Cloud Virtualization, Containers and APIs

Cloud-Native Architecture in Practice

Modern applications run on distributed infrastructure—virtual machines, containers, microservices. This beginner course grounds you in the fundamentals: how virtualization abstracts hardware, how containers package applications, how microservices enable independent deployment. You'll build real services with Flask and Kubernetes, then learn the operations practices that keep cloud systems reliable: monitoring, alerting, load testing. DevOps principles tie it together—the cultural shift that makes cloud-native sustainable. By the end, you'll understand scalable, reliable cloud solutions from architecture through operations.