CKS Tutorials

CKS tutorials emphasize practical Kubernetes skills and exam-style tasks. Topics span Pod Security Standards, network policies, RBAC hardening, secrets management, image scanning, audit logging, and runtime security. Free labs and guided examples help you practice in a safe environment before attempting mock exams and the live performance-based CKS exam.

Protect Search While the Index Loads

Protect Search While the Index Loads

Connect real museum search readiness to Kubernetes Service traffic, protect a paced collection import with startup probes, and keep existing replicas during an update.
Kubernetes
Make the Update Fit

Make the Update Fit

Finish a real shop update within a fixed CPU quota while preserving the required available replicas and reference service.
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Keep Stock Access Inside the App

Keep Stock Access Inside the App

Protect a real shop stock service with a namespace-and-role ingress boundary while preserving the customer journey and a separate service.
Kubernetes
Keep the App Working with Restricted Egress

Keep the App Working with Restricted Egress

Restore real DNS and stock dependencies, then narrow a legacy egress policy while keeping a shop catalogue and training quotes working.
Kubernetes
Let the Board Read the Cluster

Let the Board Read the Cluster

Give a real Kubernetes status board its own read-only identity, connect two approved namespaces and preserve excluded data and workloads.
Kubernetes
Bring Back the Approved Menu

Bring Back the Approved Menu

Recover correct café prices by matching a Deployment revision to its preserved menu configuration, then reconcile the saved release and actual download.
KubernetesLinux
Update the Seasonal Menu

Update the Seasonal Menu

Publish a café menu as a versioned Kubernetes configuration, follow its rollout, and hand over the actual menu download without changing the reference café.
KubernetesLinux
Finish a Batch After Temporary Failures

Finish a Batch After Temporary Failures

Recover a real partially finished photo batch with finite per-index Kubernetes Job retries while preserving its failed attempt and already correct images.
KubernetesLinux
Build the Gallery in Batches

Build the Gallery in Batches

Use an Indexed Kubernetes Job to prepare real garden photographs in bounded parallel batches, then deliver a complete gallery, source index and image archive.
KubernetesLinux
Configure Applications with Secrets

Configure Applications with Secrets

Create a Secret, inspect encoded data safely, use it to configure a Pod, and recreate the Pod after updating the Secret.
Kubernetes
Customize an Application with Kustomize

Customize an Application with Kustomize

Create Kubernetes base manifests, customize them with a Kustomize overlay, and deploy the rendered application.
Kubernetes
Discover and Use Custom Resources

Discover and Use Custom Resources

Create a CRD, discover the new API resource, and manage custom resources with kubectl.
Kubernetes
Expose a Deployment with a Service

Expose a Deployment with a Service

Create a Deployment, expose it with a ClusterIP Service, inspect selector-based endpoints, and test access from inside the cluster.
Kubernetes
Deploy a Local Helm Chart

Deploy a Local Helm Chart

Create a small local Helm chart, render it, install it into Kubernetes, and upgrade the release with new values.
Kubernetes
Configure Liveness and Readiness Probes

Configure Liveness and Readiness Probes

Configure readiness and liveness probes, observe Service endpoints, and trigger a controlled liveness restart.
Kubernetes
Create a Deployment

Create a Deployment

Create a Kubernetes Deployment, inspect its ReplicaSet and Pods, and observe how it maintains desired state.
Kubernetes
Diagnose Service DNS Access

Diagnose Service DNS Access

Practice diagnosing Kubernetes Service DNS access with same-namespace short names, cross-namespace FQDNs, EndpointSlices, and CoreDNS checks.
Kubernetes
Debug a CrashLooping Application

Debug a CrashLooping Application

Deploy an application that repeatedly exits, use status, logs, events, and manifests to find the cause, then fix and verify it.
Kubernetes
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