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. Priced below the sum of its courses.
3 courses · 26 days · 111 lessons
6 courses · 66 days · 225 lessons
82 days · 280 lessons · 676 assessments
Get Started
Runs on any machine with bash. No root. No Docker. No VM. Just your terminal.
Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch
One command:
Needs git and bash. No root, no Docker, no VM.
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 · Individuals
Your license. Your pace. No autorenewal.
Try before you buy
One complete course, annual access
The complete data engineering foundation.
The full technical foundation for modern platform work.
Every course. Every lab. The only tier with Capstone and Certification.
License terms
Your license is valid for 12 months from purchase. There is no automatic renewal. New courses, lessons, labs, and features added to your subscribed plan during that period are included at no additional cost. If you cancel, access continues until your current license year ends. No prorated refunds are issued for unused months. When your year ends, you choose whether to renew at the price published at that time.
Pricing · Teams
Same curriculum your engineers would buy individually — with team visibility, a shared dashboard, and a private Telegram group.
Team licenses are available for full tracks and the complete catalog only. Individual course selection is not available for team purchases.
Your data engineers get the same three courses — with team visibility.
Six courses. The whole platform foundation — for your whole team.
Same price as Team Platform Engineering 10 seats — plus Labs, Capstone, and Certification.
Every course, every lab, Capstone and Certification — for your entire engineering team.
Pricing · Institutions
Structured delivery with instructor controls, assignments, and completion evidence.
For instructors and cohorts
Instructor dashboard and cohort reporting in development. Join the waitlist to be notified at launch.
Join the WaitlistUnlimited seats
Enterprise and institutional licensing: practicum@mpingo.ai