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KCNA — Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

Your first step into Kubernetes — core concepts, cloud native architecture, and the CNCF ecosystem. The foundational certification before CKA and CKAD.

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4 modules · 25 lessons · ~6h 24m total

KCNA

Your first step into Kubernetes — core concepts, cloud native architecture, and the CNCF ecosystem. The foundational certification before CKA and CKAD.

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This course includes:

25 written lessons
6h 24m total reading
4 modules
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Course content

4 sections · 25 lessons · 6h 24m total length

  1. What Is Kubernetes and Why It Exists16 min
  2. Kubernetes Architecture: Control Plane and Worker Nodes17 min
  3. Pods, ReplicaSets, and Deployments15 min
  4. Services and Service Discovery16 min
  5. The Kubernetes API and kubectl20 min
  6. Cluster Administration Basics17 min
  7. Scheduling: How Kubernetes Places Pods on Nodes15 min
  8. Containers and Container Runtimes15 min

  1. The Kubernetes Networking Model14 min
  2. Service Types: ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer14 min
  3. Security Basics: RBAC and Service Accounts15 min
  4. Pod Security Standards and Security Contexts13 min
  5. Troubleshooting Pods and Workloads15 min
  6. Troubleshooting Nodes and Cluster Components16 min
  7. Storage Concepts: Volumes, PVs, and PVCs13 min

  1. Deployment Strategies: Rolling Updates, Blue-Green, and Canary14 min
  2. Helm and Kustomize: Packaging and Customization15 min
  3. CI/CD Pipelines for Kubernetes15 min
  4. GitOps: Declarative Delivery with Argo CD and Flux17 min
  5. Debugging Applications: Logs, Events, and Exec18 min

  1. Cloud Native Principles and the CNCF Definition16 min
  2. Microservices, Twelve-Factor Apps, and Serverless14 min
  3. Observability: Metrics, Logs, and Traces15 min
  4. The CNCF Landscape: Graduated and Incubating Projects14 min
  5. Open Source Governance and the Kubernetes Community15 min

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