Instructor-led, 2-days
Day 1 — Modernization Strategy & Platform Selection
- Why Kubernetes? Containers vs. VMs, modernization vs. rehosting (KubeVirt). “Workload transformation strategy: Rehosting VMs via KubeVirt vs. Containerizing apps.”
- Architecture & Operational Model Control plane, worker nodes, CNI, CSI, registry strategy.
- Application Modernization Roadmap Identifying refactor candidates, dependency mapping, microservices grouping. “Analyze network traffic and application interdependencies… group applications into migration waves.”
- Risk & Readiness Assessment Storage, networking, security, compliance, team skill gaps.
Day 2 — Migration Governance, DevOps Integration & Business Outcomes
- Migration Execution Models Cold migration, warm sync, dual-run cutovers. “Warm database sync… dual-run cutover strategies.”
- Operationalizing Kubernetes HA, autoscaling, Velero backups, DR, observability.
- DevOps & GitOps Integration CI/CD, ArgoCD/Flux, IaC with Terraform/Ansible.
- Security & Compliance Leadership RBAC, OIDC, Pod Security Standards, policy enforcement.
- Executive Reporting & Optimization Performance benchmarks, cost savings, modernization KPIs.
