Learn DevOps: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Last updated Apr 2024
Course Overview
The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification course provides comprehensive training on Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration platform used for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Here's an overview of what the course covers:
Introduction to Kubernetes: Understand the fundamentals of Kubernetes, its architecture, and its role in container orchestration and management.
Kubernetes Installation and Configuration: Learn how to install and configure Kubernetes clusters on different platforms, including local development environments, on-premises infrastructure, and cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Core Concepts: Explore core Kubernetes concepts, such as Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, PersistentVolumes, and PersistentVolumeClaims. Understand how these components interact to deploy and manage containerized applications.
Kubernetes Networking: Dive into Kubernetes networking principles and components, including ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, Ingress, NetworkPolicies, ServiceMesh, and Container Networking Interfaces (CNIs). Learn how to configure networking for communication between Pods and external services.
Storage and Volumes: Discover Kubernetes storage concepts, including Volume types, PersistentVolumes, PersistentVolumeClaims, StorageClasses, and Dynamic Provisioning. Learn how to configure storage solutions for stateful applications and data persistence.
Application Lifecycle Management: Learn how to manage the lifecycle of containerized applications in Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, updating, rolling back, and deleting application workloads using Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs.
Monitoring and Logging: Explore Kubernetes monitoring and logging solutions, including built-in monitoring tools like Metrics Server, kube-state-metrics, and Prometheus, as well as logging solutions like Fluentd, Elasticsearch, and Kibana (EFK) stack.
Security and Authentication: Understand Kubernetes security principles and best practices, including RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), Pod Security Policies, Network Policies, Service Accounts, Secrets Management, and TLS certificate management.
Cluster Maintenance and Upgrades: Learn how to perform cluster maintenance tasks, such as upgrading Kubernetes components, applying security patches, scaling cluster nodes, and managing cluster configurations.
Troubleshooting and Debugging: Gain proficiency in troubleshooting common issues and debugging techniques in Kubernetes, including diagnosing application failures, inspecting Pod logs, analyzing resource utilization, and using Kubernetes tools like kubectl, kubelet, kubeadm, and kubernetes-dashboard.
Cluster Federation and Multi-Cloud Deployments: Explore advanced Kubernetes topics, such as cluster federation, multi-cloud deployments, hybrid cloud configurations, and disaster recovery strategies. Learn how to manage complex Kubernetes environments spanning multiple clusters and cloud providers.
Best Practices and Optimization: Discover Kubernetes best practices, optimization techniques, and performance tuning strategies to improve resource utilization, reduce costs, and enhance the efficiency of Kubernetes deployments.
Overall, the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification course equips participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters effectively in production environments, enabling them to become proficient Kubernetes administrators.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Description
The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is a professional certification offered by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that validates the skills and knowledge of individuals in designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters.
- Certification Title: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certifying Body: Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
- Certification Level: Professional
- Target Audience: DevOps engineers, system administrators, Kubernetes administrators, cloud architects, and anyone involved in containerized application deployment and management.
- Prerequisites: Candidates are expected to have basic knowledge of Linux command-line usage, container concepts, and familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals.
- Validity: The certification is valid for two years, after which recertification may be required.
Skills you will Gain
- Designing Kubernetes clusters
- Administering Kubernetes clusters
- Configuring Storage and Network on Kubernetes clusters
- Deploying applications to Kubernetes clusters
- Building Kubernetes clusters
- Troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters
- Securing Kubernetes clusters
Prerequisites
There is no prerequisites to write CKA certification exam. However having a below skillset is recommended:
- YAML or JSON knowledge. All kubernetes objects are creating using YML or JSON files so having a good understaning about YML and JSON is recommended.
- Knowledge of containers (Docker). Since the Kubernetes is a container orchestration tool, having a fair understanding of Docker container is recommended.
- Linux administration skills, Shell Scripting.
- Knowledge of DevOps methodologies.
Target Audience
these professionals then this certificate is also suitable for you:
- Application Developers
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
- Architects
- Software developers
Key Features of the Course
- 59 full-length video lectures
- 24x7 Support from our Subject Matter Experts
- Auto-updates to the course content
- Course completion certificate
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