Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) - Practice Exam Part 9

This lab provides practice scenarios to help prepare you for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam. You will be presented with tasks to complete, as well as server(s) and/or an existing Kubernetes cluster to complete them in. You will need to use your knowledge of Kubernetes to successfully complete the provided tasks, much like you would on the real CKS exam. Good luck!

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Get a Username and Password from an Existing Secret
1. Get the username data from the curly Secret in the larry namespace and save it to /home/cloud_user/username.txt on the CLI server.
2. Then, get the password data and save it to /home/cloud_user/password.txt on the CLI server.
Challenge

Create a Secret and Mount It to a Pod
1. Create a new secret in the larry namespace called moe.
2. Provide fields called username and password and store the following username and password credentials in the Secret:
  
  username dbuser
  
  password A83MaeKoz
3. Create a Pod called secret-pod in the larry namespace.
4. Mount the new Secret to /etc/credentials in the Pod's container.
  
  Note: You can find a skeleton manifest for this Pod at /home/cloud_user/secret-pod.yml on the CLI server.

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