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# Course: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Associate (KCNA)

> This article introduces a Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate Certification Prep Course, covering essential concepts and exam preparation strategies.

Notes for the **Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Associate (KCNA)** course: 95 lessons across 12 sections.

## Introduction

* [Course Introduction](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Introduction/Course-Introduction/page.md)

## Kubernetes Fundamentals

* [What are Containers](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/What-are-Containers/page.md)
* [Demo Docker](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/Demo-Docker/page.md)
* [Container Orchestration](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/Container-Orchestration/page.md)
* [Kubernetes Architecture](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/Kubernetes-Architecture/page.md)
* [Runtime CRI](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/Runtime-CRI/page.md)
* [Docker vs ContainerD](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Fundamentals/Docker-vs-ContainerD/page.md)

## Kubernetes Resources

* [Recap Pods](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Pods/page.md)
* [Demo Pods](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Demo-Pods/page.md)
* [Pods with YAML](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Pods-with-YAML/page.md)
* [Demo Pods with YAML](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Demo-Pods-with-YAML/page.md)
* [ReplicaSets](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/ReplicaSets/page.md)
* [Demo ReplicaSets](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Demo-ReplicaSets/page.md)
* [Deployments](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Deployments/page.md)
* [Demo Deployments](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Demo-Deployments/page.md)
* [Deployments Rolling Updates and Rollbacks](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Deployments-Rolling-Updates-and-Rollbacks/page.md)
* [Demo Deployments Rolling Updates and Rollbacks](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Demo-Deployments-Rolling-Updates-and-Rollbacks/page.md)
* [Imperative vs Declarative](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Imperative-vs-Declarative/page.md)
* [Kubectl Explain Command](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Kubectl-Explain-Command/page.md)
* [Kubectl Apply Command](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Kubectl-Apply-Command/page.md)
* [Kubernetes Namespaces](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Kubernetes-Resources/Kubernetes-Namespaces/page.md)

## Scheduling

* [Manual Scheduling](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Manual-Scheduling/page.md)
* [Labels and Selectors](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Labels-and-Selectors/page.md)
* [Taints and Tolerations](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Taints-and-Tolerations/page.md)
* [Node Selectors](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Node-Selectors/page.md)
* [Node Affinity](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Node-Affinity/page.md)
* [Taints and Tolerations vs Node Affinity](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Taints-and-Tolerations-vs-Node-Affinity/page.md)
* [Resource Requirements](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Resource-Requirements/page.md)
* [DaemonSets](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/DaemonSets/page.md)
* [Static Pods](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Static-Pods/page.md)
* [Multiple Schedulers](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Multiple-Schedulers/page.md)
* [Configuring Kubernetes Scheduler Profiles](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Scheduling/Configuring-Kubernetes-Scheduler-Profiles/page.md)

## Container Orchestration - Security

* [Security Kubernetes Security Primitives](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Security-Kubernetes-Security-Primitives/page.md)
* [Authentication](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Authentication/page.md)
* [TLS in Kubernetes Certificate Creation](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/TLS-in-Kubernetes-Certificate-Creation/page.md)
* [KubeConfig](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/KubeConfig/page.md)
* [API Groups](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/API-Groups/page.md)
* [Authorization](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Authorization/page.md)
* [Role Based Access Controls](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Role-Based-Access-Controls/page.md)
* [Cluster Roles](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Cluster-Roles/page.md)
* [Service Accounts](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Service-Accounts/page.md)
* [Image Security](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Image-Security/page.md)
* [Security Contexts](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Security-Contexts/page.md)
* [Network Policies](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Security/Network-Policies/page.md)

## Container Orchestration - Networking

* [Cluster Networking](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Networking/Cluster-Networking/page.md)
* [Pod Networking](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Networking/Pod-Networking/page.md)
* [CNI in Kubernetes](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Networking/CNI-in-Kubernetes/page.md)
* [DNS in kubernetes](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Networking/DNS-in-Kubernetes/page.md)
* [Ingress](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Networking/Ingress/page.md)

## Container Orchestration - Service Mesh

* [Kubernetes Services](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Kubernetes-Services/page.md)
* [Sidecars](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Sidecars/page.md)
* [Envoy](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Envoy/page.md)
* [Monoliths amp Microservices](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Monoliths-amp-Microservices/page.md)
* [Service Mesh](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Service-Mesh/page.md)
* [Istio](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Istio/page.md)
* [Installing Istio](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Installing-Istio/page.md)
* [Deploying our First Application on Istio](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Deploying-our-First-Application-on-Istio/page.md)
* [Continue Learning Istio](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Service-Mesh/Continue-Learning-Istio/page.md)

## Container Orchestration - Storage

* [Storage Section Introduction](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Storage-Section-Introduction/page.md)
* [Introduction to Docker Storage](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Introduction-to-Docker-Storage/page.md)
* [Storage in Docker](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Storage-in-Docker/page.md)
* [Volume Driver Plugins in Docker](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Volume-Driver-Plugins-in-Docker/page.md)
* [Container Storage Interface](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Container-Storage-Interface/page.md)
* [Volumes](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Volumes/page.md)
* [Persistent Volumes](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Persistent-Volumes/page.md)
* [Persistent Volume Claims](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Persistent-Volume-Claims/page.md)
* [Storage Class](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Container-Orchestration-Storage/Storage-Class/page.md)

## Cloud Native Architecture

* [Autoscaling](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Autoscaling/page.md)
* [Horizontal Pod Autoscaler](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Horizontal-Pod-Autoscaler/page.md)
* [Vertical Pod Autoscaler](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Vertical-Pod-Autoscaler/page.md)
* [Cluster Autoscaler](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Cluster-Autoscaler/page.md)
* [Serverless](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Serverless/page.md)
* [Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Kubernetes-Enhancement-Proposals/page.md)
* [Kubernetes SIG](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Kubernetes-SIG/page.md)
* [Open Standards](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Architecture/Open-Standards/page.md)

## Cloud Native Observability

* [Observability Fundamentals](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Observability-Fundamentals/page.md)
* [SLOSLASLI](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/SLOSLASLI/page.md)
* [Prometheus Use Case](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Use-Case/page.md)
* [Prometheus Basics](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Basics/page.md)
* [Prometheus Architecture](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Architecture/page.md)
* [Prometheus Node Exporter](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Node-Exporter/page.md)
* [Prometheus Configuration](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Configuration/page.md)
* [Prometheus Metrics](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Metrics/page.md)
* [Prometheus Monitoring Containers](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Monitoring-Containers/page.md)
* [Prometheus Monitoring Kubernetes](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Prometheus-Monitoring-Kubernetes/page.md)
* [Cost Management](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Observability/Cost-Management/page.md)

## Cloud Native Application Delivery

* [Application Delivery Fundamentals](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/Application-Delivery-Fundamentals/page.md)
* [What is GitOps](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/What-is-GitOps/page.md)
* [GitOps Principles](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/GitOps-Principles/page.md)
* [Push vs Pull based Deployments](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/Push-vs-Pull-based-Deployments/page.md)
* [CICD with GitOps](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/CICD-with-GitOps/page.md)
* [Git Repositories Dockerfile and Application Walkthrough](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/Git-Repositories-Dockerfile-and-Application-Walkthrough/page.md)
* [ArgoCD Walkthrough](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/ArgoCD-Walkthrough/page.md)
* [CICD Pipeline Demo](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Cloud-Native-Application-Delivery/CICD-Pipeline-Demo/page.md)

## Conclusion

* [Conclusion](/docs/Kubernetes-and-Cloud-Native-Associate-KCNA/Conclusion/Conclusion/page.md)


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