Certified Kubernetes Application Developer Training

The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) course focuses on building, deploying, and managing applications in Kubernetes environments. It is designed for developers who want to gain practical experience in developing cloud-native applications using Kubernetes.

This hands-on training helps participants understand how to define application resources, configure workloads, manage networking, and integrate storage while following Kubernetes best practices. The course also prepares participants for the CKAD certification exam, which validates skills in Kubernetes application development.

Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern cloud-native development. The CKAD certification demonstrates that developers have the skills required to design and deploy applications that run effectively on Kubernetes clusters.

In this course, participants will learn how to create Kubernetes manifests, configure application deployments, manage configuration data, work with services and networking, and troubleshoot applications running in Kubernetes environments.

The training emphasizes practical labs and real-world application scenarios to ensure developers can confidently deploy and manage containerized applications.

Module 1: Kubernetes Application Basics

• Introduction to Kubernetes for developers

• Understanding Pods and Containers

• Kubernetes API and objects

• YAML configuration files

Module 2: Application Design and Deployment

• Creating and managing Pods

• Deployments and ReplicaSets

• Rolling updates and rollbacks

• Multi-container pods

Module 3: Configuration Management

• ConfigMaps

• Secrets management

• Environment variables

• Application configuration best practices

Module 4: Services and Networking

• Kubernetes Services

• ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer

• DNS and service discovery

• Ingress controllers and routing

Module 5: Storage and Volumes

• Volume types in Kubernetes

• Persistent volumes and claims

• Mounting storage in applications

Module 6: Observability and Debugging

• Monitoring application health

• Logging applications

• Troubleshooting pod failures

Module 7: Security and Access Control

• Service accounts

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) basics

• Secure application configuration

Module 8: Application Lifecycle Management

• Scaling applications

• Resource requests and limits

• Application upgrades and maintenance