Kubernetes CKA Professional
- Course Code GKKUBCKA
- Duration 3 days
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Course Overview
TopDevelop the practical expertise required for production-facing roles supporting cloud native and AI platforms at scale.
This Kubernetes CKA Professional course is a Kubernetes Fundamentals and CKA exam theory training.
The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) program was created by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), in collaboration with The Linux Foundation (TLF), to help develop the Kubernetes ecosystem.based on an understanding of the Kubernetes Architecture, in the context of IT development, Microservices, and Cloud-Native so that you, at the end of this course, can start using Kubernetes as Engineer based on understanding, and insight into Kubernetes,
This training follows the contents as prescribed for the CKA exam for certification by offering the theory in presentation form and performing multiple detailed exercises.
The experiences you gain during the training will give you tools to use Kubernetes in practice and prepares you, for the theoretical part, for the CKA exam.
Updated July 2026
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
TopThe training is meant for:
- Engineers responsible for designing, setting up, or managing Kubernetes clusters. The level of entry is from beginning to medium knowledge of Kubernetes.
- For anyone who aims to obtain certification as a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). This training teaches the theory needed for the CKA Exam.
Course Objectives
TopAfter this course participants should be able to:
- Install and configure Kubernetes clusters
- Work with core concepts like
- Pods,
- Deployments,
- Services,
- Ingress,
- Gateway API.
- Apply security and high availability practices in real-world production environments
- Prepare the certification exam CKA
Course Content
TopTopics taught:
- A History of IT
- Virtualization: what is a Virtual Machine, a Container, and the difference between the two
- What is Kubernetes, what is Cloud Native? And why is this development important?
- Kubernetes architecture, principles, components, resources (deployment, replicaset, pods)
- Basic concepts of Kubernetes: control plane, resources in detail, services, draining nodes, setting limits, tolerations, anti-affinity, horizontal scaling, deployments, release management & canary releases, liveliness checks, readiness checks updates, rollbacks, configsmaps & secrets, lifecycle-hooks & init containers, logging, monitoring, troubleshooting, bootstrapping, component configuration, dns-networking, static pods, tls: communicating with apiserver, multi-containers, sidecar containers, pod-policies, linux-capabilities, privileges and access control, application troubleshooting, network policies, service accounts
- Storage
- Kubernetes use principles: Helmet, Ingress Controller
- Kubernetes security: Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Basics of Kubernetes
Chapter 3. Installation and Configuration
Chapter 4. Kubernetes Architecture
Chapter 5. APIs and Access
Chapter 6. API Objects
Chapter 7. Managing State with Deployments
Chapter 8. Helm and Kustomize
Chapter 9. Volumes and Data
Chapter 10. Services
Chapter 11. Ingress
Chapter 12. Scheduling
Chapter 13. Logging and Troubleshooting
Chapter 14. Custom Resource Definitions
Chapter 15. Security
Chapter 16. High Availability
Chapter 17. Exam Domain Review
Course Prerequisites
Top- Minimum dexterity/basic knowledge of Linux command-line (Bash, Linux commands), Private Keys and Public Keys are required to follow the pace of this training.
Test Certification
TopCertified Kubernetes Administrator: The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) program is spearheaded by CNCF in partnership with The Linux Foundation. This certification is designed for professionals looking to demonstrate their hands-on Kubernetes skills.
CKA is a performance-based exam where candidates interact with the command line to solve real-world challenges, not just multiple-choice questions.
Follow on Courses
TopThe following is recommended for further study:
- Kubernetes Administrator Advanced (GKKUBCKAA)
Further Information
Top- Digital course book provided to paticipants