NUS
 
ISS
 

Containers for Deploying and Scaling Apps


Overview

Reference No TGS-2021002935
Part of -
Duration 4 days
Course Time 9.00am - 5.00pm
Enquiry Please email ask-iss@nus.edu.sg for more details.

In the world of microservices, containers are one of the most favoured way of packaging and delivering services.  

Containers are often deployed onto a container orchestration platform like Kubernetes; the orchestration platform provides management functions, resiliency, security and observability.

This course is part of the StackUp - Startup Tech Talent Development programme offered by NUS-ISS.

Upcoming Classes

Class 1 02 Sep 2024 to 05 Sep 2024 (Full Time)

Duration: 4 days

Time:
09:00am to 05:00pm



Key Takeaways

In this workshop-oriented course, you will the following:

  • Apply the 12 Factor App principles to building your application
  • Acquire hands on experience in packaging applications as container images, deploying the images and diagnosing containers
  • Deploy self-healing service mesh with Kubernetes container orchestration platform
  • Perform application upgrades without down time
  • Maintain application service level by automatically scaling deployments based on predetermined metrics
  • Use Helm package manager to simplify application configuration, deployment, and upgrades
  • Use Kubernetes operators to deploy complex applications like MySQL clusters
  • Use skaffold and kustomize to speed up application development and deployment cycle



Who Should Attend

This course is designed for:
  • Developers, Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, System Administrators and Infrastructure specialists/members from Enterprise IT
  • Startup Tech members who desire to take on lead roles in deployment, growth and scale of their products
  • Scrum Team members responsible for DevOps

Prerequisite

To benefit from this course, participants should have:
  • Hands-on experience in developing CRUD application (Java, Node, Python, etc),
  • Basic command line skills
  • You will be required to pass a pre-course assessment to ensure that you have the requisite background knowledge to learn the material.

What to Bring

No printed copies of course materials are issued.
Participants must bring their laptops with power charger to access and download course materials.

Please see below for the tech specs:

 

Minimum

Recommended

Computer and processor

1.6 GHz or faster, 4-core Intel Core i7 or equivalent

1.8 GHz, 4-core Intel Core i7 or equivalent

Memory

16 GB RAM

32 GB RAM

Hard Disk

256 GB disk size, with 50GB of available disk space

 

Display

1280 x 1040 screen resolution (64-bit requires hardware acceleration for 4K and higher)

Graphics

Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update).

DirectX 10 graphics card for graphics hardware acceleration

Others

An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless

Speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth

A webcam or HD webcam - built-in or USB plug-in

 

Software

Windows 10 or later

Latest macOS




What Will Be Covered

  • The 12-factor app design philosophy
  • Containerizing application
  • Understanding Kubernetes architecture
  • Deploying and orchestrating container workloads



Fees & Subsidies

Fees for 2024
  Full Fee Singaporeans & PRs
(self-sponsored)
Full course fee S$3600 S$3600
ISS Subsidy  - (S$360)
Nett course fee S$3600 S$3240
9% GST on nett course fee S$324 S$291.60
Total nett course fee payable, including GST S$3924 S$3531.60
Note:
  1. All fees and subsidies are valid from January 2024, unless otherwise advised.
  2. All self-sponsored Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay for course fees. For more information about SkillsFuture Credit, click here.
  3. From 1st January 2024, the GST will be increased to 9%.



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Certificate

Certificate of Completion
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and are required to pass the assessment to be issued a Certificate of Completion.



Preparing for Your Course

NUS-ISS Course Registration Terms and Conditions

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NUS-ISS and Learner’s Commitment and Responsibilities

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WIFI Access

WIFI access will be made available to participants.

Venue

Institute of Systems Science, NUS
25 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119615

Click HERE for directions to NUS-ISS

In the event of a change of venue, participants are advised to refer to the acceptance email sent one week prior to the commencement date.

Course Confirmation

All classes are subject to confirmation and ISS will send an acceptance email to participants one week prior to the commencement date. Confirmed registrants are to attend and complete all lectures, class exercises, workshops and assessments (where applicable). Additionally, all responses to feedbacks and surveys conducted by ISS and its partners must be submitted. All training and assessments will be delivered as described in the course webpage.

General Enquiry

Please feel free to write to ask-iss@nus.edu.sg if you have any enquiry or feedback.




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