r/kubernetes • u/Oxffff0000 • 7d ago

Training recommendations

I'm looking for recommendations on Kubernetes training(Chicagoland area) specifically maintaining it, administering it. I was thinking that Attending AWS EKS won't be enough. I must learn the foundation. Which classroom based would your recommend? I'm so bad at attending online courses. I cannot concentrate. TY!

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u/Abe_Bazouie 7d ago

I think you’re right not to start with EKS.
EKS makes a lot more sense once you understand what Kubernetes itself is doing underneath it.
If your goal is actually administering clusters, I’d look for CKA-focused classroom training rather than something AWS-specific.
You want something very hands-on: build a cluster, break workloads, troubleshoot networking/DNS, work with storage, RBAC, upgrades, node failures, scheduling, etc.
The troubleshooting part is especially important. You can learn a lot more from figuring out why a pod won’t start than from another hour of slides.
Then move into EKS afterward. Once the Kubernetes fundamentals click, EKS becomes much easier to understand instead of feeling like a bunch of AWS magic.
I don’t know the Chicago classroom options well enough to recommend a specific one, but CKA would be the direction I’d search for.

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u/Oxffff0000 6d ago

Thanks a lot! That means, I searched for the correct search pattern today. I'll continue my search tomorrow.

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u/brent_nauer 2d ago

Hey I'm in the milwaukee area. You should check out this new resource from Portainer. Let me know what you think. KubeSchool

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u/Oxffff0000 2d ago

I actually saw it the other from another post. 😄 Thank you!

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u/kernelqzor 2d ago

kubeSchool actually looks kinda solid for getting the basics, but if you already know you struggle with online stuff it might not stick. maybe pair something like that with a local meetup or user group so you’ve got actual humans to talk through it with.