Kubernetes Network Policies Best Practices

About this course

Adopt industry-proven best practices for kubernetes network policies.

• 7 lessons
• 45 min
• intermediate

What you'll learn

• Explain how Kubernetes NetworkPolicy objects select pods and define ingress and egress rules
• Describe why a default-deny baseline is the recommended starting point for cluster segmentation
• Differentiate between pod selectors, namespace selectors, and IP block selectors in policy rules
• Design namespace isolation policies that prevent cross-namespace lateral movement by default
• Select between namespaceSelector and ipBlock selectors for different segmentation scenarios
• Structure deny and allow rules so that required cross-namespace traffic is explicit and auditable

Finishing the course

• 28 knowledge-check questions along the way, so you know the ideas stuck before you move on.
• Watching is free and needs no account. Sign in to save your progress. Pass each lesson's quiz (60%+) to earn the certificate. Each certificate has its own public verification link to share, marked quiz-verified.

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