☁️ Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) - Exam-Prep

For developers and DevOps engineers who deploy apps on Kubernetes: master designing, building, configuring, observing, and exposing cloud-native workloads to pass the hands-on CKAD exam. The course is organized into 8 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 70%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.

What you'll learn

• Application Design and Build: Container Images, Pods & Multi-Container Patterns
• Persistent & Ephemeral Storage: Volumes, PV and PVC
• Application Deployment: Deployments, Rolling Updates, Rollbacks & Jobs
• Application Observability and Maintenance: Probes, Logging, Monitoring & Debugging
• Application Environment, Configuration & Security: ConfigMaps, Secrets & Resource Management
• SecurityContexts, ServiceAccounts & Admission Control
• Services & Networking: Services, NetworkPolicies & Ingress
• Exam Strategy: kubectl Imperative Commands, YAML Generation & Time Management

Learning objectives

• Design and build container images and Pods, and run multi-container patterns (sidecar, init, ambassador, adapter).
• Define, schedule, and manage workloads using Deployments, Jobs, CronJobs, and rolling update / rollback strategies.
• Configure applications with ConfigMaps, Secrets, environment variables, and resource requests/limits.
• Apply security controls: SecurityContexts, ServiceAccounts, and basic admission and capability constraints.
• Implement liveness, readiness, and startup probes, and use logs and metrics to troubleshoot running applications.
• Manage persistent state with Volumes, PersistentVolumes, PersistentVolumeClaims, and StorageClasses.
• Expose and connect workloads using Services, NetworkPolicies, and Ingress routing.
• Work efficiently under exam time pressure with kubectl imperative commands, YAML generation, and context switching.