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Exam Prep CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
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  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Intermediate Level Real-time hands-on knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (K8s). Fluency in working with Linux shells.
  • Approx. 18 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for deploying, scaling, automating, and managing containerized applications. This automation helps in improving productivity, efficiency, and reduction of operational downtime for enterprises. As a result, you can gain better career opportunities with skills in managing large and complex applications.
  • This training course helps you develop your skills and knowledge in Kubernetes. In addition, you can also explore basic to advanced concepts of Kubernetes such as Pods, Nodes, Schedulers, Replication Controller & Replica Sets, etc.
  • Exam Prep CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator course contains 7+ hours of Training content. Learners could find a combination of Video Lectures. Reading material, Quizzes in the training course with comprehensive coverage of all topics regarding automating and managing containerized applications. These lectures are divided into 6 Modules and each module is further split into Lessons. The entire course includes Assessments (both Graded and Non-Graded) to validate the knowledge of learners.
  • Module 1: Kubernetes: Core Concepts
  • Module 2: Kubernetes: Storage and Networking
  • Module 3: Kubernetes: Scaling Workloads
  • Module 4: Kubernetes: Pods and Schedulers
  • Module 5: Kubernetes: Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration
  • Module 6: Kubernetes: Troubleshooting
  • Candidate should have hands-on knowledge of Docker, and Kubernetes (K8s). Also experienced in working with Linux shells, and virtual machines in cloud environments. By the end of this course, a learner will be able to:
  • - Implement Kubernetes cluster and evaluate its basic components.
  • - Explore Networking and Storage concepts in Kubernetes.
  • - Analyze and Implement application scaling in Kubernetes.
  • - Explore Pods and Schedulers concepts in Kubernetes.
  • - Troubleshoot Kubernetes cluster using monitoring and logging techniques.
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Curriculum

Kubernetes Introduction and Core Concepts

Welcome to the course

Course Overview

Introduction to Kubernetes

Course Prerequisites

Cluster and Nodes

Provision Underlying Infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster

Use Kubeadm to install a basic cluster

Adding Worker Nodes

Kubernetes Cluster Basics

Accessing Cluster From External Networks

Pod and Container

Namespaces

Labels, Selectors and Annotations

Deployments

Command & Arguments

Environment Variables

Course Outline

Overview of Kubernetes Introduction and Core Concepts

Introduction to Kubernetes and configure cluster - Knowledge Check

Basic Components of Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes Introduction and Core Concepts - Assessment

Kubernetes: Storage and Networking

Cluster Networking

Configure and use CoreDNS

Connectivity between Pods and ClusterIP Service

NodePort Service and LoadBalancer Service

Ingress Controller

Ingress Resources

Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin and Network Policy

Volumes: Persistent Storage

HostPath_Volume

PersistentVolume and Storage Classes

Configure applications with Persistent Volume

Persistent Volume Claims

Reclaim Policies

Reclaim Policies - Demo

Overview of Kubernetes: Storage and Networking

Services and Networking in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Storage in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes: Storage and Networking - Assessment

Kubernetes: Scaling Workloads

Replication Controller & Replica Sets

Replication Controller & Replica Sets - Demo

Init Containers

Init Containers - Demo

Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications

Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications - Demo

Know how to scale applications

Know how to scale applications - Demo

Understand Primitives: Create robust, self-healing, application deployments

Understand Primitives: Create robust, self-healing, application deployments - Demo

Overview of Kubernetes: Scaling Workloads

Scaling Workloads in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes: Scaling Workloads - Assessment

Kubernetes: Pods and Schedulers

Introduction to Stateful Sets

Introduction to Stateful Sets - Demo

Jobs and Cron Jobs

Jobs and Cron Jobs - Demo

DaemonSets

DaemonSets - Demo

Kubernetes Schedulers

Kubernetes Schedulers - Demo

Assigning nodes to pods

Assigning nodes to pods - Demo

Understand how resource limits can affect Pod scheduling

Awareness of manifest management and common templating tools

Static Pods

Static Pods - Demo

Overview of Kubernetes: Pods and Schedulers

Sets and Jobs in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Static Pods and Pod scheduling in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes: Pods and Schedulers - Assessment

Kubernetes: Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration

Use Kubeadm To Create a Cluster

Use Kubeadm To Create a Cluster - Demo

Manage role based access control (RBAC)

Manage role based access control (RBAC) - Demo

Manage a highly-available Kubernetes cluster

Using Kubeadm to Upgrade a Cluster

Using Kubeadm to Upgrade a Cluster - Demo

Cluster and Application Monitoring

Implement etcd Backup and Restore

Overview of Kubernetes: Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration

Cluster Configuration, Monitoring and Backup - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes: Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration - Assessment

Kubernetes: Troubleshooting

Evaluate cluster and node logging

Evaluate cluster and node logging - Demo

Understand how to monitor applications

Understand how to monitor applications - Demo

Manage container stdout & stderr logs

Manage container stdout & stderr logs - Demo

Troubleshoot application failure

Troubleshoot application failure - Demo

Troubleshoot cluster component failure

Troubleshoot cluster component failure - Demo

Troubleshoot networking

Getting ready to take the exam

Taking the exam

Overview of Kubernetes: Troubleshooting

Course Conclusion

Key Takeaways from the course

Cluster Troubleshooting in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Network Troubleshooting in Kubernetes - Knowledge Check

Kubernetes: Troubleshooting - Assessment

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