Kubernetes and platform training, built around your stack
Your team is about to take on something new, such as a Kubernetes platform or a move off VMware. We train them on that system, on site or remotely, so they can run it without calling us. Tell us what you need, and within two working days we will send a draft agenda and a price.
Get a draft agenda and priceWhat we can train your team on
- Kubernetes, from first deployments to day-two operations
- Platform engineering and developer self-service
- Running virtual machines on Kubernetes
- Moving legacy applications into containers
- Cloud cost optimisation
- AI-assisted engineering with coding agents
How our training works
Wherever we can, your engineers practise on the systems they work on every day, so they can use what they learn as soon as the training ends.
Teams we have trained
We have run Kubernetes training for engineering teams at companies including Maersk, JCDecaux, AJ Bell, Vonage, and Numatic. At Leaseweb, a five-day bootcamp prepared 25 engineers to support its new managed Kubernetes service product.
Our work with Siemens began with Kubernetes training at Mentor Graphics, now part of Siemens. Siemens Digital Industries went on to run its core infrastructure on a multi-cloud Kubernetes platform which we designed and built, then supported for six years, by which point it had grown to 200+ clusters across AWS, Azure, and VMware on premises.
A sample day: Kubernetes fundamentals on your own application
- One day
- On site or remote
- Hands-on exercises
- From £500 per person
This is day two of a three-day workshop we have run for developers, which goes from Docker, to Kubernetes, to packaging with Helm. Each day also works on its own. We change the topics and the pace to fit your team, and where you can share one, the exercises use one of your own applications in place of our sample app, so your team learns each step on code it already knows.
Why Kubernetes exists
What container orchestration is for, and the problems Kubernetes solves.
Kubernetes key concepts
The core building blocks, and how they fit together to run an application.
Deploying your first microservice
The first hands-on session: deploying a small application, ideally one of yours, and making it reachable.
Hands-on Kubernetes resources
Health checks, resource limits, configuration, storage, and updates, working through each in turn.
Putting it all together
Deploying a complete application made of several parts, and controlling how those parts talk to each other.
Your team will leave able to
- Deploy and update an application on Kubernetes
- Keep the app healthy and within its resources
- Configure the app without rebuilding its image
- Control the traffic which reaches the app, and the traffic between its parts
Packaged courses
Some of our training comes as one-day modules, each sold on its own, with a free in-person session to start from. Most of the modules can run on your own systems.
Questions about training
Anything we have not covered? Leave us a quick message.
How much does training cost?
Training built around your stack starts from £500 per person per day, with a minimum of three people. The final price depends on the topic and how long it runs, and prices for our packaged courses are on request. Tell us what your team needs, and within two working days we will send you a draft agenda and a price, so you have something concrete.
Why not send the team on an online course?
Online courses cover the general material well, and suit engineers learning on their own. Training with us runs on your own systems where access allows, so your team works through the problems your platform has, with engineers who build platforms like it for our clients.
How many people can take part?
Anything from a handful of engineers to a whole team at your site. We can also host up to 10 engineers in our London office.
What does my team need to know beforehand?
Nothing in particular. Before the training, we agree a starting point with you, and pitch the material at the level your team is at today. If your team is new to Kubernetes and wants a head start, Let’s Explore Kubernetes is our online introduction to the main concepts.
Can the training use our own systems?
Yes. We can work in your own codebase or a non-production cluster, or use a sandbox so nothing touches your systems.
Do we need to book an introductory call first?
No. Leave us a quick message with the topic and the size of your team, and we will take it from there.
We are not ready to plan training yet. Where should we start?
With the short in-person session that opens each of our packaged courses, or with The Wyer, our monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to at the foot of this page.
Get a draft agenda and price
Let us know the topic, how many people, and roughly where they are today, and within two working days we will send you both. There is no need to book a call first.
Send us a messagePrefer to talk it through? Book an introductory call, or call us on +44(0)2036080110 (UK business hours).