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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, and has become the standard for running production workloads across cloud and on-premises environments.
This path prepares learners for the CKA exam, covering cluster installation with kubeadm, lifecycle management, RBAC and admission control, workload scheduling, storage, networking, and troubleshooting, aligned with Kubernetes v1.35.
This learning path is actively in production. More content will be added to this page as it gets published and becomes available in the library. Planned content includes:
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Kubernetes Foundations (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Installing Clusters with kubeadm (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Managing Cluster Lifecycle and Upgrades (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Securing Access with RBAC and Admission Controls (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Managing Workloads and Scheduling (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Managing Storage (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Services, DNS, and Ingress Networking (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Network Policies and Traffic Management (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Troubleshooting Clusters and Nodes (video course)
\- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Troubleshooting Workloads, Services, and Resource Usage (video course)
Content in this path
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Watch the following courses to get learning about Kubernetes administration and prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification!
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Build confidence to ace your certification exam with a variety of prep tools, including video courses, labs, and practice exams.
What You'll Learn
- \- How Kubernetes works, including its architecture, core objects, and control plane components
- \- How to install and configure a Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm
- \- How to manage cluster lifecycle events, including version upgrades
- \- How to secure cluster access using RBAC and admission controllers
- \- How to manage workloads and scheduling, including deployments, resource limits, and autoscaling
- \- How to configure and manage persistent storage, volumes, and storage classes
- \- How to configure Services, DNS, and Ingress for application networking
- \- How to define and enforce Network Policies to control traffic
- \- How to troubleshoot cluster and node-level issues
- \- How to troubleshoot workloads, services, and resource usage problems
- The Linux Foundation states there are no formal prerequisites for the CKA exam, though hands-on Kubernetes experience is strongly recommended. Candidates should be comfortable with:
- \- Working from a Linux command line
- \- Basic understanding of containers and container runtimes (e.g., Docker, containerd)
- \- Familiarity with YAML syntax
- \- General networking concepts (DNS, load balancing, firewalls)
- Recommended Kubernetes-specific knowledge:
- \- Kubernetes architecture (control plane, nodes, etcd, API server)
- \- Installing and configuring clusters with kubeadm
- \- Managing RBAC, workloads, storage, and networking within a cluster
- \- Troubleshooting cluster components and workloads
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