Recently I cleared CKA exam by scoring 83/100 and now wanted to share my tips and tricks which might help you to crack it.
Preparation
- Please note before going CKA exam you should have a good understanding about linux administrator and container or docker.
- You can start mumshad cka course from kodekloud or buy cka exam bundle during exam registration. Both are good resource for preparation purpose.
- Wanted to get better knowledge about kubernetes then you can read blog of iximiuz
- Along with above you can also refer youtube video of tech world with nana
Practice, practice and practice
- Along with theoretical knowledge from above preparation material, do as much as lab/exercise you can.
- Along with exam buy, you will also get simulator like real exam for practice from killer.sh . You get two sessions in the same simulator, both have the same questions. So do as much practice as you can.
- I feel questions provided from this freecode blog are useful for practice purpose.
Tips for exam
- Time is key so use it wisely, don't stuck in any single question for long time instead flag it and try to solve it later if time permit.
- Please note during exam they provide their own PSI browser so all bookmarks related to kubernetes won't work.
- Before starting on first question split your screen vertically in three part such as 20% for question part , 40% for terminal, 40% for firefox browser. Make sure to use as large monitor as possible mine was 24inch
- Most important to update your .bashrc with following snippet
alias k='eval kubectl'
alias kf='kubectl create -f'
alias kg='kubectl get'
export do='--dry-run=client -o yaml'
export ex='--help | sed -n "/Examples:/,/^[A-Z]/p"' # eval in alias of k is important to execute ex
alias kc='kubectl config set-context '
This way you will save lots of time, you can use above command as below
# To create resource from file as pod.yaml
kf pod.yaml
# To show all service in default namespace
kg svc
# Create yaml file before creating resource
kubectl create deployment my-deploy --replicas 2 --image nginx $do > mydeploy.yaml
# See examples from help
k create role $ex
Here is my certificate
Best of luck for your exam.
If you want to get introductory information before deciding to go for exam , I would suggest to take a look on this article Kubernetes – Basic Concepts
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