yet-another-ckad-training-resource

The acronym is YACTR and it's pronounced yachter. YACHTER, y'all. Kept true to the k8s nautical theme by sheer luck 😆.

Guides, links, commands, and YAMLs to help prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam

K8s and CKAD

• Kubernetes Docs
• Linux Foundation, The CKAD Exam
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation, The CKAD Exam
  • Exam Curriculum
  • Candidate Handbook
  • Exam Tips
  • Exam FAQ

Main Training

• Udemy - CKAD training from Mumshad Mannambeth
  • My course notes
• Kim Wuestkamp on Codeburst, "CKAD Weekly Challenge Overview"
  1. "Creating Pods"
  2. "Namespaces, Deployments, and Services"
  3. "CronJobs and Volumes"
  4. "Deployment Rollout Rollback"
  5. "Secrets and ConfigMaps"
  6. "NetworkPolicy"
  7. "Migrate a Service"
  8. "User Authorization RBAC"
  9. "Logging Sidecar"
  10. "Deployment Hacking"

CKAD Exam Prep and Testimony

Good resources for being prepared to take the exam:

• Kim Wuestkamp on Codeburst, "The CKAD Browser Terminal"
• Haripraghash Subramaniam on Medium, "CKAD - My Journey"
• Atharva Chauthaiwale on Medium, "My CKAD Exam Experience"
• GitHub dgkanatsios/CKAD-exercises
• GitHub lucassha/CKAD-resources
• GitHub nikhilagrawal577/ckad-notes
• Matthew Palmer, "CKAD Exam Guide"
• David Nguyen, "A Few Tips to Prepare for Your CKAD Exam"
• Katie Gamanji on Medium, "How I Passed My CKAD with 97%"

Additional K8s References and Training

Other training and review resources for k8s encountered (not CKAD-specific):

• GitHub ramitsurana/awesome-kubernetes
• Atharva Chauthaiwale on Medium, "Kubernetes Deep Dive"
  1. "Init Containers and Lifecycle Hooks"
  2. "Pod Presets"
  3. "Generators for Quick POCs"
• IBM Kubernetes 101
• Kubernetes the Hard Way, if you need to understand k8s under the hood, or want to get a jump-start on prepping for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam
• Kubernetes Up and Running a comprehensive k8s development book from the k8s creators
• The Kubernetes Cheat Sheet

How to YAML

All k8s files adhere to the YAML spec:

• The YAML spec
• IBM - YAML in K8s

How to Vim

Working solely in a terminal during the exam, here are resources to learn how to use vim quickly and efficiently (emacs and nano are probably also allowed):

• Peter Jang on Medium, "How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan"
• Open Vim - Interactive Vim Browser-based Tutorial
• $ vimtutor in your terminal

How to tmux

According to the CKAD Candidate Handbook from CNCF (see link above), tmux and screen are allowed to provide multiple panes in your terminal window.

• Alek Shnayder on Hackernoon, "A Gentle Introduction to tmux"
• Peter Jang on Medium, "A Minimalist Guide to tmux"
• Ham Vocke, "A Quick and Easy Guide to tmux"
• Josh Clayton on ThoughtBot, "A tmux Crash Course"