CKAD Scope

• Core Concepts - 13%
  • Understand Kubernetes API primitives
  • Create and Configure Basic Pods
• Configuration – 18%
  • Understand ConfigMaps
  • Understand SecurityContexts
  • Define an application’s resource requirements
  • Create & consume Secrets
  • Understand ServiceAccounts
• Multi-Container Pods – 10%
  • Understand Multi-Container Pod design patterns (e .g. ambassador, adapter, sidecar)
• Observability – 18%
  • Understand LivenessProbes and ReadinessProbes
  • Understand container logging
  • Understand how to monitor applications in Kubernetes
  • Understand debugging in Kubernetes
• Pod Design – 20%
  • Understand how to use Labels, Selectors, and Annotations
  • Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates
  • Understand Deployments and how to perform rollbacks
  • Understand Jobs and CronJobs
• Services & Networking – 13%
  • Understand Services
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of NetworkPolicies
• State Persistence – 8%
  • Understand PersistentVolumeClaims for storage