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Drive Your First Cluster with kubectl Verbs
Practice kubectl get, describe, and explain on a pre-built kind cluster before touching any YAML.
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Understand Cluster DNS and Resolve Services by Name
Walk the Kubernetes FQDN ladder, resolve Services across namespaces, and compare ClusterIP versus headless DNS records using CoreDNS.
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Your First Docker Containers - Pull, Run, and Manage
Pull images from Docker Hub, run named containers with published ports, exec into them, view logs, then stop and remove them cleanly.
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