The Linux Foundation CKA exam preparation guide is designed to provide candidates with necessary information about the Kubernetes Administrator exam. It includes exam summary, sample questions, practice test, objectives and ways to interpret the exam objectives to enable candidates to assess the types of questions-answers that may be asked during the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.
It is recommended for all the candidates to refer the CKA objectives and sample questions provided in this preparation guide. The Linux Foundation CNCF Kubernetes Administrator certification is mainly targeted to the candidates who want to build their career in Cloud & Containers domain and demonstrate their expertise. We suggest you to use practice exam listed in this cert guide to get used to with exam environment and identify the knowledge areas where you need more work prior to taking the actual Certified Kubernetes Administrator exam.
Linux Foundation CKA Exam Summary:
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Exam Name
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Certified Kubernetes Administrator |
| Exam Code | CKA |
| Exam Price | $395 USD |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Number of Questions | 20-25 |
| Passing Score | 66% |
| Recommended Training / Books | Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS258) |
| Schedule Exam | The Linux Foundation Training & Certification |
| Sample Questions | Linux Foundation CKA Sample Questions |
| Recommended Practice | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Practice Test |
Linux Foundation Kubernetes Administrator Syllabus:
| Section | Objectives | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Storage |
- Understand storage classes, persistent volumes - Understand volume mode, access modes and reclaim policies for volumes - Understand persistent volume claims primitive - Know how to configure applications with persistent storage |
10% |
| Troubleshooting |
- Evaluate cluster and node logging - Understand how to monitor applications - Manage container stdout & stderr logs - Troubleshoot application failure - Troubleshoot cluster component failure - Troubleshoot networking |
30% |
| Workloads & Scheduling |
- Understand deployments and how to perform rolling update and rollbacks - Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications - Know how to scale applications - Understand the primitives used to create robust, self-healing, application deployments - Understand how resource limits can affect Pod scheduling - Awareness of manifest management and common templating tools |
15% |
| Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration |
- Manage role based access control (RBAC) - Use Kubeadm to install a basic cluster - Manage a highly-available Kubernetes cluster - Provision underlying infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster - Perform a version upgrade on a Kubernetes cluster using Kubeadm - Implement etcd backup and restore |
25% |
| Services & Networking |
- Understand host networking configuration on the cluster nodes - Understand connectivity between Pods - Understand ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types and endpoints - Know how to use Ingress controllers and Ingress resources - Know how to configure and use CoreDNS - Choose an appropriate container network interface plugin |
20% |