Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) with Practice Tests
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Kubernetes is one of the highest trending technology in Cloud Computing as of today. Kubernetes had the fastest growth in job searches, over a 173% from a year before as reported recently by a survey conducted by Indeed.
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"I have compared this to other courses at Udemy and Linux Academy. All have the strengths and gaps, so far this is a winner!" - Thomas Trauss, Student
Learning Kubernetes is essential for any DevOps professional. DevOps engineers are always in demand. Currently the average Silicon Valley salary for a DevOps engineer is 20% higher than what a software engineer makes. DevOps engineers make an average of $140,000 to $200,000 annually. And One of the most in-demand skills is Kubernetes Administration.
Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
Simplify Complex Technology
Kubernetes is at the cutting-edge of application deployment. To elevate your DevOps career, learn how to effectively deploy applications on Kubernetes.
This course helps you gain the knowledge required to design and deploy cloud native applications on a Kubernetes cluster. A series of well designed lectures with animation and illustration help you understand complex concepts easily.
Practice! Practice! Practice!
Lectures alone won’t help you clear the certification. The Kubernetes Certification is a practical hands-on exam. You need hands-on experience, you need to get fast and you need practice. That is what our integrated hands-on lab experience gives you. Our coding quizzes can be accessed right in your browser without having to setup any lab environment yourself. We validate your work and give you feedback instantly. Preview few lab exercises for Free!!
After you have completed the lectures and coding exercises you will have the opportunity to complete a series of assignments that put your new skills to the test. You will be given a challenge to solve using the Kubernetes skills you have learned.
This will give you real-world experience and the chance to work with other students in the community. You will develop a Kubernetes deployment and get feedback for your work.
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Once you enroll in the course, you will get access to our community of teachers and learners on Slack where we discuss important topics, tips and tricks to pass the exam. This is a great place for you to clear your doubts and get answers for your questions instantly.
This course is the best way to get Certified in Kubernetes for an Absolute Beginner.
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"Straight to the point, covers the necessary to take the exam with some additional practice. Very good course and very good teacher. Top notch! Update: I passed the exam using this course!" - Christopher Williamson, Student, Udemy
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Kubernetes and the Kubernetes logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Linux Foundation. in the United States and/or other countries. The Linux Foundation and other parties may also have trademark rights in other terms used herein. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by Kubernetes or The Linux Foundation.
- Basic understanding of Docker
- YAML Language
- System Administrators
- DevOps Professionals
- Application Developers
What you'll learn:
- How to Administer a Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Design a Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Build a Kubernetes Cluster from scratch - "The Hard Way"
- How to Test a Kubernetes Cluster end-to-end
