Welcome to K8s Skill Builders! Before you post anywhere else — drop your intro below. Copy this template and paste it as a comment: --- 👋 I'm [name] 🌍 [country] 🖥️ OS: Mac / Windows / Linux 📍 Level: Beginner / Some k8s / CKA prep 🎯 My goal: [your goal] --- Every intro gets a like from me. That like gets you to Level 2 — and Level 2 lets you post. See you in the comments 👇

You've got a cluster. Now make it do something. Phase 3 — Orbit Basics is now open. In a handful of kubectl commands you'll take a bare nginx image and turn it into a real web app: running, self-scaling, reachable from your browser, and serving your own page. No YAML wizardry. Just your terminal and the cluster you already built. 📌 What's inside: → Step 1: Deploy nginx (3 replicas, one command) → Step 2: Bolt on a HorizontalPodAutoscaler — watch it scale itself → Step 3: Expose it with a NodePort and curl your way in → Step 4: Hijack the homepage with a ConfigMap volume 💡 The plot twist: you'll manually scale to 15 pods… and watch the autoscaler drag them right back down. That lesson alone is worth the price of admission. 🎯 Your mission: Follow the steps, run curl 127.0.0.1:<NodePort>, and post a screenshot of your custom Hello World! page below. That screenshot = your points toward Level 3. No more "I'll learn scaling someday." Someday is today. 👇

Welcome to the community! @Roger Clayton @IBrahim Nassiri @Ragnar Skogheim @Rollyn Moises @Deandre Williams @Krenar Radoniqi @Ethan Walker @Phello Tsolo @Tanzil Chowdhury @Mayank Johari @Ava Reynolds @Maor Klir @Mr Shinden @Luis G This is not another Discord or Slack where your posts disappear in the noise. I’ll be your community moderator and help you build real Kubernetes skills in the cloud-native landscape. If you are serious about learning and landing a job in this space, my DMs are open. You can start here: Welcome (Start Here) We’re kicking off a free CKA cohort call this Wednesday - it’s on the community calendar. This cohort is part of my own goal to pass CKA this year, so you’ll be learning alongside me, not just watching. You can join whether you are completely new to Kubernetes or already have some experience. Check the Calendar tab for the “CKA Cohort” event and grab the meeting link there.

Following Step 4? Drop a comment below: - ✅ if you got it working - ❌ + your OS if you hit an issue Your comments help the next student behind you.

Following Step 3? Drop a comment below: - ✅ if you got it working - ❌ + your OS if you hit an issue Your comments help the next student behind you.