Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Course (2024)

Get certified with our comprehensive Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Course.

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INTRODUCTION

CKA Introduction Sample Lesson

CKA Exam details

CKA Exam syllabus

CKA Exam Registration Sample Lesson

CLUSTER ARCHITECTURE, INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION

Cluster Setup 9 Topics

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Setup Virtual Machines

Kubeadm Cluster Prerequisites

Provision underlying infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster

Use Kubeadm to Install a Basic Cluster

Join Worker Nodes

Install the Network Plugin

Deploy Metrics Server

Validate the Cluster

Kubeconfig File

Kubectl Aliases & Shortnames

Cluster Configurations 7 Topics

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Static Pod Manifests

API Server Configurations

ETCD Configurations

TLS Certificates

Kubeconfig Files

Kubelet Configurations

CoreDNS Configurations

Perform Cluster Version upgrade Using Kubeadm 2 Topics Sample Lesson

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Perform a Version upgrade on Control Plane

Perform a Version upgrade on Worker Nodes

etcd Backup and Restore 1 Topic

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Implement etcd Backup & Restore

WORKLOADS

Pods 5 Topics

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Creating Pod Using Imperative Commands

Creating Pod Using Declarative Approach

Scenario 1: Create a Pod

Multi Container Pods

Scenario 2: Create a Multi Container Pod

Static Pods 3 Topics

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Creating Static Pod

Scenario 1: Get the static pod manifest’s directory

Scenario 2: Create a Static Pod

Command and Arguments 2 Topics

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Executing Shell Scripts From Args

Scenario: Create a Pod with Specific Commands and Arguments

Init Containers 3 Topics

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Creating Init Containers

Native Sidecars Using Init Containers

Scenario: Modify a Pod to Include Init Containers

ReplicaSets 2 Topics

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Scenario 1: Create a ReplicaSet

Scenario 2: Debugging a ReplicaSet

Deployments 10 Topics

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Create Deployment Using Imperative Commands

Deployment Creation Using Declarative Method

Rolling Update and Rollbacks

Perform a Rolling Update and Rollback of a Deployment

Pause & Resume Rollouts

Scenario 1: Create a Deployment

Scenario 2: Debug a Deployment

Scenario 3: Edit a Deployment

Scenario 4: Update a Deployment using Rolling Update Strategy

Scenario 5: Update a Deployment using Recreate Strategy

Jobs & Cronjobs 5 Topics

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Creating a Job

Creating CronJobs

Scenario 1: Create a Job

Scenario 2: Run Parallel Jobs

Scenario 3: Create a CronJob

DaemonSets 3 Topics

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Creating a Daemonset

Scenario 1: Deploy Monitoring Agent as Daemonset

Scenario 2: Fix the DaemonSet

SCHEDULING

Labels and Selectors 2 Topics

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Working With Labels & Selectors

Scenario: Use Labels and Selectors in Pods

Taints and Tolerations 4 Topics

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Working With Taints & Tolerations

Scenario 01: Schedule Pods to Specific Node

Scenario 02: Ensuring Exclusive Scheduling for Production Workloads

Scenario 03: Remove The Taints

Node Name & Node Selector 3 Topics

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Working With NodeName

Working with Node Selectors

Scenario: Assign Pod to Node Using Node Selector

Node Affinity 2 Topics

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Working With Node Affinity

Scenario: Use Affinity to assign Pods

IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT

Namespaces 2 Topics

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Default Namespace

Working With Namespaces

Service Accounts 3 Topics

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The Default Service Account

Creating Service Account

Scenario: Use External Service Account

RBAC 4 Topics

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Authentication & Authorization Methods

Need for Role Based Access Control

RBAC Concepts

Create a User

Roles & ClusterRoles 6 Topics

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Understanding Role & RoleBinding YAML Specification

Working With Roles and Role Bindings

Working With Cluster Roles and ClusterRole Bindings

Adding Roles and ClusterRoles to Service Accounts

Scenario 1: Create ClusterRole To Provide Access

Scenario 2: Create Role To Provide Access

Application Configuration and Security

Environment Variables 1 Topic

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Scenario: Configure Environment Variable

ConfigMaps 3 Topics

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Scenario 1: Create a ConfigMap

Scenario 2: Create a ConfigMap From a File

Scenario 3: Configure a ConfigMap Into a Pod

Secrets 2 Topics

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Scenario 1: Create a Secret

Scenario 2: Configure a Secret Into a Pod

Resource Requests & Limits 4 Topics

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QOS – Quality of Service

Limit Ranges

Resource Quotas

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Certificates 2 Topics

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Certificate Details

Certificate Signing Requests

STORAGE

Volumes 1 Topic

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Persistent Volumes 1 Topic

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Scenario: Create a PV

Persistent Volume Claims 2 Topics

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Scenario 1: Create a PVC

Scenario 2: Create a PVC and Mount it to a Pod

Storage Class 2 Topics

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Scenario 1: Create a Storage Class

Scenario 2: Mount a Volume Into a Pod Using PV, PVC and SC

SERVICES, LOAD BALANCING & NETWORKING

Services 5 Topics

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ClusterIP Service

Scenario 1: Create a ClusterIP Service

NodePort Service

Scenario 2: Create a NodePort Service

LoadBalancer Service

Ingress 1 Topic

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Network Policies 2 Topics

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Creating Network Policies

Default Network Policies

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JSONpath

Security Context

Kubernetes Architecture 1 Topic

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Cluster Architecture & Components

Practice Tests

Challenges – Set 1 10 Topics

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Challenges – Set 2 10 Topics

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Challenges – Set 3 10 Topics

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Challenges – Set 4 10 Topics

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Course

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INTRODUCTION

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