- How to Troubleshoot a Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Secure a Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Configure Storage on a Kubernetes Cluster
- How to Configure Network on a Kubernetes Cluster
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All Course Lessons (203)
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.1. Course Introduction Demo | 03:04 | |
| 2 | 1.2. Certification | 02:54 | |
| 3 | 1.5. The Kubernetes Trilogy | 04:34 | |
| 4 | 2.1. Core Concepts - Section Introduction | 00:31 | |
| 5 | 2.3. Cluster Architecture | 08:45 | |
| 6 | 2.4. Docker-vs-ContainerD | 13:06 | |
| 7 | 2.5. A note on Docker deprecation | 02:13 | |
| 8 | 2.6. ETCD For Beginners | 07:03 | |
| 9 | 2.7. ETCD in Kubernetes | 03:15 | |
| 10 | 2.9. Kube-API Server | 04:49 | |
| 11 | 2.10. Kube Controller Manager | 04:12 | |
| 12 | 2.11. Kube Scheduler | 03:47 | |
| 13 | 2.12. Kubelet | 01:39 | |
| 14 | 2.13. Kube Proxy | 03:43 | |
| 15 | 2.14. Pods | 09:05 | |
| 16 | 2.15. Pods with YAML | 06:44 | |
| 17 | 2.16. Demo - Pods with YAML | 06:18 | |
| 18 | 2.17. Practice Test Introduction | 05:45 | |
| 19 | 2.18. Demo Accessing Labs | 02:15 | |
| 20 | 2.20. Lab Solution - Pods (optional) | 11:33 | |
| 21 | 2.21. Recap - ReplicaSets | 15:44 | |
| 22 | 2.23. Lab Solution - ReplicaSets (optional) | 14:10 | |
| 23 | 2.24. Deployments | 04:22 | |
| 24 | 2.28. Lab Solution - Deployments (optional) | 07:09 | |
| 25 | 2.29. Services | 13:33 | |
| 26 | 2.30. Services Cluster IP | 03:53 | |
| 27 | 2.31. Services - Loadbalancer | 03:43 | |
| 28 | 2.33. Lab Solution - Services (optional) | 09:29 | |
| 29 | 2.34. Namespaces | 08:21 | |
| 30 | 2.36. Lab Solution - Namespaces (optional) | 06:06 | |
| 31 | 2.37. Imperative vs Declarative | 12:50 | |
| 32 | 2.40. Lab Solution - Imperative Commands (optional) | 13:26 | |
| 33 | 2.41. Kubectl Apply Command | 04:32 | |
| 34 | 2.43. A Quick Reminder | 01:11 | |
| 35 | 3.1. Scheduling - Section Introduction | 00:54 | |
| 36 | 3.3. Manual Scheduling | 02:30 | |
| 37 | 3.5. Lab Solution - Manual Scheduling (optional) | 06:54 | |
| 38 | 3.6. Labels and Selectors | 05:39 | |
| 39 | 3.8. Lab Solution Labels and Selectors (Optional) | 05:34 | |
| 40 | 3.9. Taints and Tolerations | 09:41 | |
| 41 | 3.11. Lab Solution - Taints and Tolerations (Optional) | 10:10 | |
| 42 | 3.12. Node Selectors | 03:17 | |
| 43 | 3.13. Node Affinity | 06:34 | |
| 44 | 3.15. Lab Solution - Node Affinity (Optional) | 10:14 | |
| 45 | 3.16. Taints and Tolerations vs Node Affinity | 02:30 | |
| 46 | 3.17. Resource Limits | 14:52 | |
| 47 | 3.20. Lab Solution - Resource Limits | 05:23 | |
| 48 | 3.21. DaemonSets | 04:06 | |
| 49 | 3.23. Lab Solution - DaemonSets (optional) | 05:46 | |
| 50 | 3.24. Static Pods | 08:44 | |
| 51 | 3.26. Lab Solution - Static Pods (Optional) | 14:37 | |
| 52 | 3.27. Priority Classes | 06:07 | |
| 53 | 3.29. Multiple Schedulers | 08:49 | |
| 54 | 3.31. Lab Solution - Multiple Scheduler | 06:36 | |
| 55 | 3.32. Configuring Scheduler Profiles | 09:15 | |
| 56 | 3.34. (2025 Updates)Admission Controllers | 07:55 | |
| 57 | 3.36. (2025 Updates)Lab Solution Admission Controllers | 06:42 | |
| 58 | 3.37. (2025 Updates)Validating and Mutating Admission Controllers | 10:09 | |
| 59 | 3.39. (2025 Updates)Lab Solution Validating and Mutating Admission Controllers | 07:40 | |
| 60 | 4.1. Logging and Monitoring - Section Introduction | 00:29 | |
| 61 | 4.3. Monitor Cluster Components | 03:50 | |
| 62 | 4.5. Lab Solution Monitor Cluster Components | 04:23 | |
| 63 | 4.6. Managing Application Logs | 02:32 | |
| 64 | 4.8. Lab Solution Logging (Optional) | 02:49 | |
| 65 | 5.1. Application Lifecycle Management - Section Introduction | 00:42 | |
| 66 | 5.3. Rolling Updates and Rollbacks | 06:33 | |
