Pass the CKAD Exam
Build and Deploy Cloud-Native Applications on KubernetesBy Marcus Iqbal
Length8h 8m
About this audiobook
CKAD exam prep and Kubernetes labs. Master the CKAD exam with practical Kubernetes labs designed for developers who need to pass fast. This hands-on guide covers pods, deployments, services, and config at the speed the timed exam demands. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you will build real skills through exercises that mirror the test. No fluff, just results.
Inside, you will find step-by-step labs for every core topic: creating and managing pods, scaling deployments, exposing services, and configuring volumes and secrets. Each lab includes tips to avoid common pitfalls and save precious minutes. You will also get practice with imperative commands, YAML shortcuts, and troubleshooting techniques—all essential for the CKAD.
Unlike other resources, this book focuses on what you actually need to know. It skips theory and dives straight into action. You will learn to work under pressure, just like on exam day. By the end, you will be ready to tackle any question with confidence.
Compare this to Gene Kim (The DevOps Handbook) and Julien Vehent (Securing DevOps)—while their books offer broad DevOps principles, this one is laser-focused on the CKAD exam. It gives you targeted practice and exam-specific strategies that general DevOps guides cannot provide.
If you want to pass the CKAD on your first try, this is your ultimate companion. Get ready to accelerate your Kubernetes career.
This hands-on Cloud/DevOps guide is written to be used at the keyboard: every concept is paired with something you can run, adapt, and keep. You move from first principles to real, working results, with the common errors and fixes called out along the way so you are never stuck for long.
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Length8 hrs 8 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction
2Pass the CKAD Exam
3Preface
4Chapter 1 — The Cloud-Native Mindset: Why Kubernetes and How It Works
5Chapter 2 — Your First Pod: Imperative and Declarative Deployments
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6Chapter 3 — Organizing Your Cluster: Namespaces, Labels, Selectors, and Annotations
7Chapter 4 — Configuration Management: ConfigMaps and Secrets
8Chapter 5 — Multi-Container Pods: Sidecars, Adapters, and Init Containers
9Chapter 6 — Deployments: Scaling, Rolling Updates, and Rollbacks
10Chapter 7 — Services and Ingress: Exposing Applications to the World
11Chapter 8 — Observability: Probes, Logging, and Metrics
12Chapter 9 — Pod Design and Scheduling: Jobs, CronJobs, and Affinity Rules
13Chapter 10 — Stateful Applications: Persistent Volumes and StatefulSets
14Chapter 11 — Networking close look: Policies, DNS, and Service Mesh Basics
15Chapter 12 — Security: RBAC, Service Accounts, and Pod Security Standards
16Chapter 13 — Resource Management: Limits, Quotas, and Autoscaling
17Chapter 14 — Helm: Packaging and Managing Kubernetes Applications
18Chapter 15 — CI/CD Pipelines for Kubernetes: Automating Deployments
19Chapter 16 — Troubleshooting and Debugging in Production
20Chapter 17 — Advanced Patterns: Operators, Custom Resources, and Controllers
21Chapter 18 — Production Readiness: Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Multi-Cluster Strategies
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