This lab is part of a series of practice exam content for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification. Each practice exam in the series provides you with exam-like tasks to perform in a Kubernetes cluster modeled after the clusters used in the real CKAD exam. Each practice exam focuses on one particular domain in the CKAD exam curriculum. The tasks outlined in the practice exam should be attempted on your own with consultation of the official Kubernetes documentation, just like in the real exam. If you do need some assistance with a particular task, the solution and relevant exam tips are provided in the final solution guide lab step in the lab.
This practice exam focuses on the Observability domain which is worth 18% of the exam. The Observability domain encapsulates the following knowledge, skills, and abilities listed in the exam curriculum:
- Understand LivenessProbes and ReadinessProbes
- Understand container logging
- Understand how to monitor applications in Kubernetes
- Understand debugging in Kubernetes
Assessed topics
- Kubernetes observability
Intended Audience
- Kubernetes certification exam candidates
- Kubernetes practitioners
Prerequisites
- Completion of prior content in the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Exam Preparation learning path is highly recommended
Updates
October 12th, 2023 - Updated Kubernetes version
June 12th, 2023 - Updated to run Kubernetes 1.26
September 6th, 2022 - Updated to run Kubernetes 1.24
June 6th, 2022 - Fixed issue causing check errors
April 5th, 2022 - Modified the Pod diagnostic check to tolerate additional whitespace
February 15th, 2022 - Added solution guide resource
Logan has been involved in software development and research since 2007 and has been in the cloud since 2012. He is an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), and Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA). He earned his Ph.D. studying design automation and enjoys all things tech.