| 67 | 5.5. Lab Solution Rolling update | 09:06 | |
| 68 | 5.7. Commands and Arguments in Docker | 07:18 | |
| 69 | 5.8. Commands and Arguments in Kubernetes | 02:37 | |
| 70 | 5.10. Lab Solution - Commands and Arguments (Optional) | 19:32 | |
| 71 | 5.11. Configure Environment Variables in Applications | 01:07 | |
| 72 | 5.12. Configuring ConfigMaps in Applications | 05:11 | |
| 73 | 5.14. Lab Solution - Env Variables (Optional) | 09:01 | |
| 74 | 5.15. Secrets | 05:38 | |
| 75 | 5.18. Lab Solution - Secrets (Optional) | 09:54 | |
| 76 | 5.19. Demo Encrypting Secret Data at Rest | 18:48 | |
| 77 | 5.22. Multi Container Pods | 02:16 | |
| 78 | 5.23. Multi container Pods Design Pattern | 06:05 | |
| 79 | 5.25. Lab Solution - Multi-Container Pods (Optional) | 15:10 | |
| 80 | 5.28. Lab Solution - Init Containers (Optional) | 10:58 | |
| 81 | 5.30. (2025 Updates) Introduction to Autoscaling | 05:22 | |
| 82 | 5.31. (2025 Updates) Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) | 05:29 | |
| 83 | 5.34. (2025 Updates) In-Place Resize of Pods | 03:31 | |
| 84 | 5.35. (2025 Updates) Vertical Pod Autoscaling (VPA) | 09:22 | |
| 85 | 6.1. Cluster Maintenance - Section Introduction | 01:16 | |
| 86 | 6.3. OS Upgrades | 04:06 | |
| 87 | 6.5. Lab Solution - OS Upgrades (optional) | 10:50 | |
| 88 | 6.6. Kubernetes Releases | 02:25 | |
| 89 | 6.8. Cluster Upgrade Introduction | 11:07 | |
| 90 | 6.9. Demo - Cluster upgrade | 19:01 | |
| 91 | 6.11. Lab Solution Cluster Upgrade | 16:46 | |
| 92 | 6.12. Backup and Restore Methods | 06:15 | |
| 93 | 7.1. Security - Section Introduction | 02:16 | |
| 94 | 7.3. Kubernetes Security Primitives | 03:11 | |
| 95 | 7.4. Authentication | 04:29 | |
| 96 | 7.6. TLS Introduction | 01:29 | |
| 97 | 7.7. TLS Basics | 19:58 | |
| 98 | 7.8. TLS in Kubernetes | 07:46 | |
| 99 | 7.9. TLS in Kubernetes - Certificate Creation | 10:54 | |
| 100 | 7.10. View Certificate Details | 04:29 | |
| 101 | 7.13. Lab Solution - View Certification Details | 21:29 | |
| 102 | 7.14. Certificates API | 05:58 | |
| 103 | 7.16. Lab Solution - Certificates API | 07:38 | |
| 104 | 7.17. KubeConfig | 08:27 | |
| 105 | 7.19. Lab Solution - KubeConfig | 08:09 | |
| 106 | 7.21. API Groups | 05:40 | |
| 107 | 7.22. Authorization | 07:31 | |
| 108 | 7.23. Role Based Access Controls | 04:24 | |
| 109 | 7.25. Lab Solution - Role-Based Access Controls | 13:29 | |
| 110 | 7.26. Cluster Roles | 04:25 | |
| 111 | 7.28. Lab Solution - Cluster Roles | 11:14 | |
| 112 | 7.29. Service Accounts | 08:28 | |
| 113 | 7.31. Lab Solution Service Accounts | 07:19 | |
| 114 | 7.32. Image Security | 04:35 | |
| 115 | 7.34. Lab Solution - Image Security | 06:53 | |
| 116 | 7.35. Pre-requisite - Security in Docker | 05:34 | |
| 117 | 7.36. Security Contexts | 01:44 | |
| 118 | 7.38. Lab Solution - Security Contexts | 05:11 | |
| 119 | 7.39. Network Policy | 07:42 | |
| 120 | 7.40. Developing network policies | 10:56 | |
| 121 | 7.42. Lab Solution - Network Policies (optional) | 14:11 | |
| 122 | 7.44. (2025 Updates)Custorm Resource Definition (CRD) | 11:02 | |
| 123 | 7.46. (2025 Updates) Custom Controllers | 03:58 | |
| 124 | 7.47. (2025 Updates) Operator Framework | 03:00 | |
| 125 | 8.1. Storage - Section Introduction | 00:45 | |
| 126 | 8.2. Docker Storage - Introduction | 00:55 | |
| 127 | 8.3. Storage in Docker | 12:18 | |
| 128 | 8.4. Volume Driver Plugins in Docker | 01:54 | |
| 129 | 8.5. Container Storage Interface | 03:45 | |
| 130 | 8.6. Volumes | 04:23 | |
| 131 | 8.7. Persistent Volumes | 02:56 | |
| 132 | 8.8. Persistent Volume Claims | 05:00 | |
| 133 | 8.11. Lab Solution - Persistent Volumes and Persistent Volume Claims | 18:12 | |
| 134 | 8.14. Storage Class | 03:58 | |
