Last Monday 22 March I took the exam for the CKA certificate from the Linux Foundation, and I’m here to tell you about my experience of how I prepared for it and what to expect in the exam. I highly recommend that you also read a post from my colleague Fernando from a few months ago about the CKAD exam, which goes into much more detail about the aspects of these exams and helps you to pass them. I got some essential tips from reading his post!

Previous Experiences with Kubernetes

In all honesty, exactly a year ago I knew nothing about Kubernetes - it wasn’t because I had never worked with it, but that I wasn’t even clear about the concept of “container”. It’s true that this last year I’ve been working with this tool frequently (which undoubtedly helped me when preparing for the exam), but I think you need no more than a little previous experience.

How I Prepared for The Exam

Despite the knowledge I already had of K8s resources, using kubectl or managing clusters, we felt that it was necessary for me to sign up for this course on Udemy: link. It begins by explaining the most basic concepts of both administration and Kubernetes resources, which can help people with less experience, and in no time it begins to explain more advanced content.

However, in the exam, many questions are about the most basic content, so I personally recommend paying attention to these lessons as well. The course is made up of videos and practical labs and even has some exams at the end with questions very similar to the real exam.

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