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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Unit 2

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA): Unit 2

This course is part of Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Specialization

Instructors: Pearson

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

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4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Deploy and manage applications using deployments, daemonsets, and statefulsets.
Automate complex application deployments with Helm and Kustomize.
Control workload scheduling using labels, affinity/anti-affinity, taints, tolerations, and priorities.
Apply resource quotas and scaling strategies to optimize application performance.

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Assessments

3 assignments

Taught in English

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There is 1 module in this course

This course teaches you the key skills to deploy, scale, and manage applications in Kubernetes. You’ll start by understanding the differences between deployments, DaemonSets, and StatefulSets, and learn how to run and scale applications using these methods. You’ll cover practical deployment strategies, including using sidecar containers for logging and pod initialization. The course also introduces Helm and Kustomize, showing you how to simplify and manage complex application deployments, with hands-on experience installing and managing Helm charts. Scheduling lessons cover how to control workload placement using labels, affinity and anti-affinity rules, taints, tolerations, quotas, and priorities. Each topic includes hands-on labs so you can apply what you learn.

In this module, you’ll focus on workloads and how they are scheduled. You’ll learn how to run applications as deployments and explore advanced features that can help you manage your applications. You’ll also work with the HELM Package manager and gain a detailed understanding of the scheduling process.

What's included

31 videos3 assignments

31 videos Total 122 minutes

Module Introduction 0 minutes
Learning objectives 1 minute
Using Deployments 4 minutes
Running Agents with DaemonSets 3 minutes
Using StatefulSets 7 minutes
The Case for Running Individual Pods 1 minute
Managing Pod Initialization 4 minutes
Scaling Applications 3 minutes
Configuring Autoscaling 8 minutes
Using Sidecar Containers for Application Logging 10 minutes
Lesson 6 Lab: Running a DaemonSet 0 minutes
Lesson 6 Lab Solution: Running a DaemonSet 2 minutes
Learning objectives 0 minutes
Running Applications from YAML Files 1 minute
The Helm Package Manager 11 minutes
Creating a Template from a Helm Chart 6 minutes
Managing Applications with Helm 6 minutes
Using Kustomize 5 minutes
Lesson 7 Lab: Managing Applications with Helm 0 minutes
Lesson 7 Lab Solution: Managing Applications with Helm 4 minutes
Learning objectives 1 minute
Exploring the Scheduling Process 3 minutes
Setting Node Preferences 3 minutes
Managing Affinity and anti-Affinity Rules 10 minutes
Managing Taints and Tolerations 9 minutes
Configuring Resource Limits and Requests 2 minutes
Setting Namespace Quota 7 minutes
Configuring LimitRange 3 minutes
Configuring Pod Priorities 5 minutes
Lesson 8 Lab: Configuring Taints 1 minute
Lesson 8 Lab Solution: Configuring Taints 4 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Deploying Kubernetes Applications Quiz 30 minutes
Using Templating Tools Quiz 30 minutes
Managing Scheduling Quiz 30 minutes

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