API Gateway
It’s probably no surprise that getting a Kubernetes certification can be very beneficial to your career. That’s why the number of people who register for the CNCF Kubernetes certifications has continued to increase over the years.
But just like any other certification exam, not everyone passes. This usually happens for many reasons — lack of preparation, not knowing what to expect during the exam, etc.
To help you increase your chances of getting a CNCF Kubernetes certification, I reached out to 10 people who took the exam, passed, and became certified Kubernetes practitioners and asked them to share their most important tip.
February 10, 2022 | 8 min read
Article
Welcome to the second article of my CKAD Tips series where I share my learnings while studying for the CKAD.
Every week, I will demystify Kubernetes concepts you need to know before taking the CKAD and simplify them using real-life examples to make preparing for and passing the CKAD easier for you.
Getting Started with CKAD: What did I struggle with?
January 19, 2022 | 9 min read
Kubernetes
First of all, what is CKAD? I bet you already know that since you are reading this article, but if you don’t, CKAD is an acronym for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer examination developed by The Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to help expand the Kubernetes ecosystem through a standardized training and certification.
Even though the official CKAD website states that anyone who passes the exam has been certified to be able to design, build and deploy cloud-native applications for Kubernetes, some developers are still sceptical about taking the certification exam for different reasons.
You’ll hear questions like, “Is the CKAD certification useful?”, “Is the CKAD exam worth it?”, “Will I understand Kubernetes after taking it?”, “Is the amount I’m paying for the certification worth it?”, “Will I be certified to do design, build and deploy applications for K8s, or is this just a bland promise to get me to pay for the course?”, amongst other things. If you are contemplating whether to take the CKAD exam, I’d strongly recommend that you should.
January 11, 2022 | 4 min read
Article
In order to get started with this basic AWS + Kubernetes infrastructure fabric three things are absolutely required:
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) account.
An AWS user account with administrator privileges that allow you to provision the infrastructure fabric.
November 15, 2021 | 5 min read
Telepresence
Here we talk about using a service mesh to debug and mitigate some types of app failures. We’ll be looking at several of the capabilities that service meshes may provide. Each service mesh technology supports a unique set of such capabilities.
We use examples from Linkerd to illustrate the capabilities that service meshes may provide, but the fundamental concepts discussed here will apply to any service mesh.
Service Mesh Status Checks
September 23, 2021 | 14 min read
Microservices
No application is an island. They constantly communicate with other applications (services) -- or, more precisely, instances of applications. Microservice architectures amplify the volume and frequency of these communications.
What is service discovery?
September 16, 2021 | 11 min read
