--- title: Build Your Own Kubernetes Operators with Go and Kubebuilder description: A comprehensive 6-hour video course teaches how to build custom Kubernetes operators and controllers from scratch using Go and Kubebuilder. The course covers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/9vsjtabq0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build Your Own Kubernetes Operators with Go and Kubebuilder | daily.dev og:description: A comprehensive 6-hour video course teaches how to build custom Kubernetes operators and controllers from scratch using Go and Kubebuilder. The course covers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/9vsjtabq0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9vsjTaBQ0.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build Your Own Kubernetes Operators with Go and Kubebuilder **[DevOps Daily](https://daily.dev/sources/devopsdaily)** · [@bobbyiliev](https://daily.dev/bobbyiliev) · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A comprehensive 6-hour video course teaches how to build custom Kubernetes operators and controllers from scratch using Go and Kubebuilder. The course covers controller theory, Kubernetes extensibility, environment setup, API and logic building, hands-on development, and advanced internals including Informers, Caches, Finalizers, and Idempotency. A practical example demonstrates managing AWS EC2 instances directly from Kubernetes, treating Kubernetes as an SDK rather than just a deployment platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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