CERTIFIED KUBERNETES APPLICATION DEVELOPER

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) can design, build and deploy cloud-native applications for Kubernetes. A CKAD can define application resources and use Kubernetes core primitives to create/migrate, configure, expose and observe scalable applications. The exam assumes working knowledge of container runtimes and microservice architecture.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE COMFORTABLE:

• Working with (OCI-compliant) container images
• Applying Cloud Native application concepts and architectures
• Working with and validating Kubernetes resource definitions

COURSE OUTLINE

• Application Design and Build – 20%
  • Define, build and modify container images
  • Understand Jobs and CronJobs
  • Understand multi-container Pod design patterns (e.g. sidecar, init and others)
  • Utilize persistent and ephemeral volumes

• Application Deployment – 20%
  • Use Kubernetes primitives to implement common deployment strategies (e.g. blue/green or canary)
  • Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates
  • Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages

• Application Observability and Maintenance – 15%
  • Understand API deprecations
  • Implement probes and health checks
  • Use provided tools to monitor Kubernetes applications
  • Utilize container logs
  • Debugging in Kubernetes

• Application Environment, Configuration and Security – 25%
  • Discover and use resourcesthat extend Kubernetes(CRD)
  • Understand authentication, authorization and admission control
  • Understanding and defining resource requirements, limits and quotas
  • Understand ConfigMaps
  • Create&consume Secrets
  • Understand Service Accounts
  • Understand Security Contexts

• Services and Networking – 20%
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of Network Policies
  • Provide and troubleshoot accessto applications via services
  • Use Ingress rules to expose applications

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