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CKACKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Prepare for your Linux Foundation exam with a structured video course built for focused study, topic review, and repeatable progress before exam day.

138Lectures
15h 17mDuration
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Linux Foundation certification training CKA 138 lessons arranged in a guided course path
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Curriculum

Course sections.

11 sections, 138 lessons, and lecture-level duration details.

01 Core Concepts Section Introduction 1m
02 Cluster Architecture 9m
03 ETCD For Beginners 3m
04 ETCD in Kubernetes 3m
05 Kube-API Server 5m
06 Kube Controller Manager 4m
07 Kube Scheduler 4m
08 Kubelet 2m
09 Kube Proxy 4m
10 Recap - PODs 9m
11 PODs with YAML 7m
12 Demo - PODs with YAML 10m
13 Practice Test Introduction 6m
14 Demo: Accessing Labs 4m
15 Practice Test - Solution (Optional) 8m
16 Recap - ReplicaSets 16m
17 Practice Test - ReplicaSets - Solution (Optional) 8m
18 Deployments 4m
19 Namespaces 8m
20 Solution - Namespaces (optional) 5m
21 Services 14m
22 Services Cluster IP 4m
23 Services - Loadbalancer 4m
24 Solution - Services (optional) 5m
25 Imperative vs Declarative 13m
26 Solution - Imperative Commands (optional) 8m
27 Kubectl Apply Command 5m

01 Scheduling Section Introduction 1m
02 Manual Scheduling 3m
03 Solution - Manual Scheduling (optional) 3m
04 Labels and Selectors 6m
05 Solution : Labels and Selectors : (Optional) 4m
06 Taints and Tolerations 10m
07 Solution - Taints and Tolerations (Optional) 8m
08 Node Selectors 3m
09 Node Affinity 7m
10 Solution - Node Affinity (Optional) 7m
11 Taints and Tolerations vs Node Affinity 3m
12 Resource Requirements and Limits 6m
13 Solution: Resource Limits : (Optional) 5m
14 DaemonSets 4m
15 Solution - DaemonSets (optional) 6m
16 Static Pods 9m
17 Solution - Static Pods (Optional) 11m
18 Multiple Schedulers 6m
19 Solution - Practice Test - Multiple Schedulers : (Optional) 7m

01 Logging and Monitoring Section Introduction 1m
02 Monitor Cluster Components 4m
03 Solution: Monitor Cluster Components : (Optional) 3m
04 Managing Application Logs 3m
05 Solution: Logging : (Optional) 2m

01 Application Lifecycle Management - Section Introduction 1m
02 Rolling Updates and Rollbacks 8m
03 Solution: Rolling update : (Optional) 8m
04 Commands 7m
05 Commands and Arguments 3m
06 Solution - Commands and Arguments (Optional) 11m
07 Configure Environment Variables in Applications 1m
08 Configuring ConfigMaps in Applications 5m
09 Solution - Environment Variables (Optional) 9m
10 Configure Secrets in Applications 6m
11 Solution - Secrets (Optional) 10m
12 Multi Container PODs 2m
13 Solution - Multi-Container Pods (Optional) 10m
14 Solution - Init Containers (Optional) 8m

01 Cluster Maintenance - Section Introduction 1m
02 OS Upgrades 4m
03 Solution - OS Upgrades (optional) 6m
04 Kubernetes Software Versions 3m
05 Cluster Upgrade Process 11m
06 Solution: Cluster Upgrade 13m
07 Backup and Restore Methods 7m
08 Solution - Backup and Restore 18m

01 Security - Section Introduction 2m
02 Kubernetes Security Primitives 3m
03 Authentication 6m
04 TLS Introduction 1m
05 TLS Basics 20m
06 TLS in Kubernetes 8m
07 TLS in Kubernetes - Certificate Creation 11m
08 View Certificate Details 5m
09 Certificates API 6m
10 KubeConfig 9m
11 API Groups 6m
12 Role Based Access Controls 4m
13 Cluster Roles and Role Bindings 5m
14 Image Security 5m
15 Security Contexts 2m
16 Network Policy 8m
17 Solution - Network Policies (optional) 12m

01 Storage - Section Introduction 1m
02 Introduction to Docker Storage 1m
03 Storage in Docker 13m
04 Volume Driver Plugins in Docker 2m
05 Container Storage Interface (CSI) 4m
06 Volumes 4m
07 Persistent Volumes 3m
08 Persistent Volume Claims 4m
09 Solution - Persistent Volumes and Persistent Volume Claims 19m
10 Storage Class 4m

01 Networking - Section Introduction 2m
02 Prerequisite - Switching Routing 12m
03 Prerequisite - DNS 15m
04 Prerequisite - Network Namespaces 15m
05 Prerequisite - Docker Networking 7m
06 Prerequisite - CNI 6m
07 Cluster Networking 2m
08 Solution - Explore Environment (optional) 7m
09 Pod Networking 9m
10 CNI in kubernetes 3m
11 CNI weave 6m
12 Solution - Explore CNI Weave (optional) 3m
13 Solution - Deploy Network Solution (optional) 4m
14 IP Address Management - Weave 3m
15 Solution - Networking Weave (optional) 5m
16 Service Networking 9m
17 Solution - Service Networking (optional) 5m
18 DNS in kubernetes 6m
19 CoreDNS in Kubernetes 7m
20 Solution - Explore DNS (optional) 13m
21 Ingress 23m
22 Solution - Ingress Networking 1 - (optional) 11m
23 Solution - Ingress Networking - 2 (optional) 11m

01 Design a Kubernetes Cluster 6m
02 Choosing Kubernetes Infrastructure 6m
03 Configure High Availability 8m
04 ETCD in HA 13m

01 Introduction to Deployment with Kubeadm 2m
02 Deploy with Kubeadm - Provision VMs with Vagrant 3m
03 Demo - Deployment with Kubeadm 15m
04 Solution - Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster using kubeadm : (Optional) 9m

01 Troubleshooting - Section Introduction 1m
02 Application Failure 3m
03 Solution - Application Failure : (Optional) 23m
04 Control Plane Failure 1m
05 Solution - Control Plane Failure : (Optional) 15m
06 Worker Node Failure 2m
07 Solution - Worker Node Failure : (Optional) 11m
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