Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

The CKA was created by the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a part of their ongoing effort to help develop the Kubernetes ecosystem. The exam is online, proctored, performance-based test that requires solving multiple tasks from a command line running Kubernetes.

Achieve the CKA today – the certification that is recognized globally, vendor-neutral, and relevant across all industries.

The CKA certification delivers widely recognized professional credentials to validate your Kubernetes expertise, creates clear pathways for career advancement, grants you access to exclusive industry networking opportunities with fellow cloud-native professionals, and unlocks versatile cross-industry job prospects across technology verticals.

Storage - 10%

Implement storage classes and dynamic volume provisioning

Configure volume types, access modes and reclaim policies

Manage persistent volumes and persistent volume claims

Troubleshooting - 30%

Troubleshoot clusters and nodes

Troubleshoot cluster components

Monitor cluster and application resource usage

Manage and evaluate container output streams

Troubleshoot services and networking

Workloads & Scheduling - 15%

Understand application deployments and how to perform rolling update and rollbacks

Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications

Configure workload autoscaling

Understand the primitives used to create robust, self-healing, application deployments

Configure Pod admission and scheduling (limits, node affinity, etc.)

Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration - 25%

Manage role based access control (RBAC)

Prepare underlying infrastructure for installing a Kubernetes cluster

Create and manage Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm

Manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters

Implement and configure a highly-available control plane

Use Helm and Kustomize to install cluster components

Understand extension interfaces (CNI, CSI, CRI, etc.)

Understand CRDs, install and configure operators

Services & Networking - 20%

Understand connectivity between Pods

Define and enforce Network Policies

Use ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types and endpoints

Use the Gateway API to manage Ingress traffic

Know how to use Ingress controllers and Ingress resources

Understand and use Core DNS

The exam is based on Kubernetes v1.35.

The CKA exam environment will be aligned with the most recent K8s minor version within approximately 4 to 8 weeks of the K8s release date.

How to register & take exam: TBC (Link to FAQ pages of the website)

Candidate Handbook: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/lf-handbook2

Curriculum Overview: https://github.com/cncf/curriculum/blob/master/CKA_Curriculum_v1.35.pdf

Exam Tips: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/tips-cka-and-ckad

Frequently Asked Questions: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/faq-cka-ckad-cks

Linux Foundation Global Certification and Confidentiality Agreement: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/lf-cert-agreement

Verify Certification: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/verify/