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Hands-On Labs

Kubernetes Policy Gym

Each week adds constraints to the same cluster storyline. You ship policy bundles, watch them fail in interesting ways, and tune observability hooks. The goal is muscle memory for safe rollouts, not a single perfect YAML file.

Duration
6 weeks · live online
Format
Live online
Instructor
Sora Kim
Tuition
KRW 1,520,000
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What is inside

  • Progressive policy packs with staged violations
  • Scorecards for blast radius vs developer friction
  • Observability hooks tied to policy decisions
  • Helm and Kustomize examples side by side
  • Office hours on rollback choreography
  • Guest critique from a lab engineer on staff

Outcomes you can show

  1. Ship a policy bundle with documented rollback
  2. Explain tradeoffs between deny-default vs warn-default
  3. Wire two signals that prove policy efficacy to leadership

Lead instructor

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Sora Kim

Builds brittle clusters on purpose so you learn to stabilize them calmly.

Participant questions

Cluster access model?

Shared lab namespaces with per-learner overlays. No shared kubeconfigs outside the classroom boundary.

Vendor lock-in?

Examples favor open policy engines, but we map concepts to major cloud policy services in office hours.

Workload expectations?

Plan for eight focused hours weekly. More if you chase stretch violations.

Notes from cohorts

“Kubernetes Policy Gym scoring rubric made our internal debates less subjective. Still wish week four had one extra office hour for edge cases.”

— Devon · Busan fintech platform team · 4/5 · Trustpilot

“The staged violations felt theatrical until they mirrored a real outage pattern we had last quarter.”

— Aya · SRE