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CKA Kubernetes Administrator

A route to the CKA: the current curriculum, a kubeadm practice cluster, upgrades, etcd restores, RBAC, networking, storage, terminal troubleshooting, kubectl speed drills, timed mocks and exam day.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CKA Kubernetes Administrator, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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CKA Kubernetes Administrator

Preparing for the CKA performance-based exam: cluster setup and upgrades, workloads, networking, storage, troubleshooting at the terminal and speed with kubectl.

  1. CKA curriculum and candidate handbook folder
  2. Kubernetes and Linux skills audit against the CKA domains
  3. Baseline timed task set before any study
  4. Choosing a CKA practice cluster set-up
  5. Three-node kubeadm practice cluster build
  6. Exam-speed terminal set-up
  7. Course and practice platform choice for the CKA
  8. Dated CKA study calendar
  9. Kubernetes documentation navigation drills
  10. Weekly CKA study blocks
  11. Daily ten-minute kubectl speed drill
  12. Weekly practice cluster rebuild
  13. CKA mistake log and Friday review
  14. Monthly timed CKA mock exam
  15. Practice cluster bill and resource guard
  16. Curriculum and Kubernetes version watch
  17. Weekly timed pairing with a study partner
  18. Monthly break-and-fix troubleshooting session
  19. Cluster architecture and control plane components
  20. kubeadm cluster upgrade by one minor version
  21. Backing up and restoring etcd from a snapshot
  22. RBAC, service accounts and kubeconfig contexts
  23. Workloads and scheduling task set
  24. Services, DNS, network policies and Gateway API
  25. Persistent volumes, claims and storage classes
  26. Helm and Kustomize for administrator tasks
  27. Node and kubelet troubleshooting at the terminal
  28. Application and control plane failure diagnosis
  29. CNI plugins, CRDs and operators basics
  30. Imperative commands versus YAML from scratch
  31. Exam task triage and time strategy
  32. Exam readiness decision from mock scores
  33. Online proctored exam room and machine check
  34. Exam purchase and discount timing
  35. Employer sponsorship case for the CKA
  36. Using the official exam simulator sessions well
  37. Booking the CKA exam slot
  38. Final fourteen days before the CKA
  39. CKA exam day run sheet
  40. CKA retake plan after a failed attempt
  41. Certificate, badge and profile update after passing
  42. CKA plan for a Linux sysadmin
  43. CKA plan for an application developer
  44. CKA study around young children and a full-time job
  45. CKA from the Caribbean with power and internet backups
  46. Sitting the CKA in a second language
  47. Running a CKA study cohort for a platform team
  48. Highly available control plane with stacked etcd
  49. Cluster hardening as a bridge toward CKS
  50. Production runbooks from CKA lab notes

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

CKA curriculum and candidate handbook folder

The Linux Foundation and the CNCF publish the CKA curriculum as a list of domains and competencies, and the candidate handbook sets the rules on retakes, allowed documentation, ID and the exam environment. Both change, and the Kubernetes version the exam runs on moves forward several times a year.

First tasks

  • Download the current CKA curriculum from the Linux Foundation training site
  • Copy each domain and its competencies onto one page
  • Save the candidate handbook and mark the rules on documentation, ID and retakes
  • Note the current fee, duration, passing score and validity period with today's date

Kubernetes and Linux skills audit against the CKA domains

Most candidates are strong in one corner, such as writing deployments or running Linux servers, and weak in another, such as etcd, certificates or CNI networking. Rating yourself against every competency in the curriculum, with one quick practical check for each, shows where the hours should go before you spend money on a course that repeats what you already know.

First tasks

  • Copy every competency from your domain map into a skills grid
  • Try one small hands-on check for each competency and rate it
  • Add a row for Linux terminal skills and rate it honestly
  • Mark the five lowest-rated competencies as your first study targets

Baseline timed task set before any study

A CKA score depends on finishing tasks correctly within the time, so a knowledge quiz tells you little. Working through ten practical tasks against a timer on day one gives a speed and accuracy baseline you can compare every later mock against, and shows whether your problem is knowledge, speed or both.

First tasks

  • Pick ten practical tasks from a free CKA question set covering every domain
  • Run all ten against a timer with only the allowed docs open
  • Record time and pass or fail for each task
  • Write two lines on whether knowledge, typing or searching cost you most

Make it yours.

Install CKA Kubernetes Administrator, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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