CKA
Education & Academia abbreviation · Professional Certification
| Stands for | Certified Kubernetes Administrator |
|---|---|
| Categories | Education & Academia |
CKA stands for Certified Kubernetes Administrator, a professional certification abbreviation.
Performance-based certification from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and the Linux Foundation in which candidates complete real Kubernetes cluster administration tasks in a two-hour exam. It covers architecture, workloads, networking, storage and troubleshooting.
Example: The platform engineering team requires the CKA for on-call cluster administrators.
Usage notes
Related certifications include the CKAD for application developers and the CKS for security specialists. The exam is taken online with remote proctoring. Kubernetes was open-sourced by Google in 2014.
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