Hey open source specialist, are you interested in growing your expertise?
However, do training courses in a regular course catalogue not spark your interest?
You rather choose to deepen your knowledge than to collect certifications?
You want to learn from real experts in their field?
ITGilde Gurus invite you to thrive together!

What is ITGilde Gurus?
Why and how you benefit
Deepen your knowledge
Learn from the masters in their classes
ITGilde Gurus Classes are LIVE sessions on open source related topics that top off your skills.
Each 2-4 hour online class covers a specific topic and is jam-packed with highly valuable intelligence that you can immediately put into practice.
You can attend the LIVE session and take advantage of the special opportunity to ask questions and interact with the ITGilde Guru. You will also receive access to the recording to rewatch the session.
Did you miss a live session? No problem, you can also just get access to the recording.
Enroll for an ITGilde session individually, or get your ITGilde Knowledge Subscription for unlimited access to ITGilde Guru sessions (live + recorded) and many more valuable resources!
ITGilde Gurus Classes Schedule
Git and its Ecosystem for DevOps Engineers
Meet the ITGilde Gurus
Experts sharing their knowledge
ITGilde Gurus Classes
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ITGilde Gurus Recordings
Virtual Classes
After this class you will know
- What a Service Mesh is and which problems it solves.
- Which Service Meshes are available and how to make a choice.
- How to install and maintain Linkerd.
- How to install and maintain Istio.
- The pro’s and con’s of Linkerd vs. Istio.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place July 29th.
After this class you will know
- Flexible policies require flexible policy agents
- OPA is a generalized policy agent allowing to manage policies across your entire IT stack
- OPA-gatekeeper provides integration with Kubernetes
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place June 24th.
After this class you will know
- How to debug Kubernetes applications including ephemeral containers.
- How to debug the Kubernetes cluster.
- How making trouble by using Chaos Engineering will help you.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place February 12th.
After this class you will know how to
- How to enhance the security of your system at filesystem level, network level, and for users / dynamic users.
- How to enhance the security for specific services, like webserver and mailserver.
- How to protect potential software problems with the security options available in systemd.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place January 8th.
After this class you will know how to
- The basics of systemd and why systemd is so important.
- The different unit types and how to manage your server applications using service units.
- How to manage Services and Sockets for making your system even more secure.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place December 18th, 2020.
After this class you will know how to
- Manage container with Podman.
- Perform advanced Podman configurations.
- Enable containers with systemd.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place September 20th 2020.
After this class you will know how to
- Learn shell scripting basics.
- Automate common tasks with shell scripts.
- Using iterations in shell scripts.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place September 20th 2020.
Automatic Storage Provisioning with Rook on K8S
by Pascal van Dam
After this class you will know
- Set up Automatic Storage Provisioning using Rook, which is a difficult job unless you know the steps to take.
- Create on-demand storage in K8S for block, filesystem, and even object I/O, which allows AWS S3 compatible storage in your K8s cluster!
- Gain insights in how storage elements interact, to become capable of solving potential issues effortlessly.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place November 5th 2020.
Kubernetes Networking Overview
by Sander van Vugt
After this class you will know
- Understand when to use which Kubernetes networking solution
- Know how to expose your application with ingress or service resources
- Be able to filter network traffic with NetworkPolicy.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place November 26th 2020.
Linux Memory Management
by Sander van Vugt
After this class you will know
- Your memory problem might not be a memory problem.
- That just adding more memory without knowing what’s going on is not a solution, and what is.
- How using swap can be very beneficial for memory performance.
Get 3 months access to the recording of the live class that took place August 6th 2020.
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