Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Training

Topic 1 Application Design and Build

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

Topic 2 Application Deployment 

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

Topic 3 Application Observability and Maintenance

Understand API deprecations

Implement probes and health checks

Use built-in CLI tools to monitor Kubernetes applications

Utilize container logs

Debugging in Kubernetes

Topic 4 Application Environment, Configuration and Security 

Discover and use resources that extend Kubernetes (CRD, Operators)

Understand authentication, authorization and admission control

Understand requests, limits, quotas

Understand ConfigMaps

Define resource requirements

Create & consume Secrets

Understand ServiceAccounts

Understand Application Security (SecurityContexts, Capabilities, etc.)

Topic 5 Services and Networking 

Demonstrate basic understanding of NetworkPolicies

Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services