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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Guide

By : Mélony Qin
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Book Image

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Guide

4 (1)
By: Mélony Qin

Overview of this book

Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration tool in the industry. The Kubernetes Administrator certification will help you establish your credibility and enable you to efficiently support the business growth of individual organizations with the help of this open source platform. The book begins by introducing you to Kubernetes architecture and the core concepts of Kubernetes. You'll then get to grips with the main Kubernetes API primitives, before diving into cluster installation, configuration, and management. Moving ahead, you’ll explore different approaches while maintaining the Kubernetes cluster, perform upgrades for the Kubernetes cluster, as well as backup and restore etcd. As you advance, you'll deploy and manage workloads on Kubernetes and work with storage for Kubernetes stateful workloads with the help of practical scenarios. You'll also delve into managing the security of Kubernetes applications and understand how different components in Kubernetes communicate with each other and with other applications. The concluding chapters will show you how to troubleshoot cluster- and application-level logging and monitoring, cluster components, and applications in Kubernetes. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you'll be fully prepared to pass the CKA exam and gain practical knowledge that can be applied in your day-to-day work.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1: Cluster Architecture, Installation, and Configuration
5
Part 2: Managing Kubernetes
10
Part 3: Troubleshooting

Preface

Kubernetes is by far the most popular container orchestration tool, yet the complexities of managing the tool have led to the rise of fully managed Kubernetes services over the past few years. The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is designed to ensure that certification candidates have the skills and knowledge to help them establish their credibility and value in the job market, to support business growth.

This book will start with an introduction to the Kubernetes architecture and the core concept of Kubernetes, and then we will take a deep dive into main Kubernetes primitives with hands-on scenarios for installation and configuration, cluster management and workload scheduling, networking, and security. Furthermore, we’ll discuss how to troubleshoot Kubernetes in our daily practice.

By the end of this book, you will be well versed in working with Kubernetes installation and configuration, and comfortable with the cluster management, storage, network, security-related configurations, and troubleshooting skills on vanilla Kubernetes.

If you want to learn more about Kubernetes, check out this playlist Kubernetes in 30 days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csPu6y6A7oY&list=PLyDI9q8xNovlhCqRhouXmSKQ-PP6_SsIQ