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The Orchestrator

Advanced
Advanced|10 tasks

Running 1000 services manually does not scale. Container orchestration automates the ops. Build pod scheduling, bin-packing, control loops, sidecar proxies, and service mesh concepts from scratch.

Subtracks & Tasks

Concepts Covered

job schedulingcron expressionsdelayed executionexponential backoffretry policyDAGtopological sorttask dependenciescycle detectionparallel executionresource allocationresource pooljob queuingconcurrency limitfairnessjob monitoringstatus trackingalertingmetrics aggregationobservabilitydeadlineexecution timeoutSLA enforcementqueue timeoutresource reclamationservice meshsidecar proxyservice discoverycircuit breakerretrydistributed tracingmTLSmutual TLScertificate authoritySPIFFEservice identityzero-trustcanary deploymenttraffic splittingA/B testingblue-green deploymentweighted routingfail fasthalf-open statecascading failuresservice resiliencemetricsaccess logsservice graphgolden signals

Prerequisites

It is recommended to complete the previous tracks before starting this one. Concepts build progressively throughout the curriculum.