Conquer the CKA Exam: 20+ Real-World Kubernetes Scenarios
Release Announcement : Conquer CKA Exam Free Edition (06 Aug 2025)
We’re excited to announce a new release of the Free Edition of Conquer CKA Exam. This update refines the content to better guide you through realistic, exam‑style Kubernetes challenges, with clearer structure and improved focus on how to think under time pressure. Our goal is to help you not just know Kubernetes, but respond effectively when every second counts.
Why I Wrote This
The feeling of uncertainty was really strong when I was still to pass the CKA exam, it wasn't due to the lack of my experience, it was because I didn't know what the real exam looked and felt like.
My career in tech involved many years of experience with Kubernetes on real infrastructure, such as AKS, GitLab, Traefik, cert-manager, and Let's Encrypt. During that time, I was not only troubleshooting live incidents but also building real systems and touching real-life dirty work every day. However, when I began the preparation for the exam, it all looked like a mess to me, blog posts, PDFs, YouTube… too much information was overwhelming.
At last, I was able to successfully pass the exam with a high grade, but still, the question in my mind was: where, in that case, can a self-learner, a student, a person who wants to dive into DevOps, get labs that simply make sense?
That’s the reason I was inspired to write this book.
I worked on the book for over two months and built it step by step, no rubbish. No hollowness. Just real Kubernetes problems like the CKA exam that experts can solve, YAML only, having gone through the furnace, and people who learn that way find such tasks of real use.
I am offering it completely free. simply because I precisely know what it is to be in your shoes. And if this helps anyone to be certified, it is a job well done.
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What You’ll Get
This book delivers practical, exam-grade labs built from real-world Kubernetes issues:
- Core Kubernetes Fundamentals : Know the “why” before the “how”
- 20+ Practical Scenarios : Ingress, Persistent Volumes, StatefulSets, TLS, custom roles, node affinity, cluster upgrades, debugging, and more
- Network Policies & Security : Namespace isolation, cross-namespace controls, ingress/egress rules
- Storage & PVC Exercises : Provisioning, binding, and expanding PersistentVolumes
- Advanced Troubleshooting : CrashLoopBackOff, Node NotReady, DiskPressure, scheduling constraints
- Complex Scheduling & Configuration : HPA, taints/tolerations, PDBs, ConfigMaps, secrets, quotas, and limits
Who This Book Is For
- CKA candidates who want realistic, hands-on practice aligned with the latest exam blueprint
- DevOps engineers sharpening production-ready Kubernetes troubleshooting skills
- Sysadmins & SREs who want to go beyond theory and get into deep practical work
- Developers deploying and managing workloads at scale on Kubernetes
Premium Edition : Latest Release (06 Aug 2025)
The Premium Edition has been updated today with enhanced strategies for handling time pressure, breaking down questions quickly, and avoiding costly mistakes. It still includes 50+ practical scenarios aligned with the latest CKA updates from 18 Feb 2025, covering Helm, Gateway API, CRDs, and more, now with sharper, exam‑ready guidance.
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