Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Prep
Master production-grade Kubernetes administration and secure your CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification.
This hands-on curriculum prepares engineers for the performance-based Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam administered by The Linux Foundation and CNCF. Learners develop deep competency in bare-metal and cloud-based cluster bootstrapping, workload lifecycle management, persistent storage orchestration, advanced networking, and cluster security. Through rigorous command-line practice, candidates master rapid diagnosis, maintenance routines, and real-time troubleshooting under exam-style constraints. Every lesson includes tutor notes, a video, a hands-on lab, exercises and a 12-question quiz you must pass at 80%, followed by a pooled final exam and free and paid practice tests. Erudex is independent and not affiliated with The Linux Foundation / CNCF.
Curriculum
One complete track with its own final exam and certificate.
8 modules aligned to the official exam/course outline, with a pooled final exam (80% to pass).
Understand core Kubernetes control plane and worker node components, their interactions, a
- 1.1 Kubernetes Control Plane Architecture: API Server, Scheduler, Controller Manager, and etcd Lab75 min
- 1.2 Worker Node Components: Kubelet, Kube-proxy, and Container Engine Interfacing (CRI) Lab75 min
- 1.3 Imperative vs. Declarative Object Management with kubectl and JSONPath Filtering Lab75 min
- 1.4 Understanding API Groups, Resource Versions, and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) Lab75 min
- 1.5 Configuring Contexts, Clusters, and Namespaces in Kubeconfig Files Lab75 min
Careers this prepares you for
- Kubernetes Administrator
- Platform Engineer