Containers
EKS Day-Two Operations Clinic
Bring your curiosity, not production credentials. We simulate noisy nodes, stuck deployments, and version skew so you can rehearse calm communication while fixing the issue.
Inside the syllabus
- Control plane vs. data plane troubleshooting matrix
- Addon upgrade sequencing spreadsheet
- Metrics cardinality reduction experiment
- Pod disruption budget negotiation role-play
- Spot interruption simulation with mitigation notes
- Post-incident template aligned to internal comms teams
- Office hours for kubelet log decoding
Outcomes you can evidence
- Complete a day-two checklist tailored to your org size
- Explain three failure modes without relying on jargon alone
- Draft a maintenance bulletin plain enough for app owners
Lead mentor
Lena Goh
SRE with on-call rotation experience across finance and health-tech clusters.
FAQ
No. All exercises run inside the provided sandbox to protect production data.
Not covered—Linux worker assumptions throughout.
Labs stay open two extra weeks, but mentor reviews are only guaranteed during the published clinics.
Recent participant notes
PDB negotiation script is now part of our change template—borrowed language wholesale.