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Building a Production-Ready Kubernetes Platform

Design and deploy a production-ready Kubernetes platform with GitOps, observability, security, and developer self-service.

60 minutes
platform-engineering/capstone
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Lab Overview

This capstone lab brings together all CNPE concepts to build a complete production-ready Kubernetes platform.

You'll learn to:

  • Design a platform architecture with core components
  • Deploy GitOps-driven continuous delivery with Argo CD
  • Implement observability with Prometheus and Grafana
  • Configure security policies with Kyverno
  • Create developer self-service with Backstage templates

This capstone project demonstrates the comprehensive skills needed for the CNPE certification and real-world platform engineering.

What You'll Learn

Design a production-ready platform architecture

Deploy and integrate core platform components

Implement GitOps workflows for applications

Configure platform observability and security

Prerequisites

cnpe-argocd-installation

cnpe-kyverno-policies

cnpe-security-scanning-pipeline

cnpe-audit-compliance

Technologies Covered

capstoneplatformproductiongitopsobservabilitycnpe

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course

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  • Pre-configured VMs ready to use
  • Playgrounds for experiments
  • Multi-VM realistic scenarios

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  • Managed AWS Account included
  • Pre-configured environments
  • Real-world cloud scenarios

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  • No software installation needed
  • Automatic environment provisioning
  • Works on any device

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