Udemy – CKAD Certified Kubernetes Application Developer | CKAD Exam

Welcome to the CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) course! This comprehensive course is designed to prepare you for the CKAD certification exam, which focuses on developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-native applications for Kubernetes.

Whether you’re a developer looking to build applications on Kubernetes or an IT professional seeking to enhance your container orchestration skills, this course will equip you with the practical knowledge and hands-on experience needed to pass the certification exam.

CKAD Exam Domains Covered In This Course:

• Application Design and Build (20%)
  • Define, build, and modify container images
  • Choose and use the right workload resource (Deployment, DaemonSet, CronJob, etc.)
  • Understand multi-container Pod design patterns (e.g., sidecar, init, and others)
  • Utilize persistent and ephemeral volumes
  • Use Kubernetes primitives to implement common deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green or canary)
  • Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates
  • Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages
  • Kustomize
  • Understand API deprecations
  • Implement probes and health checks
  • Use built-in CLI tools to monitor Kubernetes applications
  • Utilize container logs
  • Debugging in Kubernetes
  • Discover and use resources that extend Kubernetes (CRD, Operators)
  • Understand authentication, authorization, and admission control
  • Understand requests, limits, and quotas
  • Understand ConfigMaps
  • Define resource requirements
  • Create & consume Secrets
  • Understand ServiceAccounts
  • Understand Application Security (SecurityContexts, Capabilities, etc.)
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of NetworkPolicies
  • Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services
  • Use Ingress rules to expose applications