Free resources
Free guides for the CKA
Original guides written from the public curriculum and the official Kubernetes documentation. No account, no email, no tracking.
Guide
CKA exam environment tips
How to work fast and safely in the remote exam desktop: contexts, ssh hops, static Pods, vim and time.
Cheat sheet
kubectl cheat sheet
The commands you'll type most in a hands-on exam, grouped by task, with the flags that save the most time.
Study plan
Six-week CKA study plan
A week-by-week plan weighted by the exam domains, with the matching labs for each week.
Checklist
Kubernetes troubleshooting checklist
What to check first, and in which order, when a node, Pod, Service or control-plane component misbehaves.
Coming later
- PlannedA free break-fix challenge every week: One broken cluster, one task, open to everyone without a plan, once the labs open.
- PlannedCKAD and CKS cheat sheets: Written as we build each track.
Practise on a real cluster
Reading gets you halfway. The labs give you a real kubeadm cluster to break and fix, with every task graded automatically.