Official Tutorials & Practice
6 entriesStart from the project's own material.
Cloud Provider Tutorials
7 entriesGuides for managed Kubernetes services.
Introductions
10 entriesGeneral step-by-step introductions.
Local Environments & Tools
6 entriesRun Kubernetes on your own machine.
Frameworks & Observability
6 entriesLanguage and operations guides.
More Interactive Labs & Tutorials
3 entriesHands-on practice.
Related Pages
6 entriesRelated directories on this site.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I start learning Kubernetes?
Work through the official Learn Kubernetes Basics tutorial, run a local cluster with kind, Minikube or MicroK8s, and use an interactive lab such as Killercoda for practice.
What is Kubernetes the Hard Way?
A tutorial that has you set up a cluster step by step without automation, so you understand each component.
Do I need a cloud account?
Not to begin. Local tools such as kind, k3d, Minikube and MicroK8s run on a laptop, and browser labs need no setup.
What certifications exist?
The Linux Foundation and CNCF offer the CKA (administrator), CKAD (developer) and CKS (security) exams.
What changed on this page?
All 28 original guides are kept. Official tutorials, Killercoda, Play with Kubernetes, the CKA page, kind and k3d were added. The Google Cloud tutorials link now lands on GKE's overview page.
Which Kubernetes version should a tutorial target?
The Kubernetes releases page in October 2026 listed 1.37, 1.36 and 1.35 as the maintained minor releases, with 1.34 reaching end of life on 27 October 2026. A tutorial written for 1.34 or earlier may need small changes, such as replacing the retired Ingress NGINX controller with Gateway API.
Where can I practise Kubernetes online?
Killercoda, KodeKloud and the official interactive tutorials provide browser-based labs.
Which additional references does this page add?
The section 'More Interactive Labs & Tutorials' lists Official Kubernetes Tutorials, Killercoda, KodeKloud, Kubernetes By Example, Learnk8s.
Which links may need a manual click?
Links were rechecked in October 2026. Couchbase, Towards Data Science, UpCloud and two Baeldung tutorials returned 403 to automated checks and are kept; they may need a manual click. For related directories, see Kubernetes, Kubernetes Security Tools, CNAPP Platforms and Platform Engineering on this site.