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The PKS Ninja Community on Github provides free learning resources for cloud native technologies with a learn-by-doing approach focused on practical, hands on skills.
All the content on this site revolves around lab exercises, which align tightly with the common PKS Ninja lab environment. You can load up the lab environment template and use it to go through any of the available Courses. Check out the Community Getting Started Guide for more details.
For VMware employees, Onecloud templates are available for the PKS Ninja lab, for all others we can provide instructions on how you can build your own compatible lab environment. Please see Getting Access to a Lab Environment for more details.
Materials on this site are continuously updated, and we release new courses and labguides frequently so please check out the Community Getting Started Guide for info on joining the google group and slack channel, how to start taking courses and more.
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All content on this site is subject to the Apache 2.0 license as detailed here
The PKS Ninja program at VMware is dedicated to building a community of students and practitioners of Cloud Native Technologies. The community seeks to provide practical educational experiences that help enrich and maximize the knowledge sharing potential for community participants and contributors
The PKS Ninja program originally started as an internal SME program for select VMware SE's, however the overall program is growign and now in addition includes an open/online community program. This site hosts the lab guides used in the private PKS Ninja SE course, and also adds a wealth of additional content that is updated on an ongoing basis.
Practical, hands on experience and regular practice is key to becoming an effective practitioner in cloud native technologies. The Ninja learning model focuses on hands on eductation, centered around real world workflows, tools and processes, and made real through actual contribution in open & open source community projects
While the community does have an overall focus on VMware PKS, all are welcome as learning materials on this site cross a broad range of related topics with a strong focus on open source, devops, and all things cloud native
To learn more about the community, please check out the Community Getting Started Guide