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Kubernetes CKAD Study Roadmap

CKAD · 10-week plan · Free

Last updated: March 30, 2026

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Domain Weight Distribution

D1: Application Design and Build
20%
D2: Application Deployment
20%
D3: Application Observability and Maintenance
15%
D4: Application Environment, Configuration & Security
25%
D5: Services & Networking
20%

Week-by-Week Study Plan

Week 1

Domain 1: Application Design — Multi-container pods (sidecar, init), Docker/OCI images, Helm charts

Week 2

Domain 1: Build Patterns — Dockerfiles, image registries, build strategies, container design principles

Week 3

Domain 2: Deployments — Deployment strategies (rolling, blue-green, canary), Helm releases, Kustomize

Week 4

Domain 2: Rollouts — Rolling updates, rollbacks, deployment history, revision management

Week 5

Domain 3: Observability — Probes (liveness, readiness, startup), logging, monitoring, debugging

Week 6

Domain 3: Maintenance — API deprecation policies, resource management, self-healing mechanisms

Week 7

Domain 4: Environment — ConfigMaps, Secrets, SecurityContexts, ServiceAccounts, resource quotas

Week 8

Domain 4: Security — RBAC for apps, SecurityContext (runAsUser, capabilities), network policies

Week 9

Domain 5: Services — Service types, Ingress, network policies, DNS for service discovery

Week 10

Full Review: Practice labs (killer.sh), kubectl drills, Weak areas, Exam logistics

Free Resources

K8s Docs, Killer.sh

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