Course Curriculum

21 Chapters · 22 Lessons

  1. 1
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      Free Preview

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      Understanding the CKAD Certification

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      Container Image Management

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      Workload Resources and Scheduling

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      Multi-Container Pod Design

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      Managing Volumes

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      Managing Volumes

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      Kubernetes Deployment Strategies

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      Rolling Updates and Rollbacks

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      Helm and Kustomize

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      Monitoring and Debugging Applications

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      Probes and Health Checks

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      Managing API Deprecations

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      ConfigMaps and Secrets

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      Security Best Practices

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      Resource Management and Quotas

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      Authentication, Authorization, and Admission Controllers

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      Services and Ingress

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      Network Policies

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      Custom Resource Definitions

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      Mock Tests and Practice Tests

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      Index

About the Author

Hitesh Kumar Pattanayak is a seasoned Backend Developer with 10 years of experience building robust, scalable systems. A B.Tech graduate from GITA, Bhubaneswar, he specializes in Golang, Kubernetes, and gRPC. A Certified Kubernetes Application Developer and AWS Community Builder (2023–24), Hitesh shares his cloud-native expertise through writing and community contributions.

About the Course

Ultimate Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certification Guide is a hands-on, exam-focused resource designed to help you master Kubernetes from an application developer’s perspective. This book provides complete coverage of all CKAD domains, including workload resources, multi-container pod design, configuration management, storage, networking, security, observability, and troubleshooting. Each concept is reinforced with practical examples and executable manifests that you can run in your own environment. Beyond certification preparation, this guide teaches production-ready practices used in real-world systems. You will implement rolling updates, rollbacks, blue-green and canary deployments, manage Helm and Kustomize configurations, enforce security with RBAC and network policies, and debug applications efficiently. By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the CKAD exam but also be well-equipped with skills to build and manage Kubernetes applications in professional environments.