CKA Certification Training Overview
This private, online Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) training course teaches attendees how to administer and monitor a Kubernetes cluster. This class also prepares them to pass the CKA certification exam.
Location and Pricing
This course is taught as a private, live online class for teams of 3 or more. All our courses are hands-on, instructor-led, and tailored to fit your group’s goals and needs. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for online corporate training, please contact us.
In addition, we offer some courses as live, instructor-led online classes for individuals.
Objectives
- Understand when and how to apply Kubernetes concepts to design, install, configure, and manage a production-grade cluster
- Master tips and tricks (like time management, navigating the exam environment, and the type of questions to expect) needed to pass the CKA exam
- Understand the ins and outs of the kubectl command-line tool
- Demonstrate competency to perform the responsibilities of a Kubernetes application developer
- Solve real-world Kubernetes problems in a hands-on command-line environment
- Effectively navigate and solve questions during the CKA exam
Prerequisites
- Working knowledge of containers (in particular Docker), the Unix/Linux environment bash command line, a command line-based text editor (optimally vim), and the YAML format
- A basic understanding of Kubernetes concepts and the resources API
Outline
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Exam Details and Resources
- Exam objectives and curriculum
- Candidate skills and the exam environment
- Time management and tips/tricks
- Additional resources and practice exams
Cluster Architecture, Installation, and Configuration
- Provisioning underlying infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster
- Using kubeadm to install a basic cluster
- Managing a highly available Kubernetes cluster
- Performing a version upgrade on a Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm
- Managing etc and backup and restore
- Managing role-based access control (RBAC)
- Install and configure a cluster
- Maintain a Kubernetes cluster
Workloads and Scheduling
- Manifest management and tooling
- Creating and scaling deployments
- Deployment rollout strategies
- Providing configuration data to Pods
- Understanding container health probes
- Defining resource requirements for Pods
- Perform rolling updates and scale a deployment
- Configure production-ready Pods
Services and Networking
- Understanding host network configuration
- Creating services with different types
- Understanding and using ingress
- Configuring and using CoreDNS
- Choosing an appropriate container network interface plug-in
- Route traffic to Pods inside and outside of a cluster
- Configure network access
Storage
- Understanding persistent storage options
- Mounting persistent storage to a Pod
- Configuring volume options
- Creating and using persistent volumes and claims
- Define and use persistent storage for a Pod
Troubleshooting
- Evaluating cluster and node logging
- Understanding application monitoring
- Managing container stdout and stderr logs
- Troubleshooting application failure
- Troubleshooting cluster component failure
- Troubleshooting networking
- Manage monitoring and logging
- Troubleshoot scenarios
Conclusion
Training Materials
All attendees receive a copy of the instructor’s presentation and related code.
Software Requirements
- A computer with access to a Kubernetes cluster, local or remote, version 1.20 or higher (The recommended setup is to install Minikube and kubectl)
- A machine with Vagrant and VirtualBox installed
