Introduction to Serverless on Kubernetes

Modern cloud development is shifting toward serverless architectures, but relying on proprietary cloud providers can lock your code into restrictive environments. By running serverless workloads on Kubernetes, you gain complete control over your execution limits, programming languages, and deployment environments. This text-based course guides you from foundational container concepts to deploying highly scalable, portable serverless functions on any Kubernetes cluster. You will start by mastering core terminology, understanding the relationship between containers and microservices, and exploring how serverless frameworks operate on top of Kubernetes. Next, you will write clean, lightweight functions and configure them to scale automatically based on real-time traffic demand, including scaling down to zero to optimize resource usage. What you'll learn: - Understand the core principles of serverless architecture and how it integrates with Kubernetes - Deploy and manage portable serverless functions that run consistently across any cloud environment - Configure autoscaling behaviors to handle traffic spikes and scale down to zero when idle - Package and manage serverless functions using modern container practices and lightweight runtimes - Monitor and debug serverless deployments using cloud-native observability concepts and logging This course is structured as a step-by-step reading and practical exercise guide, starting with basic definitions before moving into hands-on configuration files and deployment workflows. It is designed specifically for beginners to cloud-native development, requiring no prior experience with Kubernetes or serverless frameworks. Start reading today to build flexible, vendor-neutral serverless applications.