Kubernetes CKA Study Roadmap
Last updated: September 29, 2026
Domain Weight Distribution
Week-by-Week Study Plan
Domain 1: Cluster Architecture. Control plane components (API server, etcd, scheduler, controller manager)
Domain 1: Installation (kubeadm cluster setup, RBAC configuration, managing cluster certificates)
Domain 2: Workloads (Deployments, ReplicaSets, DaemonSets, StatefulSets, Jobs, CronJobs)
Domain 2: Scheduling (Node selectors, affinity/anti-affinity, taints/tolerations, resource limits)
Domain 3: Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, ExternalName, Ingress controllers)
Domain 3: Networking. Network policies, DNS (CoreDNS), CNI plugins, pod-to-pod communication
Domain 4: Storage (PersistentVolumes, PersistentVolumeClaims, StorageClasses, volume types)
Domain 5: Troubleshooting (Pod debugging, node issues, networking problems, log analysis)
Domain 5: Advanced Troubleshooting (Control plane failures, etcd backup/restore, certificate issues)
Full Review: Practice labs (killer.sh), kubectl drills, Weak areas, Exam logistics
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