K8s Contributor Playground, Learning by Contributing
Open sources - OSS
Communication Channels
- slack.k8s.io
- discuss.kubernetes.io
- calendar@kubernetes.io
- Community Groups
- Community Meeting Videos YouTube
Learning K8s by Open Source PDF slides: https://bret.d.pr/f/zlPb2d First Timers Only: https://www.firsttimersonly.com/ K8s Contributor Community Homepage: https://www.kubernetes.dev/ List of K8s SIGs: https://github.com/kubernetes/communi… K8s Slack: https://communityinviter.com/apps/kub… Open Sauced: https://opensauced.pizza/ K8s Contributors onboarding course: https://www.kubernetes.dev/docs/onboa… Kube Cuddle podcast with Joe Beda: https://kubecuddle.transistor.fm/epis… Learning K8s Skills: https://kubeskills.com/
Labs
- katacoda
- oreilly
- killerkoda
- codecloud
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