1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,970 Hello and welcome to this lecture. In this lecture 2 00:00:02,970 --> 00:00:08,050 we look at some of the details around the certified Kubernetes administrators program. 3 00:00:08,190 --> 00:00:11,620 What is it, why you need it and how to prepare for it. 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:17,550 There is no doubt about the fact that the adoption of Kubernetes is expected to grow exponentially 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:22,500 in the coming years as seen in the graph from Google Trends. As per 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:29,560 a recent survey conducted by indeed Kubernetes had the fastest growth in job searches over 173 percent from a year before. 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,040 a recent survey conducted by indeed Kubernetes had the fastest growth in job searches over 173 percent from a year before. 8 00:00:32,430 --> 00:00:39,780 And so it is important for us to be prepared to establish credibility and value in the market. Kubernetes 9 00:00:39,860 --> 00:00:46,320 administrator certification developed by cloud native computing Foundation in collaboration with the 10 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:49,740 Linux Foundation does just that. 11 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:56,760 It helps you stand out in the crowd and allows companies to quickly hire high quality engineers like 12 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,310 you on attending the certification. 13 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:05,670 You will be certified to design, build and administer highly available Kubernetes clusters. 14 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:11,980 You can read more about the certification at cncf.io/certification/cka 15 00:01:12,270 --> 00:01:19,170 As of today, the exam costs 300 U.S. dollars with one free retake in case you do not manage to pass 16 00:01:19,170 --> 00:01:20,400 on the initial attempt. 17 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:25,560 You have one more attempt available for free within the next twelve months. 18 00:01:25,590 --> 00:01:27,720 The mode of delivery is online. 19 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:33,750 You can deliver the exam anytime anywhere and the comfort of your house since this is an online exam 20 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:37,600 and online Proctor will be watching you at all times. 21 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:43,320 There are a set of requirements that need to be met with respect to the environment the room your attending 22 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:50,100 the exam from the system you are using to give the test your Network Connectivity etc. All of these 23 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:55,610 are described in detail in the candidate handbook available on the certification website. 24 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:01,020 Unlike most of these certification exams out there the Kubernetes certification is not a multiple 25 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:02,070 choice exam. 26 00:02:02,070 --> 00:02:08,520 It is an online performance based exam that tests your hands on skills with the technology. 27 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,800 This would mean that you don't have to worry about memorizing lots of different numbers in preparation 28 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,520 for the exam. 29 00:02:14,610 --> 00:02:19,840 However you need to know how the technology works and how you can get it to work. 30 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:24,960 You will be given different tasks to complete in a set amount of time which happens to be three hours 31 00:02:24,990 --> 00:02:26,330 for this exam. 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:32,760 As per the exam guidelines, you will, however, be able to refer to the Kubernetes official documentation 33 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,590 pages at all times during the exam. 34 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:42,420 And in this course we will walk through how to make best use of the documentation site so that you can 35 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,290 easily locate the right information. 36 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:52,290 Well I wish you good luck in preparing for and delivering the Kubernetes certification exam and I'm sure 37 00:02:52,350 --> 00:02:56,280 with enough practice you will pass with flying colors. 38 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:57,060 So let us begin.