| 135 | 8.16. Lab Solution - Storage Class | 10:28 | |
| 136 | 9.1. Networking - Introduction | 02:05 | |
| 137 | 9.3. Prerequisite Switching, Routing, Gateways CNI in Kubernetes | 12:46 | |
| 138 | 9.4. Prerequisite DNS | 14:12 | |
| 139 | 9.6. Prerequisite Network Namespaces | 15:07 | |
| 140 | 9.8. Prerequisite Docker Networking | 07:16 | |
| 141 | 9.9. Prerequisite CNI | 06:11 | |
| 142 | 9.10. Cluster Networking | 02:12 | |
| 143 | 9.13. Lab Solution - Explore Environment (optional) | 08:30 | |
| 144 | 9.14. Pod Networking | 09:01 | |
| 145 | 9.15. CNI in kubernetes | 03:07 | |
| 146 | 9.17. CNI weave | 06:00 | |
| 147 | 9.19. Lab Solution - Explore CNI (optional) | 02:13 | |
| 148 | 9.20. ipam weave | 02:29 | |
| 149 | 9.22. Service Networking | 08:50 | |
| 150 | 9.24. Lab Solution - Service Networking (optional) | 05:13 | |
| 151 | 9.25. DNS in kubernetes | 05:37 | |
| 152 | 9.26. CoreDNS in Kubernetes | 06:42 | |
| 153 | 9.28. Lab Solution - Explore DNS (optional) | 15:57 | |
| 154 | 9.29. Ingress | 17:36 | |
| 155 | 9.33. Lab Solution - Ingress Networking 1 - (optional) | 15:46 | |
| 156 | 9.35. Lab Solution - Ingress Networking - 2 (optional) | 14:35 | |
| 157 | 9.36. Introduction to Gateway API (2025 updates) | 08:24 | |
| 158 | 10.1. Design a Kubernetes Cluster | 05:45 | |
| 159 | 10.2. Choosing Kubernetes Infrastructure | 05:42 | |
| 160 | 10.3. Configure High Availability | 07:45 | |
| 161 | 10.4. ETCD in HA | 12:16 | |
| 162 | 11.1. Deployment With kubeadm - Introduction | 02:26 | |
| 163 | 11.3. Deployment With Kubeadm - Provision VMs With Vagrant | 05:56 | |
| 164 | 11.4. Demo - Deployment with Kubeadm | 25:52 | |
| 165 | 11.6. Lab Solution - Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster using kubeadm (Optional) | 09:51 | |
| 166 | 12.1. Helm - Introduction | 06:34 | |
| 167 | 12.2. Installation and Configuration | 01:26 | |
| 168 | 12.4. A Quick Note on Helm2 vs Helm3 | 08:10 | |
| 169 | 12.5. Helm Components | 07:49 | |
| 170 | 12.6. Helm Charts | 07:24 | |
| 171 | 12.7. Working With Helm - Basics | 06:16 | |
| 172 | 12.8. Customizing Chart Parameters | 04:06 | |
| 173 | 12.10. Lifecycle Management With Helm | 07:52 | |
| 174 | 13.1. Kustomize Problem Statement and Ideology | 08:04 | |
| 175 | 13.2. Kustomize vs Helm | 04:35 | |
| 176 | 13.3. InstallationSetup | 01:07 | |
| 177 | 13.4. The kustomization.yaml File | 03:55 | |
| 178 | 13.5. Kustomize Output | 02:33 | |
| 179 | 13.6. Kustomize ApiVersion & Kind | 00:23 | |
| 180 | 13.7. Managing Directories | 06:19 | |
| 181 | 13.8. Managing Directories Demo | 09:22 | |
| 182 | 13.10. Common Transformers | 03:28 | |
| 183 | 13.11. Image Transformers | 02:32 | |
| 184 | 13.12. Transformers Demo | 11:32 | |
| 185 | 13.14. Patches Intro | 08:31 | |
| 186 | 13.15. Different Types of Patches | 01:14 | |
| 187 | 13.16. Patches Dictionary | 06:03 | |
| 188 | 13.17. Patches List | 06:22 | |
| 189 | 13.19. Overlays | 05:42 | |
| 190 | 13.21. Components | 08:45 | |
| 191 | 14.1. Troubleshooting - Section Introduction | 00:27 | |
| 192 | 14.2. Application Failure | 02:49 | |
| 193 | 14.4. Lab Solution - Application Failure (Optional) | 28:07 | |
| 194 | 14.5. Control Plane Failure | 01:20 | |
| 195 | 14.7. Lab Solution - Control Plane Failure (Optional) | 15:56 | |
| 196 | 14.8. Worker Node Failure | 01:49 | |
| 197 | 14.10. Lab Solution - Worker Node Failure (Optional) | 10:23 | |
| 198 | 15.3. JSON Path in Kubernetes | 11:55 | |
| 199 | 17.2. Solution - Mock Exam -1 (Optional) | 32:09 | |
| 200 | 17.4. Mock Exam - 2 - Solution (Optional) | 43:56 | |
| 201 | 17.6. Mock Exam - 3 - Solution (Optional) | 48:07 | |
| 202 | 18.3. Bonus Lecture Conclusion | 03:04 | |
| 203 | 18.4. What's Next | 09:04 |
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