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Docker & Kubernetes Roadmap

Master containerization and orchestration

Duration
6-8 months
Job Demand
very high
Phases
6
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About This Roadmap

Docker and Kubernetes are essential technologies for modern application deployment and orchestration. Docker enables you to package applications and their dependencies into containers, ensuring consistency across environments. Kubernetes orchestrates these containers at scale, handling deployment, scaling, and management. As you master these technologies, you will learn to containerize applications, create Docker images, manage container lifecycles, deploy to Kubernetes clusters, configure services and ingress, implement auto-scaling, and manage production workloads. These skills are crucial for DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, and backend developers. Docker and Kubernetes are used by virtually every tech company for deploying microservices, ensuring high availability, and managing infrastructure. The learning curve can be steep, but these skills are highly valuable and in extreme demand.

Prerequisites

  • Linux basics
  • Networking fundamentals
  • Basic programming
  • Understanding of web applications

What You'll Learn

Master Docker
Build container images
Deploy to Kubernetes
Manage clusters
Configure networking
Implement CI/CD
Monitor containers

Complete Learning Path

6-8 weeks

1
Docker Basics

Containers vs VMs, Docker architecture, installation

2
Images & Containers

Pulling images, running containers, lifecycle

3
Dockerfile

Creating images, layers, best practices

4
Docker Compose

Multi-container apps, docker-compose.yml

6-8 weeks

1
Volumes & Networking

Data persistence, networks, port mapping

2
Multi-stage Builds

Optimizing images, build stages

3
Docker Registry

Docker Hub, private registries, image management

4
Security

Image scanning, secrets, rootless containers

8-10 weeks

1
K8s Architecture

Master, nodes, pods, control plane

2
Pods & Deployments

Creating pods, deployments, replica sets

3
Services

ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, service discovery

4
ConfigMaps & Secrets

Configuration management, sensitive data

10-12 weeks

1
StatefulSets

Stateful applications, persistent storage

2
Ingress

Ingress controllers, routing, SSL/TLS

3
Helm

Package management, charts, releases

4
Auto-scaling

HPA, VPA, cluster autoscaler

6-8 weeks

1
Prometheus

Metrics collection, PromQL, alerts

2
Grafana

Dashboards, visualization, monitoring

3
Logging

ELK/EFK stack, centralized logging

4
Tracing

Distributed tracing, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry

6-8 weeks

1
RBAC

Role-based access control, security policies

2
CI/CD

GitOps, ArgoCD, automated deployments

3
Networking

CNI, network policies, service mesh

4
Troubleshooting

Debugging, logs, common issues

Tools & Technologies

DockerKubernetesHelmPrometheusGrafanakubectlDocker ComposeArgoCDIstio

Career Opportunities

  • DevOps Engineer
  • Kubernetes Administrator
  • Cloud Engineer
  • Platform Engineer
  • SRE
  • Infrastructure Engineer

Expected Salary (India)

₹6-12 LPA (Entry)
₹12-25 LPA (Mid)
₹25-45 LPA (Senior)
₹45L+ (Lead)

Companies Hiring

GoogleAmazonMicrosoftNetflixUberAll cloud-native companiesStartupsEnterprises

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