Conquer the CKA Exam: 20+ Real-World Kubernetes Scenarios

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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📘 Update – 27/06/2025:
A new edition of this book is now available!
It includes 50+ practical scenarios aligned with the CKA exam updates from 18 February 2025 — including Helm, Gateway API, CustomResourceDefinitions, and more.

If you're preparing for the latest version of the exam, check out the second edition here: https://devopsdynamo.gumroad.com/l/Conquer-cka-exam