Learning to run applications involves several connected skills: understanding a Linux machine, tracing network requests, writing small programs and recovering failed services. Choose the part you need next rather than buying a long list of courses at once.
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Choose a learning objective and verify the provider's current syllabus, prerequisites, exercises and support before paying. Use the learning path to connect Linux, networking, software development and reliability practice. Free official documentation is a useful baseline against which to judge a paid course.
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| Group | Cert | Course | Cost | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA Exam | $300 | Exam and training material | Online exam. 3 hours to complete 24 scenarios on real clusters. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos Quizzes Flashcards Exercises | This course, plus the Kubernetes documentation and practice should be enough to pass. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Linux Foundation | $299 for 12 months | Videos Exercises | Course designed specifically for the CKA exam |
| Kubernetes | CKA | LearnK8s Academy | $999 for 12 months | Interactive | With a focus on simplicity and readability, this course will have you deploying and scaling applications in no time! |
| Kubernetes | CKA | KataCoda | Free | Exercises | Not enough on its own but helpful |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Udacity | Free | Videos Quizzes | By the legend Kelsey Hightower. Worth doing this as it's free but won't cover everything needed. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | edX | Free | Videos Quizzes | A good free introduction to Kubernetes but not enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Kubernetes | CKA | edX | Free | Exercises | Manually setup a cluster on GCE |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kubernetes Bootcamp on GitHub | Free | Interactive | An hour long interactive tutorial powered by Katacoda that creates a cluster, deploys an app and scales it. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA study guide on GitHub | Free | Exercises | A cool Github repo with some labs and revision notes |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide on Udemy | $80 | Text Videos | Build, test, and deploy Docker applications with Kubernetes while learning production-style development workflows |
| Kubernetes | CKA | $80 | Text Videos Exercises | Prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrators Certification with live practice tests right in your browser - CKA | |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CERTIFIED KUBERNETES ADMINISTRATOR by Dooey | $499 | Text Videos Exercises | This Kubernetes Certification Course helps you learn KubeAPI Server and Kubelets. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kubernetes Certification Training Course by Edureka | $269 | Text Videos Exercises | This Kubernetes certification course will give you an in-depth knowledge of various aspects of the Exam such as Kubernetes Core Concepts, Pod Scheduling, Kubernetes Networking, Logging, Monitoring, Cluster Security, and Troubleshooting. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) by ITU Online | $99 | Text Videos | This course explains several important aspects of taking the official Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) by Pleuralsight | Free trial | Text Videos | By the end of this path, you’ll have gained the practical knowledge required to hit the ground running as a Kubernetes administration wizard |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kube.Academy by VMWare | Free | Videos | Many free course videos about a lot of Kubernetes topics |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA Course on GitHub | Free | Text Exercises | An amazing free community created course covering the entire CKA syllabus |
| Kubernetes | None | Magic Sandbox | Free | Interactive | Free introduction course that covers a lot of the Kubernetes fundamentals in a fun way |
| Kubernetes | None | Play with K8s | Free | Interactive | Play around on a free Kubernetes cluster courtesy of Docker |
| Kubernetes | None | TGI Kubernetes on Youtube | Free | Videos | A Youtube series of 56 x 1 hour plus long videos by Joe Beda from Heptio, the creator of Kubernetes. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes Introduction | Free | PPT | An absolutely beautiful presentation with over 180 slides including some of the prettiest graphics I've seen. Definitely worth flicking through. Suitable for all skill levels. |
| Kubernetes | None | Heptio Tutorials | Free | Text | A handful of short tutorials to complete on your own cluster. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes by example | Free | Text | A short set of tutorials going over all of the Kubernetes primitives. |
