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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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Take the official exam through The Linux Foundation or its authorized delivery partner. SkillsTech Certified does not administer the exam or issue the The Linux Foundation credential.

Track at a glance

Exam code: CKA
Version: v1.35
Level: Associate
Blueprint domains: 5
Lessons: 12
Original practice questions: 264
Flashcards: 131
Last reviewed: 2026-07-14
Next scheduled review: 2026-10-14

Blueprint facts are re-verified against the official exam guide on the review schedule above.

Exam blueprint

Domains & weights

Every lesson and question is mapped to a domain and objective below, and every attempt records the exam version it was answered under.

Domain 1: Troubleshooting

30% of exam

Published weight 30%. Troubleshooting clusters, nodes, and control-plane components; troubleshooting applications, services, and networking; and monitoring and analyzing logs.

Troubleshoot clusters, nodes, and control-plane components
Troubleshoot applications, services, and networking
Monitor cluster and application resources and analyze logs

Domain 2: Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration

25% of exam

Published weight 25%. Managing role-based access control (RBAC), installing and configuring a cluster with kubeadm and managing its lifecycle (upgrades, etcd backup/restore), and using Helm/Kustomize and extending Kubernetes (CRDs, operators).

Manage role-based access control (RBAC) and cluster components
Install and configure a cluster with kubeadm; manage lifecycle (upgrades, etcd backup and restore)
Use Helm and Kustomize; extend Kubernetes (CRDs, operators)

Domain 3: Services and Networking

20% of exam

Published weight 20%. Configuring Pod and host connectivity and Services, configuring Ingress and the Gateway API, and configuring CoreDNS and NetworkPolicies.

Configure Pod/host connectivity and Kubernetes Services
Configure Ingress controllers and the Gateway API
Configure CoreDNS and NetworkPolicies

Domain 4: Workloads and Scheduling

15% of exam

Published weight 15%. Deploying and managing workloads (Deployments, rolling updates, self-healing) and configuring workloads (ConfigMaps, Secrets, scaling, scheduling, resource limits).

Deploy and manage workloads (Deployments, rolling updates, self-healing)
Configure workloads (ConfigMaps, Secrets, scaling, scheduling, resource requests/limits)

Domain 5: Storage

10% of exam

Published weight 10%. Configuring storage: StorageClasses, PersistentVolumes and PersistentVolumeClaims, volume types, access modes, and reclaim policies.

Configure storage (StorageClasses, PV/PVC, volume types, access modes, reclaim policies)

Source & provenance

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - Linux Foundation: official source (retrieved 2026-07-14)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - CNCF: official source (retrieved 2026-07-14)

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