Container Technology

  1. Advanced Container Topics
    1. Container Security
      1. Security Threat Model
        1. Attack Vectors
          1. Security Boundaries
            1. Risk Assessment
            2. Image Security
              1. Vulnerability Scanning
                1. Static Analysis
                  1. Known Vulnerability Databases
                    1. Continuous Scanning
                    2. Image Signing and Verification
                      1. Content Trust
                        1. Notary Integration
                          1. Signature Validation
                          2. Base Image Selection
                            1. Minimal Images
                              1. Trusted Sources
                                1. Regular Updates
                                2. Supply Chain Security
                                  1. Build Process Security
                                    1. Dependency Management
                                      1. Provenance Tracking
                                    2. Runtime Security
                                      1. Principle of Least Privilege
                                        1. User Permissions
                                          1. Capability Dropping
                                            1. Resource Limits
                                            2. Linux Security Modules
                                              1. SELinux
                                                1. Mandatory Access Control
                                                  1. Policy Configuration
                                                  2. AppArmor
                                                    1. Profile-Based Security
                                                      1. Application Confinement
                                                    2. Seccomp Profiles
                                                      1. System Call Filtering
                                                        1. Profile Creation
                                                          1. Default Profiles
                                                          2. Container Isolation
                                                            1. Namespace Security
                                                              1. cgroup Limitations
                                                                1. Kernel Vulnerabilities
                                                              2. Kubernetes Security
                                                                1. Pod Security Standards
                                                                  1. Privileged
                                                                    1. Baseline
                                                                      1. Restricted
                                                                      2. Security Contexts
                                                                        1. Pod Security Context
                                                                          1. Container Security Context
                                                                            1. Security Policies
                                                                            2. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
                                                                              1. Users and Groups
                                                                                1. Roles and ClusterRoles
                                                                                  1. RoleBindings and ClusterRoleBindings
                                                                                    1. Service Accounts
                                                                                    2. Network Security
                                                                                      1. Network Policies
                                                                                        1. Traffic Encryption
                                                                                          1. Service Mesh Security
                                                                                          2. Admission Controllers
                                                                                            1. Validating Admission
                                                                                              1. Mutating Admission
                                                                                                1. Custom Admission Controllers
                                                                                              2. Secrets Management
                                                                                                1. Secret Storage
                                                                                                  1. etcd Encryption
                                                                                                    1. External Secret Stores
                                                                                                      1. Secret Rotation
                                                                                                      2. Secret Distribution
                                                                                                        1. Volume Mounts
                                                                                                          1. Environment Variables
                                                                                                            1. Init Containers
                                                                                                            2. Secret Management Tools
                                                                                                              1. HashiCorp Vault
                                                                                                                1. AWS Secrets Manager
                                                                                                                  1. Azure Key Vault
                                                                                                                    1. Google Secret Manager
                                                                                                                2. Monitoring and Observability
                                                                                                                  1. Observability Pillars
                                                                                                                    1. Metrics
                                                                                                                      1. Logs
                                                                                                                        1. Traces
                                                                                                                        2. Container Metrics
                                                                                                                          1. System Metrics
                                                                                                                            1. CPU Usage
                                                                                                                              1. Memory Usage
                                                                                                                                1. Disk I/O
                                                                                                                                  1. Network I/O
                                                                                                                                  2. Application Metrics
                                                                                                                                    1. Business Metrics
                                                                                                                                      1. Performance Metrics
                                                                                                                                        1. Error Rates
                                                                                                                                        2. Kubernetes Metrics
                                                                                                                                          1. Cluster Metrics
                                                                                                                                            1. Node Metrics
                                                                                                                                              1. Pod Metrics
                                                                                                                                                1. Service Metrics
                                                                                                                                              2. Monitoring Tools and Platforms
                                                                                                                                                1. Prometheus
                                                                                                                                                  1. Metrics Collection
                                                                                                                                                    1. Time Series Database
                                                                                                                                                      1. PromQL Query Language
                                                                                                                                                        1. Alerting Rules
                                                                                                                                                          1. Service Discovery
                                                                                                                                                          2. Grafana
                                                                                                                                                            1. Visualization Dashboards
                                                                                                                                                              1. Data Source Integration
                                                                                                                                                                1. Alerting
                                                                                                                                                                  1. User Management
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Kubernetes Monitoring
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Metrics Server
                                                                                                                                                                      1. kube-state-metrics
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Node Exporter
                                                                                                                                                                          1. cAdvisor
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Logging Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Logging Patterns
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Application Logging
                                                                                                                                                                              1. System Logging
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Audit Logging
                                                                                                                                                                                2. Log Collection
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Logging Drivers
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Sidecar Pattern
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. DaemonSet Pattern
