You're reading from Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Guide Validate your knowledge of Kubernetes and implement it in a real-life production environment

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238265

Length 322 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Mélony Qin

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Cluster Architecture, Installation, and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Kubernetes Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Kubernetes Clusters

4. Chapter 3: Maintaining Kubernetes Clusters

5. Part 2: Managing Kubernetes

6. Chapter 4: Application Scheduling and Lifecycle Management

7. Chapter 5: Demystifying Kubernetes Storage

8. Chapter 6: Securing Kubernetes

9. Chapter 7: Demystifying Kubernetes Networking

10. Part 3: Troubleshooting

11. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Logging Kubernetes Clusters and Applications

12. Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Cluster Components and Applications

13. Chapter 10: Troubleshooting Security and Networking

14. Index

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Securing Kubernetes

This chapter will cover how Kubernetes authentication and authorization patterns work and dive into Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC). We’ll also learn about managing the security of applications deployed on Kubernetes.

Since most of the Kubernetes security-related content released prior to November 2020 has gradually moved to the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam instead, this chapter will just cover the essentials to help you to learn about Kubernetes security. We’ll specifically focus on Kubernetes RBAC since it is close to 5% of the CKA exam content.

Nonetheless, a good understanding of the Kubernetes security fundamentals will be a great help for the CKA exam and prepare you for further development in the Kubernetes space.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics: