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Workloads and Scheduling for CKA

Master Kubernetes Workloads and Scheduling (15% CKA). Learn Deployments, ConfigMaps, Secrets, resource management (QoS, Limits), Taints, Affinity, and HPA for robust, self-healing applications.

Intermediate
1h 9m

Created by Antonio Jesús Piedra

Last Updated Mar 06, 2026

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Workloads and Scheduling for CKA

Master Kubernetes Workloads and Scheduling (15% CKA). Learn Deployments, ConfigMaps, Secrets, resource management (QoS, Limits), Taints, Affinity, and HPA for robust, self-healing applications.

Intermediate
1h 9m

Created by Antonio Jesús Piedra

Last Updated Mar 06, 2026

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The Workloads and Scheduling section accounts for 15% of your Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. In this course, Workloads and Scheduling for CKA, you'll discover a comprehensive, objective-driven pathway to mastering application deployment lifecycles and advanced resource management. First, you'll explore how to perform rolling update and rollbacks. Next, you'll learn how to use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications. Finally, you'll dive into Resource Requests/Limits (QoS Classes), Taints/Tolerations, and Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA). By the end, you'll confidently configure self-healing and scalable Kubernetes workloads to satisfy CKA objectives.

Workloads and Scheduling for CKA
Intermediate
1h 9m
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