After doing some research I found these resources useful for laying a good background for the course. namely, how [Kubernetes fits into the cloud-native architecture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhjFYXoAD0&ab_channel=O%27Reilly), microservices [2014 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA&ab_channel=GOTOConferences)& [2016 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8qhToMtYRc&ab_channel=GOTOConferences)by Martin Fowler.