| Kubernetes | None | What happens when k8s on GitHub | Free | Text | A deep dive into what happens when you type kubectl run. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes Installation and Configuration Fundamentals on Pleuralsight | Free trial | Text | . First, you'll learn about its architecture, and then how to install your first cluster. With that cluster up and running you'll explore how to work with it and deploy applications in Kubernetes! |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | AWS Solutions Architect Exam | $150 | Exam | Onsite exam. 130 minutes to complete multiple choice questions. |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | acloud.guru | $249 for 12 months or $29 per month | Videos Quizzes Trial-Exam Forum | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos Quizzes Flashcards Exercises | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | Qwiklabs | $495 per year or $55 per month | Exercises | Lab exercises for AWS and GCP on real clusters. It's worth doing a month of this if you don't have much hands on experience. |
| Cloud | None | Coursera GKE for beginners | Free | Videos | 6 hours of videos from Google about containers and Kubernetes on Google Cloud |
| Cloud | None | Coursera Architecting with GKE | Free | Videos Exercises | One of 4 specialization courses by Google that goes into a lot of depth about running Kubernetes on GCP |
| Network | CCNA | CCNA Exam | $325 | Exam | Onsite exam. 90 minutes to complete 50 - 60 questions with 3 - 4 simulation questions. |
| Network | CCNA | udemy | $10 | Videos Exercises | This may be enough to pass, I'm not sure. I attended onsite training to pass the CCNA. |
| Linux | RHCSA | RHCSA Exam | $400 | Exam. | Onsite exam. 150 minutes to complete 10 to 15 hands on assignments. |
| Linux | RHCSA | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos Quizzes Flashcards Exercises | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Containers | Docker Certified Associate | Docker | $195 | Exam. | Online exam. 90 minutes to complete 55 multiple choice questions. |
| Containers | None | udemy: Docker and Kubernetes guide | $10 | Videos | 4.5 hours of high quality videos. A great way to start if you're learning containers from scratch. |
| Config Management | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation | Redhat | $400 | Exam. | Onsite exam. 4 hours of hands on lab scenarios. |
| Software Dev | None | Code Academy Python 2 | Free | Interactive | This is the course that got me into Python. It's still free! Do this course and then moving to Python 3 is a small change. |
| Software Dev | None | udemy: Automate boring stuff with Python | $10 | Videos | Learn Python 3.x from scratch with a fun set of videos (almost 10 hours in total) |
| Security | None | Hack the box | Free | Interactive | Pentesting labs |
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| Group | Cert | Course | Cost | Features | Description |
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| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA Exam | 300.0 | Exam and training material | Online exam. 3 hours to complete 24 scenarios on real clusters. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos<br>Quizzes<br>Flashcards<br>Exercises | This course, plus the Kubernetes documentation and practice should be enough to pass. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Linux Foundation | $299 for 12 months | Videos<br>Exercises | Course designed specifically for the CKA exam |
| Kubernetes | CKA | LearnK8s Academy | $999 for 12 months | Interactive | With a focus on simplicity and readability, this course will have you deploying and scaling applications in no time! |
| Kubernetes | CKA | KataCoda | Free | Exercises | Not enough on its own but helpful |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Udacity | Free | Videos<br>Quizzes | By the legend Kelsey Hightower. Worth doing this as it's free but won't cover everything needed. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | edX | Free | Videos<br>Quizzes | A good free introduction to Kubernetes but not enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Kubernetes | CKA | edX | Free | Exercises | Manually setup a cluster on GCE |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kubernetes Bootcamp on GitHub | Free | Interactive | An hour long interactive tutorial powered by Katacoda that creates a cluster, deploys an app and scales it. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA study guide on GitHub | Free | Exercises | A cool Github repo with some labs and revision notes |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide on Udemy | 80.0 | Text<br>Videos | Build, test, and deploy Docker applications with Kubernetes while learning production-style development workflows |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) with Practice Tests on Udemy | 80.0 | Text<br>Videos<br>Exercises | Prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrators Certification with live practice tests right in your browser - CKA |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CERTIFIED KUBERNETES ADMINISTRATOR by Dooey | 499.0 | Text<br>Videos<br>Exercises | This Kubernetes Certification Course helps you learn KubeAPI Server and Kubelets. