Kubernetes Bootcamp (CKAD)

Components
Understand API deprecations
Containers
Define, build and modify container images
Pods
Master Services
Node Services
K8s Services
YAML Essentials
Creating a K8s Cluster

Kubernetes Resources
Kubernetes Namespace
Kubernetes Contexts

What is a Pod?
Create, List, Delete Pods
How to Access Running Pods
Kubernetes Resources
Managing Cloud Resource Consumption
Multi-Container Pod Design
Security Contexts
Init Containers
Understand multi-container Pod design patterns (e.g. sidecar, init and others)
Pod Wellness Tracking

Packet Forwarding
ClusterIP and NodePort Services
Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services
Ingress Controllers
Use Ingress rules to expose applications
NetworkPolicy resource
Demonstrate basic understanding of NetworkPolicies
Network Plugins
Defining the Service Mesh
Service mesh configuration examples

Services
ReplicaSet Function
Deploying ReplicaSets

Deployment Object
Updating/Rolling Back Deployments
Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates
Deployment Strategies
Use Kubernetes primitives to implement common deployment strategies (e.g. blue/green or canary)
Scaling ReplicaSets
Autoscaling

Labels
Annotations
Node Taints and Tolerations

The K8s Job and CronJob
Understand Jobs and CronJobs
Immediate vs. scheduled internal use

Understanding and defining resource requirements, limits and quotas
Config Maps
Create & consume Secrets
Patching
Custom Resource Definition
Discover and use resources that extend Kubernetes (CRD)
Managing ConfigMaps and Secrets as Volumes

Static and dynamic persistent volumes via StorageClass
K8s volume configuration
Utilize persistent and ephemeral volumes
Adding persistent storage to containers via persistent volume claims

Helm Introduction
Charts
Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages

Understand authentication, authorization and admission control
Understand ServiceAccounts
Understand SecurityContexts

Use provided tools to monitor Kubernetes applications
How to Troubleshoot Kubernetes
Basic and Advanced Logging Techniques
Utilize container logs
Accessing containers with Port-Forward
Debugging in Kubernetes

Define, build and modify container images
Deploy Kubernetes using Ansible
Isolating Resources with Kubernetes Namespaces
Cluster Access with Kubernetes Context
Listing Resources with kubectl get
Examining Resources with kubectl describe
Create and Configure Basic Pods
Debugging via kubectl port-forward
Imperative vs. Declarative Resource Creation
Performing Commands inside a Pod
Understanding Labels and Selectors
Insert an Annotation
Create and Configure a ReplicaSet
Writing a Deployment Manifest
Perform rolling updates and rollbacks with Deployments
Horizontal Scaling with kubectl scale
Implement probes and health checks
Understanding and defining resource requirements, limits and quotas
Understand Jobs and CronJobs
Best Practices for Container Customization
Persistent Configuration with ConfigMaps
Create and Consume Secrets
Understand the Init container multi-container Pod design pattern
Using PersistentVolumeClaims for Storage
Dynamically Provision PersistentVolumes with NFS
Deploy a NetworkPolicy
Provide and troubleshoot access to applications via services
Use Ingress rules to expose applications
Understand the Sidecar multi-container Pod design pattern
Setting up a single tier service mesh
Tainted Nodes and Tolerations
Use the Helm package manager to deploy existing packages
A Completed Project
Install Jenkins Using Helm and Run a Demo Job
Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
Patching
Understanding Security Contexts for Cluster Access Control
Utilize container logs
Advanced Logging Techniques
Troubleshooting
Calicoctl
Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster using Kubeadm
Monitoring Applications in Kubernetes
Resource-Based Autoscaling
Create ServiceAccounts for use with the Kubernetes Dashboard
Saving Your Progress With GitHub
CKAD Practice Drill
Alta Kubernetes Course Specific Updates
Sourcing Secrets from HashiCorp Vault
Example CKAD Test Questions