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CKAD Study Guide

Domain-by-domain study guide for Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD). Covers all 5 exam objectives with topic checklists, quick notes, and practice links.

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Exam Overview

Key facts before you start studying

Duration

120 min

Questions

Exam Code

CKAD

Domains

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1. Application Design and Build (20%)
2. Application Deployment (20%)
3. Application Observability and Maintenance (15%)
4. Application Environment, Configuration and Security (25%)
5. Services and Networking (20%)

Domain 1

20%

Application Design and Build

Design and build container-based applications

Topics to Master

Multi-stage Dockerfiles
Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets
Jobs and CronJobs
Multi-container pod patterns
Volumes and persistent storage

Domain 2

20%

Application Deployment

Deploy and update Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Rolling updates and rollbacks
Blue/green and canary deployments
Helm package manager
Kustomize configuration management

Domain 3

15%

Application Observability and Maintenance

Monitor and maintain Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Liveness, readiness, and startup probes
kubectl logs and exec
kubectl top for resource monitoring
API deprecations and version management
Debugging application failures

Domain 4

25%

Application Environment, Configuration and Security

Configure and secure Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

ConfigMaps and Secrets
ResourceQuota and LimitRange
ServiceAccounts and RBAC
Security contexts
AppArmor and seccomp

Domain 5

20%

Services and Networking

Connect and expose Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Service types: ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer
Ingress and Ingress controllers
Network policies
DNS for services and pods

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CKAD Study Guide

Domain-by-domain study guide for Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD). Covers all 5 exam objectives with topic checklists, quick notes, and practice links.

Download PDF Notes

Exam Overview

Key facts before you start studying

Duration

120 min

Questions

Exam Code

CKAD

Domains

Quick Navigation

Jump to a specific exam domain

1. Application Design and Build (20%)
2. Application Deployment (20%)
3. Application Observability and Maintenance (15%)
4. Application Environment, Configuration and Security (25%)
5. Services and Networking (20%)

Domain 1

20%

Application Design and Build

Design and build container-based applications

Topics to Master

Multi-stage Dockerfiles
Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets
Jobs and CronJobs
Multi-container pod patterns
Volumes and persistent storage

Domain 2

20%

Application Deployment

Deploy and update Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Rolling updates and rollbacks
Blue/green and canary deployments
Helm package manager
Kustomize configuration management

Domain 3

15%

Application Observability and Maintenance

Monitor and maintain Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Liveness, readiness, and startup probes
kubectl logs and exec
kubectl top for resource monitoring
API deprecations and version management
Debugging application failures

Domain 4

25%

Application Environment, Configuration and Security

Configure and secure Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

ConfigMaps and Secrets
ResourceQuota and LimitRange
ServiceAccounts and RBAC
Security contexts
AppArmor and seccomp

Domain 5

20%

Services and Networking

Connect and expose Kubernetes applications

Topics to Master

Service types: ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer
Ingress and Ingress controllers
Network policies
DNS for services and pods

Continue Your Prep

Free CertStud resources for CKAD

Study Notes Exam Study Plan Start Practice Test