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kubernetes Certification Training Course by Edureka | 269.0 | Text<br>Videos<br>Exercises | This Kubernetes certification course will give you an in-depth knowledge of various aspects of the Exam such as Kubernetes Core Concepts, Pod Scheduling, Kubernetes Networking, Logging, Monitoring, Cluster Security, and Troubleshooting. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) by ITU Online | 99.0 | Text<br>Videos | This course explains several important aspects of taking the official Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) by Pleuralsight | Free trial | Text<br>Videos | By the end of this path, you’ll have gained the practical knowledge required to hit the ground running as a Kubernetes administration wizard |
| Kubernetes | CKA | Kube.Academy by VMWare | Free | Videos | Many free course videos about a lot of Kubernetes topics |
| Kubernetes | CKA | CKA Course on GitHub | Free | Text<br>Exercises | An amazing free community created course covering the entire CKA syllabus |
| Kubernetes | None | Magic Sandbox | Free | Interactive | Free introduction course that covers a lot of the Kubernetes fundamentals in a fun way |
| Kubernetes | None | Play with K8s | Free | Interactive | Play around on a free Kubernetes cluster courtesy of Docker |
| Kubernetes | None | TGI Kubernetes on Youtube | Free | Videos | A Youtube series of 56 x 1 hour plus long videos by Joe Beda from Heptio, the creator of Kubernetes. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes Introduction | Free | PPT | An absolutely beautiful presentation with over 180 slides including some of the prettiest graphics I've seen. Definitely worth flicking through. Suitable for all skill levels. |
| Kubernetes | None | Heptio Tutorials | Free | Text | A handful of short tutorials to complete on your own cluster. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes by example | Free | Text | A short set of tutorials going over all of the Kubernetes primitives. |
| Kubernetes | None | What happens when k8s on GitHub | Free | Text | A deep dive into what happens when you type kubectl run. |
| Kubernetes | None | Kubernetes Installation and Configuration Fundamentals on Pleuralsight | Free trial | Text | . First, you'll learn about its architecture, and then how to install your first cluster. With that cluster up and running you'll explore how to work with it and deploy applications in Kubernetes! |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | AWS Solutions Architect Exam | 150.0 | Exam | Onsite exam. 130 minutes to complete multiple choice questions. |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | acloud.guru | $249 for 12 months or $29 per month | Videos<br>Quizzes<br>Trial-Exam<br>Forum | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos<br>Quizzes<br>Flashcards<br>Exercises | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Cloud | AWS Solutions Architect Associate | Qwiklabs | $495 per year or $55 per month | Exercises | Lab exercises for AWS and GCP on real clusters. It's worth doing a month of this if you don't have much hands on experience. |
| Cloud | None | Coursera GKE for beginners | Free | Videos | 6 hours of videos from Google about containers and Kubernetes on Google Cloud |
| Cloud | None | Coursera Architecting with GKE | Free | Videos<br>Exercises | One of 4 specialization courses by Google that goes into a lot of depth about running Kubernetes on GCP |
| Network | CCNA | CCNA Exam | 325.0 | Exam | Onsite exam. 90 minutes to complete 50 - 60 questions with 3 - 4 simulation questions. |
| Network | CCNA | udemy | 10.0 | Videos<br>Exercises | This may be enough to pass, I'm not sure. I attended onsite training to pass the CCNA. |
| Linux | RHCSA | RHCSA Exam | 400.0 | Exam. | Onsite exam. 150 minutes to complete 10 to 15 hands on assignments. |
| Linux | RHCSA | Linux Academy | $450 for 12 months or $49 per month | Videos<br>Quizzes<br>Flashcards<br>Exercises | This should be enough on its own to pass the exam |
| Containers | Docker Certified Associate | Docker | 195.0 | Exam. | Online exam. 90 minutes to complete 55 multiple choice questions. |
| Containers | None | udemy: Docker and Kubernetes guide | 10.0 | Videos | This is the course that got me into Python. It's still free! Do this course and then moving to Python 3 is a small change. |
| Config Management | Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation | Redhat | 400.0 | Exam. | Onsite exam. 4 hours of hands on lab scenarios. |
| Software Dev | None | Code Academy Python 2 | Free | Interactive | Unknown |
| Software Dev | None | udemy: Automate boring stuff with Python | 10.0 | Videos | Learn Python 3.x from scratch with a fun set of videos (almost 10 hours in total) |
| Security | None | Hack the box | Free | Interactive | Pentesting labs |
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