All About Kubernetes Certification Programs
summary
Kubernetes certifications are performance-based exams that require doing real tasks not multiple choice: the CKA is 24 problems in 3 hours (about 7 minutes each) and the CKAD is 19 problems in 2 hours (about 6 minutes each). Exams cost $300, run proctored online in English, allow kubernetes.io docs during the test, and award two years of certification. KCSP requires three certified employees. Platform conformance uses an open test suite run annually, vendors must fix failures, and results are publicly verifiable.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Why Participate?
- 0:38The Programs
- 1:07CKAI CKAD Exams
- 1:47CKAI CKAD Exam Details
- 2:45What's on the CKA Exam?
- 3:41CKA/ CKAD Resources
- 4:15Get Trained
- 4:42KCSP Program Details
- 5:22Software Conformance
- 6:14Finding a Certified Vendor
- 6:40Achieving Conformance
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