Description

1. CORE CONCEPTS
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Kubernetes Architecture
   3. Cluster Communication
   4. Objects
   5. Object Properties
   6. Labels & Selectors
   7. Annotations
   8. Object Management
   9. Object Management (cont.)
   10. Image Fundamentals
   11. Container Fundamentals
   12. Pod Fundamentals
   13. Working with Pods
   14. Writing YAML Files

   LAB TASKS

   1. Container and Pod Fundamentals
   2. Single Node Install
   3. Pod Fundamentals
2. INSTALLATION
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Installation pre-requisites
   3. Installation (single node)
   4. Installation (production)
   5. Client Tool Optimizations
   6. Installing HA Control Plane (DEMO)

   LAB TASKS

   1. (DEMO) Kubernetes HA Masters Install
   2. Kubernetes Install
   3. Joining Worker Nodes
3. APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Pod Lifecycle
   3. Container Lifecycle
   4. Init Containers
   5. Container: command and args
   6. Container: Defining Environment
   7. ReplicaSet
   8. Deployments
   9. Working with Deployments
   10. Deployment Rollouts

   LAB TASKS

   1. Pod Lifecycle
   2. Init Containers
   3. Deployments
4. NETWORKING
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Network Overview
   3. Service Discovery & CoreDNS
   4. Container Network Interface (CNI)
   5. Services
   6. Ingress Objects

   LAB TASKS

   1. (DEMO) Ingress Controller
   2. Port-Forwarding
   3. Services
   4. Ingress
5. STORAGE
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Storage
   3. Volume Types
   4. Volume Types
   5. Static Volumes (DEMO)
   6. ConfigMaps
   7. ConfigMaps
   8. Secrets

   LAB TASKS

   1. (DEMO) Static Volumes
   2. (DEMO) ConfigMaps & Secrets
   3. Static Volume Provisioning
   4. ConfigMaps and Secrets
6. SECURITY
   1. Controlling Access to the Kubernetes API
   2. Kubectl Configuration
   3. Role–Based Access Control
   4. Service Accounts
   5. Admission Controllers
   6. PodSecurityPolicy Admission Controller
   7. Default Admission Controllers
7. SCHEDULING
   1. CKA Objectives Covered
   2. Controlling and Tracking Resources
   3. Scheduler Operation
   4. DaemonSet
   5. Node Affinity & Anti-affinity
   6. Pod Affinity & Anti-affinity
   7. Taints & Tolerations

   LAB TASKS

   1. (DEMO) Affinity and Taints
   2. Pod Resources and Scheduling
   3. Static Scheduling and Daemonsets
   4. Pod and Node Affinities

Audience Profile

Systems Administrators and DevOps Professionals

Prerequisites

• Proficiency with the Linux CLI 
• A broad understanding of Linux system administration
• Basic knowledge of Linux containers, e.g. Docker