Intent. Context. Action. Result.
296 lessons. 676 assessments. Zero videos. Practicum CLI lives in your terminal. You learn by doing — guided by the same methodology senior engineers use to train their juniors.
$ practicum start [INTENT] "Pod stuck in CrashLoopBackOff. Diagnose it." [CONTEXT] 3-node cluster, app deployed 10 min ago, 4 restarts [ACTION] kubectl describe pod web-7d4f | grep -A5 "Last State" [RESULT] OOMKilled — container exceeded 256Mi memory limit $ practicum progress Kubernetes ██████████████░░░░░░ 70% Terraform ████████████████████ 100% ✓ Docker ████████████████████ 100% ✓ Linux Foundations ████████████████████ 100% ✓
Curriculum
Every course uses the ICAR method. Every quiz tests judgment, not recall. Every capstone simulates a real professional engagement.
The grammar of every command. Flags, options, pipes, exit codes, PATH — learn to read any CLI tool.
FREENavigate, search, script, and manage processes, permissions, networking, and services.
CompTIA A+ / Linux+Branches, merges, rebases, PRs, hooks, signed commits, and GitHub Actions workflows.
Production scripts: argument parsing, control flow, awk/sed, traps, and strict mode.
Linux+ / LFCSTransform data: jq, csvkit, xsv, sqlite3, curl, API pipelines, stream processing.
Build, ship, run: Dockerfiles, Compose, registries, security, Swarm orchestration.
DCAGitHub Actions, automated testing, Docker builds, deploy strategies, secrets.
Plan, apply, manage: providers, modules, state, HCP Terraform, policy enforcement.
TF Associate 004Pods to production: RBAC, networking, storage, Helm, etcd, troubleshooting — all 5 CKA domains.
CKAProfessional Tracks
Each track bundles courses matching a real career trajectory. Save up to $193 vs buying individually.
3 courses · 26 days · 111 lessons
6 courses · 66 days · 225 lessons
vs $392 buying individually
For Organizations
That's the statement every engineering org wants to make. Practicum gives you the infrastructure to back it up.
Full catalog · Team dashboard · Completion tracking
Full catalog · Team dashboard · Completion tracking
SSO · Department management · Skill dashboards · Custom exercises
Get Started
Runs on any machine with bash. No root. No Docker. No VM. Just your terminal.
Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch
One command:
Or clone manually:
Windows 10 / 11
Open PowerShell as Admin, run wsl --install, restart. Open "Ubuntu" from Start menu. Then:
Intel & Apple Silicon
Open Terminal.app or iTerm2:
Works on both bash and zsh.
Pricing
Days 1–3 are free. No credit card. No signup. Just install and learn.
Try before you buy
One course, lifetime access
6 courses, one career track
All current courses + updates