Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Test Pass Academy has Expert Instructors that have been doing Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification training since its first came out. Our instructors are well known in the industry not only as top-level instructors with rave reviews, but also as top-level Professionals who pass along real-world examples to the class. Our experts have a vast understanding of Kubernetes and a remarkable teaching ability making it easy to PASS the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam on the 1st attempt. If you are looking to gain Kubernetes experience and pass the exam, you found the right place. This 5-Day Bootcamp is Geared for Corporations, Government, Military and Contractors.

5 Day Certified Kubernetes Administrator Bootcamp: Train-Test-Pass!

Upon completion of the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Course, you will demonstrate competence and master:

Understand storage classes, persistent volumes
Understand volume mode, access modes and reclaim policies for volumes
Understand persistent volume claims primitive
Know how to configure applications with persistent storage
Evaluate cluster and node logging
Understand how to monitor applications
Manage container stdout & stderr logs
Troubleshoot application failure
Troubleshoot cluster component failure
Troubleshoot networking
Understand deployments and how to perform rolling update and rollbacks
Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications
Know how to scale applications
Understand the primitives used to create robust, self-healing, application deployments
Understand how resource limits can affect Pod scheduling
Awareness of manifest management and common templating tools
Manage role based access control (RBAC)
Use Kubeadm to install a basic cluster
Manage a highly-available Kubernetes cluster
Provision underlying infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster
Perform a version upgrade on a Kubernetes cluster using Kubeadm
Implement etcd backup and restore
Understand host networking configuration on the cluster nodes
Understand connectivity between Pods
Understand ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types and endpoints
Know how to use Ingress controllers and Ingress resources
Know how to configure and use CoreDNS
Choose an appropriate container network interface plugin

Certified Kubernetes Administrator Outline:

Note: As this is an emerging technology course, the outline will be updated as needed

Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration

• Use Kubeadm to Install a Basic Cluster
• Augment a Basic Kubeadm Cluster to Achieve High-Availability
• Manage Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Implement etcd Backup and Restore
• Perform a Version Upgrade on a Kubernetes Cluster using Kubeadm

Workloads & Scheduling

• Understanding How Resource Limits Affect Pod Scheduling
• Using ConfigMaps and Secrets to Configure Applications
• Creating Robust, Self-Healing Application Deployments
• Deployments: Scaling, Rolling Updates & Rollbacks
• Managing and Templating Manifests with Helm

Services & Networking

• Understanding the Host Networking on Cluster Nodes
• Understanding Connectivity Between Pods
• Services: ClusterIP, Nodeport, LoadBalancer
• Using Ingress Controllers and Resources to Expose a Service
• Configuring CoreDNS

Storage

• Understanding the Persistent Volume Claims Primitives
• Understanding Volume Modes, Access Modes, and Reclaim Policies
• Automating Storage with StorageClasses

Troubleshooting

• Evaluating and Optimizing Cluster, Node, and Container Logging
• Monitoring Applications
• Troubleshoot Application Failure
• Troubleshoot Cluster Component Failure
• Troubleshoot Networking