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Linux Foundation CKA Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 30% | - Troubleshoot application failure - Evaluate cluster and node logging - Understand how to monitor applications - Troubleshoot cluster component failure - Manage container stdout & stderr logs - Troubleshoot networking |
| Services & Networking | 20% | - Define and enforce Network Policies - Know how to use Ingress controllers and Ingress resources - Use the Gateway API to manage Ingress traffic - Understand connectivity between Pods - Use ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types and endpoints - Understand and use CoreDNS |
| Workloads & Scheduling | 15% | - Understand DaemonSets - Understand Deployments and rolling update/rollback - Understand how to run multiple schedulers and configure scheduler policies - Understand how scheduler works - Understand resource limits and requests - Understand Static Pods - Use ConfigMaps and Secrets to configure applications - Use label selectors to schedule Pods |
| Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration | 25% | - Manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters - Implement and configure a highly-available control plane - Understand CRDs, install and configure operators - Understand extension interfaces (CNI, CSI, CRI, etc.) - Prepare underlying infrastructure for installing a Kubernetes cluster - Create and manage Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm - Manage role based access control (RBAC) - Use Helm and Kustomize to install cluster components |
| Storage | 10% | - Understand persistent volume claims primitive - Understand volume mode, access modes and reclaim policies - Understand Storage Classes and Persistent Volumes - Understand how to configure applications with persistent storage |
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The official Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Program outline defines 5 domains. The leading three are Troubleshooting (30%), Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration (25%), and Services & Networking (20%). The full list is in the topics section above, and ValidVCE's 85 practice questions cover each one.
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Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Program Sample Questions:
Score: 7%
Task
Given an existing Kubernetes cluster running version 1.20.0, upgrade all of the Kubernetes control plane and node components on the master node only to version 1.20.1.
Be sure to drain the master node before upgrading it and uncordon it after the upgrade.
You are also expected to upgrade kubelet and kubectl on the master node.
Correct Answer:
SOLUTION:
[student@node-1] > ssh ek8s
kubectl cordon k8s-master
kubectl drain k8s-master --delete-local-data --ignore-daemonsets --force apt-get install kubeadm=1.20.1-00 kubelet=1.20.1-00 kubectl=1.20.1-00 --disableexcludes=kubernetes kubeadm upgrade apply 1.20.1 --etcd-upgrade=false systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart kubelet kubectl uncordon k8s-master
Create a pod named kucc8 with a single app container for each of the
following images running inside (there may be between 1 and 4 images specified):
nginx + redis + memcached.
Correct Answer:
Create a pod as follows:
* Name: mongo
* Using Image: mongo
* In a new Kubernetes namespace named: my-website
Correct Answer:
Score:7%
Task
Create a new PersistentVolumeClaim
* Name: pv-volume
* Class: csi-hostpath-sc
* Capacity: 10Mi
Create a new Pod which mounts the PersistentVolumeClaim as a volume:
* Name: web-server
* Image: nginx
* Mount path: /usr/share/nginx/html
Configure the new Pod to have ReadWriteOnce access on the volume.
Finally, using kubectl edit or kubectl patch expand the PersistentVolumeClaim to a capacity of 70Mi and record that change.
Correct Answer:
Solution:
vi pvc.yaml
storageclass pvc
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: pv-volume
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
volumeMode: Filesystem
resources:
requests:
storage: 10Mi
storageClassName: csi-hostpath-sc
# vi pod-pvc.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: web-server
spec:
containers:
- name: web-server
image: nginx
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: "/usr/share/nginx/html"
name: my-volume
volumes:
- name: my-volume
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: pv-volume
# craete
kubectl create -f pod-pvc.yaml
#edit
kubectl edit pvc pv-volume --record
Create a pod that having 3 containers in it? (Multi-Container)
Reveal Solution Discussion 0Correct Answer:
image=nginx, image=redis, image=consul
Name nginx container as "nginx-container"
Name redis container as "redis-container"
Name consul container as "consul-container"
Create a pod manifest file for a container and append container
section for rest of the images
kubectl run multi-container --generator=run-pod/v1 --image=nginx --
dry-run -o yaml > multi-container.yaml
# then
vim multi-container.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
labels:
run: multi-container
name: multi-container
spec:
containers:
- image: nginx
name: nginx-container
- image: redis
name: redis-container
- image: consul
name: consul-container
restartPolicy: Always
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