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Becoming KCNA Certified

You're reading from Becoming KCNA Certified Build a strong foundation in cloud native and Kubernetes and pass the KCNA exam with ease

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804613399

Length 306 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Cloud Native

Author (1):

Dmitry Galkin

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Cloud Era

2. Chapter 1: From Cloud to Cloud Native and Kubernetes FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Overview of CNCF and Kubernetes Certifications

4. Part 2: Performing Container Orchestration

5. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Containers

6. Chapter 4: Exploring Container Runtimes, Interfaces, and Service Meshes

7. Part 3: Learning Kubernetes Fundamentals

8. Chapter 5: Orchestrating Containers with Kubernetes

9. Chapter 6: Deploying and Scaling Applications with Kubernetes

10. Chapter 7: Application Placement and Debugging with Kubernetes

11. Chapter 8: Following Kubernetes Best Practices

12. Part 4: Exploring Cloud Native

13. Chapter 9: Understanding Cloud Native Architectures

14. Chapter 10: Implementing Telemetry and Observability in the Cloud

15. Chapter 11: Automating Cloud Native Application Delivery

16. Part 5: KCNA Exam and Next Steps

17. Chapter 12: Practicing for the KCNA Exam with Mock Papers

18. Chapter 13: The Road Ahead

19. Assessments

20. Index

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Automating Cloud Native Application Delivery

In this chapter we will focus on Cloud Native application lifecycle. We’ll learn about best practices for development and delivery of Cloud Native apps and see how automation helps to develop better and ship faster.

This chapter covers everything you need to know about Cloud Native Application Delivery domain of KCNA exam that makes up 8% of the total exam questions. The following topics we’re about to cover:

Delivery of Cloud Native applications
CI/CD and GitOps
Infrastructure as a Code (IaC)

This is the last technically packed chapter of the book. You’re almost ready to take the exam and become Kubernetes and Cloud Native associate. Carry on!

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Authors (1)

Dmitry Galkin

Dmitry Galkin

Dmitry Galkin is a cloud expert and a founder at cloudification.io. He has rich experience of over 11 years working with cloud technologies and has a strong background in cloud native solutions, DevOps, infrastructure and service automation domains. Dmitry is an open-source contributor and holds 10+ professional certifications including all 4x Kubernetes certifications from CNCF (namely, KCNA, CKA, CKAD and CKS).

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