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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

This intermediate-level Kubernetes training covers the objectives in the CKA exam, which is the one required exam to earn the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification. Learn the skills needed to install, configure and manage Kubernetes containers so that your application life cycle stays reliable and efficient.

Updated March 2022

18Skills
88Videos
17h 10mTotal
88 videos

Who This Course Is For

This CKA training is considered administrator-level Linux Foundation training, which means it was designed for systems administrators. This Kubernetes skills course is valuable for new IT professionals with at least a year of experience with orchestration infrastructure and experienced systems administrators looking to validate their Linux Foundation skills.

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster using Kubeadm57m
  • Premium skill.Configure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Kubernetes52m
  • Premium skill.Understanding Kubernetes Manifest Files55m
  • Premium skill.Understanding Networking in Kubernetes55m
  • Premium skill.Understanding CoreDNS in Kubernetes1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Using Liveness and Readiness Probes in Kubernetes Pods1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Understanding Deployments on Kubernetes57m
  • Premium skill.Build and Deploy Custom Container Images for Kubernetes Pods56m
  • Premium skill.Horizontal Pod Scaling on Kubernetes56m
  • Premium skill.Configure Cluster Autoscaling in Kubernetes57m
  • Premium skill.Using Ingress Controllers with Kubernetes Clusters49m
  • Premium skill.Secure Traffic in Kubernetes Clusters with Network Policy58m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Kubectl Command Line Usage55m
  • Premium skill.Troubleshooting a Kubernetes Cluster59m
  • Premium skill.Upgrade Kubernetes Clusters Provisioned with Kubeadm1h 3m
  • Premium skill.Create Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster with Kubeadm48m
  • Premium skill.Deploy Highly Available Etcd Cluster for Kubernetes1h 5m
  • Premium skill.Understanding Storage Volumes in Kubernetes1h 5m

Certification

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification validates the skills and knowledge required to deploy, manage, and operate Kubernetes clusters. This certification is ideal for IT professionals who want to demonstrate their expertise in Kub...

Exam CKALevel ProfessionalDifficulty IntermediateCost $445
Kubernetes cluster architectureInstallation and configurationWorkloads and schedulingServices and networkingStorageTroubleshooting
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Pre-Assessment

Take a skills-gap assessment to evaluate your team's readiness for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification before starting this course.

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