The Industry’s First Self-Paced Karpenter Lab Series

  • Self-Paced & Hands-On: gain practical knowledge at your convenience with an immersive self-paced lab
  • Infrastructure resources included: jump right into Karpenter with pre-configured live environments
  • Credly badge (coming soon): certify and show off your foundational Karpenter knowledge 
  • Become a Karpenter Ninja: Four-part comprehensive series. See details below.
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Karpenter Lab 101

Curriculum

  • Intro to Karpenter: Learn how Karpenter simplifies autoscaling, and its key differences from Cluster Autoscaler.
  • Running Karpenter in Your AWS Environment: Set up IAM roles, install, and configure Karpenter on an EKS cluster.
  • Understanding Node Classes & Node Pools: Gain control over node provisioning and optimize scaling with Spot and On-Demand instances by configuring Node Classes and Node Pools.
  • Deploying a Service into a Cluster & Monitor Scaling Events: How to deploy services and exploring Karpenter’s interaction with EC2 instances in real-time.

Coming Soon: Follow-on Labs

201: Advanced Node Configuration & Transition from Cluster Autoscaler

Explore how to move from using Cluster Autoscaler to Karpenter, configure advanced node selection, and optimize Karpenter settings for more dynamic and fine-grained control over scaling and cost efficiency.

301: Deep Dive into Advanced Karpenter Use Cases

Delve into complex scenarios such as customizing node affinity, advanced node provisioning strategies, and leveraging multiple instance types for optimal scaling and resource utilization.

401: Integrating nOps for Enhanced Karpenter Cost Management

Learn how to use nOps with Karpenter to gain deeper insights into cost allocation, monitor scaling performance, and apply best practices for maximizing cost savings and efficiency.

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