SKILL BENCHMARK

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) 2024 Mastery (Expert Level)

  • 26m
  • 26 questions
The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your mastery in securing Kubernetes clusters and managing role-based access control (RBAC). You will be evaluated on your knowledge of Kubernetes pod scheduling, security, high availability, backup and updates, and monitoring and troubleshooting. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates the ability to secure Kubernetes environments and manage access controls effectively.

Topics covered

  • Acquire a user certificate using OpenSSL
  • back up etcd cluster state data
  • configure a cloud-based backup of a cluster
  • Configure a pod restart policy
  • Configure resource quotas for a namespace
  • Create a Kubernetes service account
  • Create a manifest file used to deploy pods and replicas
  • Create and manage a namespace
  • Create Kubernetes RBAC cluster roles
  • determine how failed Pods get replaced in a cluster
  • Limit resource usage when deploying pods
  • Manage Kubernetes namespaces in the Azure cloud
  • Manage Kubernetes RBAC roles
  • manually drain nodes and block Pod deployments
  • Outline how pods get placed on nodes
  • Place pods on nodes manually
  • Recognize how to control cluster resource access using role-based access control (RBAC)
  • recognize the importance of monitoring Kubernetes cluster metrics
  • Restrict access to Kubernetes objects for specific users with RBAC bindings
  • Run a deployment in Kubernetes
  • scale a Kubernetes cluster manually
  • set up and configure a Kubernetes Metrics Server
  • troubleshoot Pods, including config file typos
  • use kubectl to analyze Kubernetes logs
  • Use labels and selectors in manifest files
  • Use OpenSSL to create a private certificate authority (CA)

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