KubeOps Academy
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

CKAD was developed by the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to enhance the Kubernetes ecosystem through standardized training and certification. This exam is an online, performance-based test consisting of a series of performance-based tasks (problems) that must be solved in a command-line environment.

This certification is intended for:

• Kubernetes administrators
• Cloud administrators
• IT professionals responsible for designing, deploying, and configuring cloud-native applications using Kubernetes

The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) can:

• Design
• Build
• Deploy

cloud-native applications for Kubernetes. A CKAD can also

• Define application resources
• Use Kubernetes core primitives

to create/migrate, configure, expose, and observe scalable applications.

Exam prerequisites:

The exam requires knowledge of container runtimes, microservice architecture and Linux CLI. 

The successful candidate will feel confident in:

• Working with (OCI-compliant) container images
• Applying cloud-native application concepts and architectures
• Working with and validating Kubernetes resource definitions