Course Description

• KCNA exam focuses on a user’s foundational knowledge and skills in Kubernetes and the wider cloud native ecosystem.
• KCNA exam is intended to prepare candidates to work with cloud-native technologies and pursue further CNCF credentials, including CKA, CKAD, and CKS.
• KCNA exam curriculum includes these general domains and their weights on the exam:
  
  • Kubernetes Fundamentals - 46%
  • Container Orchestration - 22%
  • Cloud Native Architecture - 16%
  • Cloud Native Observability - 8%
  • Cloud Native Application Delivery - 8%
    
• KCNA validates the conceptual knowledge of
  • the entire cloud native ecosystem, particularly focusing on Kubernetes.
  • Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, including how to deploy an application using basic kubectl commands, the architecture of Kubernetes (containers, pods, nodes, clusters), understanding the cloud-native landscape and projects (storage, networking, GitOps, service mesh), and understanding the principles of cloud-native security.
• KCNA exam requires you to solve 60 questions in 90 minutes.