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Hello and welcome to this lecture. In this lecture

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we look at some of the details around the certified Kubernetes administrators program.

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What is it, why you need it and how to prepare for it.

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There is no doubt about the fact that the adoption of Kubernetes is expected to grow exponentially

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in the coming years as seen in the graph from Google Trends. As per

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a recent survey conducted by indeed Kubernetes had the fastest growth in job searches over 173 percent from a year before.

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a recent survey conducted by indeed Kubernetes had the fastest growth in job searches over 173 percent from a year before.

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And so it is important for us to be prepared to establish credibility and value in the market. Kubernetes

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administrator certification developed by cloud native computing Foundation in collaboration with the

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Linux Foundation does just that.

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It helps you stand out in the crowd and allows companies to quickly hire high quality engineers like

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you on attending the certification.

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You will be certified to design, build and administer highly available Kubernetes clusters.

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You can read more about the certification at cncf.io/certification/cka

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As of today, the exam costs 300 U.S. dollars with one free retake in case you do not manage to pass

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on the initial attempt.

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You have one more attempt available for free within the next twelve months.

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The mode of delivery is online.

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You can deliver the exam anytime anywhere and the comfort of your house since this is an online exam

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and online Proctor will be watching you at all times.

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There are a set of requirements that need to be met with respect to the environment the room your attending

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the exam from the system you are using to give the test your Network Connectivity etc. All of these

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are described in detail in the candidate handbook available on the certification website.

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Unlike most of these certification exams out there the Kubernetes certification is not a multiple

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choice exam.

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It is an online performance based exam that tests your hands on skills with the technology.

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This would mean that you don't have to worry about memorizing lots of different numbers in preparation

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for the exam.

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However you need to know how the technology works and how you can get it to work.

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You will be given different tasks to complete in a set amount of time which happens to be three hours

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for this exam.

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As per the exam guidelines, you will, however, be able to refer to the Kubernetes official documentation

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pages at all times during the exam.

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And in this course we will walk through how to make best use of the documentation site so that you can

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easily locate the right information.

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Well I wish you good luck in preparing for and delivering the Kubernetes certification exam and I'm sure

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with enough practice you will pass with flying colors.

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So let us begin.