                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Log Processing
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Fluentd
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Log Routing
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Data Transformation
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Output Plugins
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Fluent Bit
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Lightweight Agent
                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Performance Optimization
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Logstash
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Data Processing Pipeline
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Log Storage and Analysis
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Elasticsearch
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Splunk
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Cloud Logging Services
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Distributed Tracing
                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Tracing Concepts
                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Spans and Traces
                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Context Propagation
                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Sampling Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Tracing Tools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Jaeger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Zipkin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. AWS X-Ray
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. OpenTelemetry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Unified Observability
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. SDK Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Collector Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Service Mesh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Service Mesh Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Data Plane
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Sidecar Proxies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Traffic Interception
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Policy Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Control Plane
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Configuration Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Service Discovery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Certificate Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Service Mesh Capabilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Traffic Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Load Balancing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Round Robin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Least Connections
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Consistent Hash
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Traffic Routing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Path-Based Routing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Header-Based Routing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Weight-Based Routing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Circuit Breaking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Failure Detection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Automatic Recovery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Retries and Timeouts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Retry Policies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Timeout Configuration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Security Features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Mutual TLS (mTLS)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Certificate Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Identity Verification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Authentication and Authorization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. JWT Validation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. RBAC Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Policy Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Access Control
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Rate Limiting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Observability
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Metrics Collection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Request Metrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Error Rates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Latency Percentiles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Distributed Tracing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Automatic Instrumentation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Trace Correlation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Access Logging
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Request Logging
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Audit Trails
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Service Mesh Implementations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Istio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Architecture Components
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Pilot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Citadel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Galley
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Mixer (deprecated)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Configuration Resources
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. VirtualService
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. DestinationRule
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Gateway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. ServiceEntry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Advanced Features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Multi-Cluster Support
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Canary Deployments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Linkerd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Lightweight Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Rust-Based Data Plane
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Automatic mTLS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Observability Focus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Consul Connect
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. HashiCorp Ecosystem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Service Discovery Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Multi-Platform Support
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Service Mesh Adoption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Migration Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Gradual Rollout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Service-by-Service Migration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Performance Considerations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Latency Impact
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Resource Overhead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Operational Complexity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Configuration Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Troubleshooting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Container Ecosystem and Tools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Container Build Tools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Docker Build
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. BuildKit Backend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Multi-Platform Builds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Build Secrets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Buildah
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Daemonless Building
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. OCI Compliance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Scriptable Interface
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Kaniko
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Kubernetes-Native Building
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Unprivileged Execution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Cache Optimization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Cloud Native Buildpacks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Source-to-Image
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Automatic Detection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Multi-Language Support
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Package Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Helm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Chart Structure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Templates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Values
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Dependencies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Chart Repositories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Public Repositories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Private Repositories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Release Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Installation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Upgrades
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Rollbacks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Helm Hooks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Lifecycle Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Custom Actions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Kustomize
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Configuration Management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Overlay Pattern
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Base and Variants
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Operators
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Custom Resource Definitions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Controller Pattern
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Operator Framework
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Serverless Containers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Knative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Serving Component
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Auto-scaling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Traffic Splitting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Eventing Component
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Event Sources
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Event Brokers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Build Component (deprecated)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Cloud Serverless Platforms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. AWS Fargate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Task-Based Execution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. ECS and EKS Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Azure Container Instances
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. On-Demand Containers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Virtual Network Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Google Cloud Run
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. HTTP-Based Workloads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Automatic Scaling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Function-as-a-Service Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Container-Based Functions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Event-Driven Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Development and Testing Tools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Local Development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Docker Desktop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Minikube
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Kind (Kubernetes in Docker)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. k3s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. CI/CD Integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Pipeline Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Image Building
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Security Scanning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Deployment Automation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Testing Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Unit Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Integration Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. End-to-End Testing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Chaos Engineering