Here are 100 chapter titles for a Rancher learning path, focusing on operating system concepts and their interaction with Rancher:
Beginner (1-20): OS Fundamentals & Rancher Intro
- Understanding Operating Systems: A Primer for Rancher Users
- Linux Basics for Rancher: Commands, Filesystems, and Processes
- Introduction to Rancher: What it is and Why it Matters
- Setting Up Your Rancher Environment: Choosing the Right OS
- Deploying Your First Workload: Containers and VMs in Rancher
- Exploring the Rancher UI: Navigating and Managing Resources
- Containerization Fundamentals: Docker, Images, and Registries
- Virtualization vs. Containerization: Understanding the Differences
- Networking Basics for Rancher: IPs, Ports, and DNS
- Storage Options in Rancher: Persistent Volumes and Claims
- Working with Rancher Projects and Namespaces
- Introduction to Kubernetes: The Orchestration Engine
- Understanding Kubernetes Components: Pods, Deployments, and Services
- Deploying Applications on Kubernetes with Rancher
- Monitoring Your Rancher Environment: Basic Metrics and Logging
- Troubleshooting Common Rancher Issues: A Beginner's Guide
- Rancher CLI: Managing Rancher from the Command Line
- Securing Your Rancher Deployment: Initial Security Best Practices
- Rancher and Your Existing Infrastructure: Integration Options
- Building a Simple CI/CD Pipeline with Rancher
Intermediate (21-50): OS Deep Dive & Kubernetes Mastery
- Advanced Linux Commands for Rancher Administrators
- Process Management in Linux: Understanding Systemd
- Filesystem Management: Working with ext4, XFS, and NFS
- Understanding Linux Networking: Network Interfaces and Routing
- Deep Dive into Container Images: Layers, Build Contexts, and Optimization
- Docker Networking: Bridging, Overlay, and Host Networking
- Kubernetes Networking: CNI Plugins and Service Discovery
- Managing Kubernetes Deployments: Rolling Updates and Rollbacks
- Working with Kubernetes Services: Exposing Your Applications
- Kubernetes Ingress Controllers: Routing External Traffic
- Kubernetes Storage: Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes
- Understanding Kubernetes Resource Limits and Requests
- Scheduling in Kubernetes: Nodes, Taints, Tolerations, and Affinity
- Kubernetes Security: RBAC, Service Accounts, and Secrets
- Monitoring Kubernetes: Metrics, Logging, and Alerting
- Troubleshooting Kubernetes: Debugging Pods and Deployments
- Rancher Multi-Cluster Management: Deploying and Managing Multiple Clusters
- Rancher and Identity Providers: Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
- Rancher Backups and Disaster Recovery: Protecting Your Data
- Rancher Upgrades and Maintenance: Keeping Your Platform Up-to-Date
- OS Tuning for Rancher: Optimizing Performance
- Container Runtime Interface (CRI): Understanding containerd and CRI-O
- System Calls and Their Impact on Containers
- Exploring Linux Namespaces: Isolating Processes and Resources
- Cgroups: Managing Resource Allocation for Containers
- Security Contexts: Enhancing Container Security
- Linux Kernel Modules and Rancher: Dealing with Drivers
- Working with Systemd Units for Rancher Services
- Performance Analysis of Rancher Deployments
- Building Custom Rancher Tools and Extensions
Advanced (51-80): Advanced OS & Rancher Operations
- Advanced Kubernetes Scheduling: Preemption and Resource Quotas
- Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs): Extending Kubernetes Functionality
- Kubernetes Operators: Automating Complex Deployments
- Helm Charts: Packaging and Deploying Kubernetes Applications
- Advanced Kubernetes Networking: Network Policies and Service Meshes
- Deep Dive into Kubernetes Security: Pod Security Policies and Admission Controllers
- Advanced Kubernetes Monitoring: Prometheus and Grafana Integration
- Kubernetes Logging: Fluentd, Elasticsearch, and Kibana (EFK stack)
- Rancher API: Automating Rancher Operations
- Rancher Plugins: Extending Rancher Functionality
- Rancher and GitOps: Managing Infrastructure as Code
- Building and Deploying RancherOS: A Lightweight OS for Kubernetes
- CoreOS and Rancher: Understanding Container-Optimized OS
- Bottlerocket and Rancher: Immutable Infrastructure for Kubernetes
- Tuning the Linux Kernel for High-Performance Rancher Deployments
- Understanding eBPF and its Applications in Rancher
- Performance Optimization of Kubernetes: Identifying Bottlenecks
- Security Hardening of Rancher and Kubernetes: Best Practices
- Multi-Tenancy in Rancher: Isolating Resources and Workloads
- Disaster Recovery Planning for Rancher: Implementing Redundancy
- Advanced Troubleshooting of Rancher and Kubernetes
- Integrating Rancher with Monitoring and Alerting Systems
- Automating Rancher Deployments with Terraform
- Building a Self-Service Kubernetes Platform with Rancher
- Implementing a DevSecOps Pipeline with Rancher
- Running Stateful Applications on Kubernetes with Rancher
- Managing GPU Workloads on Kubernetes with Rancher
- Edge Computing with Rancher: Deploying Kubernetes at the Edge
- Serverless Computing with Rancher: Integrating with Knative
- Advanced Rancher Security: Auditing and Compliance
Expert (81-100): Specialized Topics & Future Trends
- Deep Dive into Linux Internals for Rancher Experts
- Advanced Container Security: Vulnerability Scanning and Runtime Protection
- Kubernetes Performance Tuning at Scale
- Building Custom Kubernetes Controllers
- Advanced Kubernetes Networking: Cilium and Istio
- Security Best Practices for Multi-Cluster Rancher Deployments
- Automating Rancher with Ansible or Chef
- Integrating Rancher with Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Building a Hybrid Cloud Kubernetes Platform with Rancher
- Advanced Rancher API Integration and Customization
- Contributing to the Rancher Community
- Future Trends in Containerization and Kubernetes
- The Evolution of Operating Systems for Kubernetes
- Serverless and FaaS on Rancher: Advanced Concepts
- AI/ML Workloads on Kubernetes with Rancher
- Edge Computing with Rancher: Advanced Architectures
- Building a Secure Supply Chain for Kubernetes Applications
- Operating Kubernetes at Internet Scale with Rancher
- Rancher and WebAssembly: Exploring New Possibilities
- The Future of Rancher and Kubernetes in the Cloud-Native Landscape