Kubernetes Certifications

How to take your career to next level.

I'm passionate about cloud-native technologies, containers, Kubernetes and multi-cloud.

 

 

Why SHOULD I GET CERTIFIED

  • Fast-track your career
  • Get recognition
  • Increase chances for promotion
  • Learn new skills
  • Fight off impostor syndrome

Certifications

KCNA

Entry Level

Kubernetes &

Cloud Native

Associate

 

CKAD

Developer

Certified

Kubernetes

Application

Developer

CKA

Administrator

Certified

Kubernetes

Administrator

CKS

Security

Certified

Kubernetes

Security

Specialist

Exams Curriculum Repository

EXAMS

Exams for Kubernetes certifications CKAD, CKA and CKS are pretty challenging. Why are they so challenging? First, each exam is practical, meaning, you need to perform actions on Kubernetes resources and clusters. Secondly, each exam is time-bound, so you have to be efficient and quick.

Tip #1: Create your own Kubernetes cluster

Tip #2: Kubectl commands

  • Organise bookmarks well

  • Practice finding information in the Kubernetes docs

Tip #3: Take advantage of kubernetes documentation

Tip #4: Know vim (or nano) editors well

A lot of exam tasks required editing existing YAML files and ability to use vim (in my case) or nano text editors quickly and efficiently is very important. There are plenty of pages with keyboard shortcuts.

 

‍Tip #5: Questions priority

Each question is “weighted” and you have on average 6 minutes per question. If you find yourself stuck, it’s better to note question numbers in notepad available within the environment and come back to it later

‍Tip #6: Stay Calm

I’m not sure about you, but performance based exams always make me nervous and stress often gets best of me. It is helpful to remember that the exam gives you one free retry, so even if you don’t pass first time, don’t worry.

Learning Material

Resource Free
Kodekloud NO - ALL
JustMeAndOpenSource Youtube YES - CKA
Killer sh YES with exams - ALL
Civo Academy YES
itcertificationsguide.com YES

Resources

Kodekloud

Killer sh

Just me and open source

CIVO academy

My learning material

This Presentation

Kubernetes Certifications

By Piotr

Kubernetes Certifications

Some say that Kubernetes is a fabric for cloud-native applications, a platform to build platforms or an operating system of the cloud. Well, all of those statements are true, but most importantly, Kubernetes is everywhere and its popularity will only grow, as it fades to the background powering workloads on servers in public, private and hybrid clouds, on edge and even in space. A big part of the DevOps movement is ""learning culture"". Companies expect more from new and seasoned employees, technologies come and go with neck-breaking speed. One proven way of continuous learning is investing in yourself by learning and validating your knowledge with a certificate. CNCF created 3 Kubernetes certifications, one for administrators: CKA, for developers: CKAD and security specialists: CKS. During this talk we will look into the learning process, certification details and I will share with you tips and tricks on how to pass the exams.

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