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3 Kubernetes Certifications - CKA, CKAD & CKS Crash Course

Name: 3 Kubernetes Certifications - CKA, CKAD & CKS Crash Course
Rating: 4.3 (175 reviews)

Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Application Developer/Security Specialist Exam | Hands-on | Scenario Based Questions

Created byDeepak Dubey

Last updated 12/2025

English

What you'll learn

Exam Strategy to Pass the Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Exam Strategy to Pass the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Exam
Exam Strategy to Pass the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
VIM Tips, Shell Tips, Lookup Help and Documentation
Tips and Tricks to solve each question
Time Management, Organization and Planning for Exam
Scenario Based Questions

Course content

4 sections • 97 lectures • 15h 17m total length

CKA Exam Strategy, Tips & Tricks29:07
Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam Strategy, Tips & Tricks
kubernetes Install12:50
Kubernetes Upgrade8:24
Digital Ocean - Automated Kubernetes Setup16:05
Question - Upgrade Master Node6:45
Kubernetes Backup5:08
Question - ETCD Backup and Restore2:07
Scenario Based Question - ETCD Backup and Restore V211:36
Kubernetes StorageClass PersistentVolume PersistentVolumeClaim and Deployment8:20
Expand PersistentVolumeClaim3:46
Question - Create PersistentVolume1:57
Kubernetes Ingress8:52
Create Ingress Object2:20
Question - RBAC3:36
Kubernetes Network Policies8:36
Question - Create Network Policy7:15
Kubernetes DNS Service Lookup7:31
nslookup4:53
Kubernetes Static Pods5:51
Pod Scheduling Using Node Name and Node Selector7:42
Using Named Port in Deployment and Service7:22
Question - Troubleshoot Broken Node3:10
Safely Drain a Node5:40
Find Pod with the Highest CPU Usage2:51
Calculate Number of Nodes where Pods can be Scheduled3:39
3 Practice Questions - Logs, Scale and Drain3:44
CKA - Search Like a Pro11:53

Introduction8:21
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Exam Strategy, Tips & Tricks
Minikube Installation12:00
How to do Blue Green Deployment in Kubernetes4:28
How To Do Canary Deployment in Kubernetes5:12
Kubernetes Secrets6:12
Scenario Based Question - Consume Secret3:22
Kubernetes ConfigMap7:18
Scenario Based Question - Consume ConfigMap3:54
Kubernetes Memory CPU Resource Limits4:56
Readiness Probe6:33
Liveness Probe6:53
Scenario Based Question - Fix Liveness Probe9:20
Kubernetes Probes7:54
Kubernetes CronJobs Jobs6:06
Scenario Based Question - Schedule CronJob4:49
Kubernetes ServiceAccount SecurityContext3:39
Kubernetes Role Based Access Control8:23
Kubernetes Deployments11:06
Scenario Based Question - Fix Failing Deployment5:42
Scenario Based Question - Fix Deprecated Deployment5:47
Scenario Based Question - Update Deployment with SecurityContext2:00
Scenario Based Question - Canary Deployment5:49
Kubernetes LimitRange7:21
Just Enough Docker to pass CKAD Exam8:35
Just Enough Helm to pass CKAD Exam11:28
11 ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL VIM TIPS FOR CKA, CKAD & CKS EXAM11:25
KUBECTL GET EVENTS6:36
CKAD - Search Like a Pro11:30
Logging Sidecar Pattern6:03
Scenario Based Question - Multi Container Logging7:56
Ambassador Pattern13:02
Rolling Update Strategy - Max Surge, Max Unavailable8:21
Scenario Based Question - Use Specific Service Account2:34
Scenario Based Question - Create Pod as Per Specific Requirements1:21
Scenario Based Question - HostPath, StorageClass, PV, PVC9:57
Scenario Based Question - Allow Network Communication using existing N/W Policy13:41

CKS Exam Strategy, Tips & Tricks22:34
Trivy Introduction6:10
Trivy - Scan Pods5:25
Extract Secrets & Save to a File4:47
gVisor Demo6:06
CIS Benchmarks for Hardening a Kubernetes Cluster11:42
Fix Dockerfile and Deployment.yaml for any security vulnerabilities4:21
Enable Auditing10:07
Falco10:22
AppArmor13:08
Gatekeeper or Open Policy Agent12:32
PodSecurityPolicy8:29
Fix Incorrectly Specified ServiceAccount in a Pod, Create Role, Rolebinding etc.5:45
Fix Overly Permissive Permissions for Pod's SA & Create SA, Role, Rolebindings6:06
Scenario Based Question - Admission Controller - Image Scanner7:03
Scenario Based Question - Network Policies - 16:39
Scenario Based Question - Network Policies - 25:21
Scenario Based Question - Verify Platform Binaries6:11
Read Kubernetes Secrets from ETCD3:54
Create & Secure an Ingress12:28

kubectl node commands24:39
kubectl namespace commands14:37
kubectl pod commands23:33
kubectl deployment commands17:37
kubectl deployment commands - part 226:32
kubectl daemonsets commands11:03
kubectl statefulset commands11:07
kubectl service commands39:04
kubectl configmap commands14:57
kubectl secrets commands16:22
kubectl storage commands16:55
kubectl job and cronjob commands25:43
kubectl rbac commands24:52
kubectl taints & tolerations commands20:55

Requirements

Some Level of Knowledge and Hands-on with Kubernetes

Description

This course will cover everything that you need in order to pass the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam.

This course will cover everything that you need in order to pass the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Exam.

This course will cover everything that you need in order to pass the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Exam.

Save Time, Save Money

It is specifically created to supplement your existing knowledge of Kubernetes and to deal with passing the exam.

This is not a beginner's course and expect you to know about basics of Kubernetes and have some existing hands-on experience with Kubernetes.

Contains Tips, Tricks and Exam Strategy

Last Minute Preparation Guide

How to setup your local environment and Exam setup on the exam day

Time Management, Planning and Navigation through the questions

Hacks, Quick Lookups on the Questions being asked

All the important topics covered when appearing for these exams

Topic by Topic Demo of the important potential questions

Straight to the point

Efficient and effective use of your time

Documentation Walkthrough

Advice on passing the exam on the second attempt if not pass on the first attempt

Since both the exam overlap with each other on some topics and exam pattern so better use of your time in learning that through a single course

Most of the exercises can be performed via minikube on local machine

Only the Installation, Upgrade and ETCD backup requires you to create some infrastructure onto the cloud

Explanation on how to tackle every question one by one

Going to the exam with the right mindset

Who this course is for:

You need some knowledge and hands-on experience on Kubernetes. This is not a Beginner level course. This is the right course if you are already have knowledge, concepts and Hands-on with Kubernetes and now you wish to get certified.

3 Kubernetes Certifications - CKA, CKAD & CKS Crash Course

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Course content

Certified Kubernetes Administrator27 lectures • 3hr 21min

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer36 lectures • 4hr 20min

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (Extra Bonus - In Progress)20 lectures • 2hr 49min

Quick Summary - All kubectl Commands14 lectures • 4hr 48min

Requirements

Description

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