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Overview ?

Overview:

Certified Kubernetes Administrator Training has been designed to enhance learning through combination of courses including each domain, labs opportunities to build hands-on Kubernetes experience and multiple practice to boost your confidence.

Some of the key features of this training are:

Training by the experts of the domain.
In-depth knowledge sharing on each domain.
Custom made training available
Multiple practice papers

Why Certified Kubernetes Administrator?

Kubernetes Administrator assures a noticeable growth in the career of a professional working on Kubernetes platform. Certified Kubernetes Administrators have an opportunity to quickly establish their credibility and value in the job market. The purpose of the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is to provide assurance that attendees have the skills, knowledge and competency to perform the responsibilities of Kubernetes Administrators.

The knowledge domains included in this course are:

Application Lifecycle Management
Installation, Configuration, and Validation
Core Concepts
Networking
Scheduling
Security
Cluster Maintenance
Logging / Monitoring
Storage
Troubleshooting

Target Audience

Software Developers
IT Professionals & Architects
Operational Engineers

Pre-Requisites

Good Understanding of Containers and Dockers
Concepts of Virtualization
Linux & Networking Fundamentals
Experience with installing and configuring applications
Working experience using vi or vim editor tools

Course Content

Overview of Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam

Overview of CKA Exam
Exam Domains and Format

Introduction to Kubernetes

Overview of Dockers and Containers
What is Container Orchestration?
Evolution of Kubernetes
Differences between Kubernetes and Docker Swarm
What is Kubernetes
Kubernetes Use Cases
Quiz

Kubernetes Architecture & Components

Understand Kubernetes Architecture
Introduction to Kubernetes Master
Components of Kubernetes Master
Introduction to Node Components
Quiz

Installing & Configuring Kubernetes

Overview of Minikube installation
Installing and Configuring Kubernetes Master and Nodes using kubeadm
Building a Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster
List all the nodes of the clusters
Working with cluster using various kubectl commands
Quiz

Working with Namespaces and Pods

Overview of Namespaces and creating Namespaces
Introduction to Pods
Pods Lifecycle
Working with YAML files
Working with Pods to manage multiple containers
Deploying Pods using kubectl run command.
Quiz

Application Lifecycle Management

Overview of Deployments
Scale-out deployments using ReplicaSets
Rolling Updates with Deployments
Working with Labels and Selectors
Application Health Checks – Liveness Probes, Readiness Probes
Using Secrets and Config Maps
Working with Jobs
Quiz

Kubernetes Schedulings

Overview of kube-scheduler
Scheduling with kube-scheduler
Scheduler Policies
Horizontal Pod Autoscaling
Affinity and Anti-Affinity
Quiz

Storage Management in Kubernetes

Overview of Kubernetes Volumes
Volumes Types -emptydir, hostPath, NFS, Cloud Volume
What are Persistent Volumes
Working with Persistent Volume Claims
Persist Volume Access Modes
Quiz

Kubernetes Controllers

Overview of Replication Controller
Working with DaemonSets
Working with StatefulSets
Quiz

Kubernetes Networking

Overview of Kubernetes Networking
Overview of Kubernetes CNI providers – Flannel, Calico and WeaveNet
Need for Kubernetes Services
Types of Services- Cluster IP, NodePort and LoadBalancer
Configuring Services using YAML files
Ingress Rules & Load Balancers
Cluster DNS
Quiz

Securing Kubernetes Cluster

Basics of Kubernetes Security
Cluster Authentication & Authorization
Configuring Network Policies
Creating TLS Certificates
Secure Images
Quiz

Logging and Monitoring

Overview of Logging ad Monitoring
Monitoring the Cluster Components
Monitoring Application Logs
Quiz

Introduction to Helm

Overview of Helm Charts
Helm Charts
Helm Repository
Developing Helm Templates

Kubernetes Maintenance

Overview of Node Maintenance
Drain vs Cordoning Node
Cluster Upgrade Process
Backup and Restore Methods

Troubleshooting in Kubernetes

Troubleshooting Application Failure
Troubleshooting Control Plane Failure
Troubleshooting Worker Node Failure
Troubleshooting Networking
Quiz

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Training Methodology

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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