Docker Hub: A Docker Hub account is recommended for image registry workflows (pushing local images).
- •kubectl: Installed and verified via
kubectl version --clientin your terminal. - •IDE: Your choice (VS Code, Vim, Cursor, etc.). Just ensure you can edit YAML comfortably.
Recommended Familiarity
- •Terminal: Basic navigation (
cd,ls) and CLI usage. - •YAML: Understanding indentation and syntax.
- •Containers: High-level grasp of Docker images and runtimes.
Community Library
Thanks to our partnership with O'Reilly, the AMLC has a library of books to share. Stop by to grab a book, leave one you've finished, or browse—our goal is collective learning and community connection.
Ready to level up your container skills and prepare for the CKAD? See you there!
Limited seats available—act fast!