Certified Kubernetes
Administrator (CKA)
Become an elite container orchestration expert. This rigorous 45-hour training track is strictly mapped to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) curriculum, equipping you to build, manage, and troubleshoot enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters.
100% CNCF Aligned
Curriculum strictly maps to the latest Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam domains.
45-Hour Deep Dive
Intensive, structured pacing designed to take you from container basics to cluster mastery.
Multi-Node Production Labs
No minikube toys. Build, break, and fix real highly-available (HA) clusters using Kubeadm.
Advanced Troubleshooting
Heavy focus on debugging broken clusters, network policies, and failing pods—crucial for the exam.
Why This CKA Program?
The CKA exam is uniquely challenging because it is 100% performance-based. There are no multiple-choice questions; you are given a set of live, broken clusters and asked to fix them, upgrade them, or deploy complex architectures from scratch via the command line within a strict time limit.
45-Hour Precision Delivery: We have structured this course to optimize your exam readiness. We don't just teach you what a Pod is; we drill you on imperative commands, JSONPATH queries, etcd backup mechanics, and advanced network policies until they become muscle memory.
Official CNCF Syllabus
v1.30 Aligned
01
Cluster Architecture, Installation & Config (25%)
- Manage Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Use Kubeadm to install a basic cluster and manage highly-available Kubernetes clusters
- Provision underlying infrastructure to deploy a Kubernetes cluster
- Perform a version upgrade on a Kubernetes cluster using Kubeadm
- Implement etcd backup and restore procedures
02
Workloads & Scheduling (15%)
- Understand deployments and how to perform rolling updates and rollbacks
- Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications
- Know how to scale applications manually and automatically
- Understand the primitives used to create robust, self-healing deployments
- Understand how resource limits can affect Pod scheduling
- Awareness of manifest management and common templating tools
03
Services & Networking (20%)
- Understand host networking configuration on the cluster nodes
- Understand connectivity between Pods (CNI plugins)
- Understand ClusterIP, NodePort, and 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
04
Storage (10%)
- Understand storage classes, persistent volumes (PV), and persistent volume claims (PVC)
- Understand volume mode, access modes and reclaim policies for volumes
- Understand persistent volume claims primitive
- Know how to configure applications with persistent storage
05
Troubleshooting (30%)
- Evaluate cluster and node logging
- Understand how to monitor applications
- Manage container stdout & stderr logs
- Troubleshoot application failure (Pod crashing, ImagePullBackOff, etc.)
- Troubleshoot cluster component failure (kubelet, kube-proxy, control plane)
- Troubleshoot networking (DNS resolution, NetworkPolicies, CNI issues)
Includes 45 hours of live training and 6 months of cloud lab access.