CKAD Certification Training Overview
This live, instructor-led Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) training course teaches attendees Kubernetes concepts and how to manage a Kubernetes application. This class also prepares attendees to take and pass the CKAD 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, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Understand when and how to apply Kubernetes concepts to manage an application
- Master tips and tricks to pass the CKAD exam
- Understand the ins and outs of the kubectl command-line tool
- Demonstrate competency in performing the responsibilities of Kubernetes application developers
- Solve real-world Kubernetes problems in a hands-on command-line environment
- Navigate and solve questions during the CKAD exam
Prerequisites
- Experience with containers, particularly Docker
- A basic understanding of Kubernetes concepts and API resources
- Familiarity with a Unix environment, bash commands, and a command line-based text editor (optimally vim) and YAML
Outline
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Exam Details and Resources
- Exam objectives and curriculum
- Candidate skills and the exam environment
- Time management tips and tricks
- Additional resources
- Practice exams
- Your main learning objective
Core Concepts
- Kubernetes object creation and management
- understanding pods
- inspecting and configuring pods
- Creating and inspecting a pod
Configuration
- ConfigMaps
- Secrets
- Resource boundaries
- Declare service accounts
- Create a pod to use a ConfigMap
- Create a pod to use a secret
- Create SecurityContexts for a pod
- Define a pod’s resource boundaries
- Use a service account
Multicontainer Pods
- Multiple containers in a pod
- Init containers
- Sidecar patterns
- Adapter patterns
- Patterns
- Create an init container
- Implement the adapter pattern
Observability
- Readiness probes
- Liveness probes
- Debugging existing pods
- Define a pod’s readiness probe and liveness probe
- Fix a misconfigured pod
Pod Design
- Labels
- Annotations
- Deployments
- Jobs
- CronJobs
- Define and query labels and annotations
- Perform rolling updates and scale a deployment
- Create a scheduled container operation
Services and Networking
- Services
- Deployments
- Network policies
- Route traffic to pods inside and outside of a cluster
- Restrict access to and from a pod
Conclusion
Training Materials
All attendees receive a copy of the instructor’s presentation and related code.
Software Requirements
A machine with access to a Kubernetes cluster, either local or remote (The recommended setup is to install minikube and kubectl.)
