Setup Kubernetes Cluster for Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exercises

Prepare for your Kubernetes certifications with a cluster designed for practical exam scenarios. This guide details how to create a CKA cluster using the C2 Platform development environment.

The guides in this section present two options for setting up your Kubernetes cluster. The first option allows you to create the cluster automatically using Ansible with just two commands, which will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Alternatively, you can instruct Vagrant to skip the Ansible provisioner by using the --no-provision option. After that, refer to the other guide to manually setup the cluster using kubeadm.

Both approaches assume you are working within the C2 Platform development environment. For information on how to set up this environment, see Setup a Development Environment on Ubuntu 22 .


Setting Up the CKA Cluster with Ansible

This page outlines the steps to set up the CKA cluster using Ansible, including the creation of the control plane (master node) and three worker nodes. The entire process takes approximately 15 minutes with the C2 Platform.

Manually Setup the CKA Cluster

This section provides pages for a step-by-step approach to manually set up the Kubernetes cluster, offering insights into key configurations and commands for effective deployment.

Configure Host access to CKA Cluster

How to get access from the host to the CKA Cluster



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