Certified Kubernetes Application Developer(CKAD) Ultimate Guide

28 July 2019

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If you want to achieve Certified Kubernetes Application Developer(CKAD) certificate,this article is a guide for your success.

Exam Tips and Tricks

Exam price 300 $
Exam Environment: Kubernetes 1.14
2 hour long- If you havent got enough practice,it may be difficult
19 questions
You need one of them (a passport, ID and driver’s license)
Questions totally practical not theorical
Success Rate 66/100
You have to Answer the questions with your terminal.
you can use own computer
you can schedule and do anywhere
Your computer must have a camera and a microphone.
During the exam you are asked to share your screen, webcam and microphone, so you are not allowed to look outside the screen and talk to someone.
You are likely to be alerted instantly because you are constantly being monitored during the exam
There should be nothing on the table except water.
You have to use a Chromium-based browser for the exam.
You have the right to open 2 tabs. One is the exam screen and one is Kubernetes official document page.
You’re prompted to install a plug-in called Innovative Exams ScreenSharings on Chrome. When you follow the checklists, you install them.
You should do time management well.
You can go back to questions you do not know.
They send the result to your e-mail address within 36 hours.
Certificate is valid for 3 Years.(Updated )

Exam content as follows:

13% – Core Concepts
18% – Configuration
10% – Multi-Container Pods
18% – Observability
20% – Pod Design
13% – Services & Networking
8% – State Persistence

You can access the exam curriculum on the GitHub page below.

https://github.com/cncf/curriculum

Kubectl CheatSheet :Be sure to check out — you will already use this document page a lot during the exam.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/

Finally, you should define the following alias. You will see the great benefit 🙂 Adapt to your own.

alias kc=’kubectl’
alias kgp=’kubectl get pods’
alias kgs=’kubectl get svc’
alias kgc=’kubectl get componentstatuses’
alias kctx=’kubectl config current-context’
alias kcon=’kubectl config use-context’
alias kgc=’kubectl config get-context’

Registration Step

You can register via the link below.

Cyber Monday Discount Code: BUNDLE60 (SAVE UP TO 60% ON ALL E-LEARNING AND CERTIFICATION BUNDLES)

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/cybermonday/

%15 Discount Code: DCUBEOFFER

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/certified-kubernetes-application-developer-ckad/

After purchasing the exam, you will be asked to complete the following checklist steps.

Preparing Steps

First of all, besides the materials I have worked on, you can reach the list of trainings and training centers offered by CNCF for this certificate program via the link below.

https://www.cncf.io/certification/training/?source=post_page—————————

I will offer 2 trainings in this process.The first of these:

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer(CKAD) course by Linux Academy

https://linuxacademy.com/containers/training/course/name/certified-kubernetes-application-developer-ckad/

if you are a student you can buy a 3 month Linux Academy membership for $ 80.

second education:

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer(CKAD) with Practice Tests on Udemy

If you ask me, this course through the practical steps is better than the Linux Academy training.

https://www.udemy.com/course/certified-kubernetes-application-developer/

Last of the course:

Kubernetes The Hard Way by Kelsey HighTower

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way