CKA Exam Study Resources

Here' you'll find a list of blog posts covering preparations for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. I've also a collection of study notes for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam which you can find here

This page will be updated as content gets created

Update Jan 2024: Note that this page was originally created for my preparations for the CKA exam in 2020/21. I'm currently planning for my recertification and will update posts as I prepare for the exam

First the current (as of Dec 2020) the objectives for the exam is the following:

General

• CKA Study guide
  • CKA Study guide (2021 version)
• CKA Exam review
  • CKA Exam review (2021 version)

Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration

• Installing Kubernetes on virtual machines
  • Installing Kubernetes on vSphere (2020 version)
• Scale out a Kubernetes cluster
  • Scale out a Kubernetes cluster (2020 version)
• Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster
  • Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster (2021 version)
• Etcd Backup & Restore

Workloads & Scheduling

• Daemon sets vs Replica Sets vs Deployments
  • Daemon sets vs Replica Sets vs Deployments (2021 version)
• Pod scheduling
  • Pod scheduling (2021 version)
• ConfigMaps and Secrets
  • ConfigMaps and Secrets (2021 version)
• Service Accounts
  • Service Accounts (2021 version)
• Resources

Service & Networking

• Kubernetes networking
• Services
  • Services (2021 version)
• Ingress

Storage

• Kubernetes storage volumes
• Persistent Volumes and Claims

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting
• Application Monitoring
• Logging