Do i need a personal lab env. for CKAD?

Kubernetes
#1

I am preparing for CKAD and i have access to KodeKloud courses.

For CKAD do i need to really build a lab environment on my laptop/VirtualBox or would you say that for CKAD it’s not required?

-Neeraj

#2

Hi @Neeraj-Vasudeva,
It’s up to you. If you have a short time and don’t wanna spend much time installing and configuring a cluster then go with the labs.
If you have enough time and wanna spend some time with the k8s then feel free to go first minikube > 2 node cluster.

pls, check this useful article -

Best Regards,

#3

Thanks @Tej-Singh-Rana for the response, appreciate it !

Well, i tried earlier time with minicube but apparently it expects me to modify a setting in BIOS and unfortunately I do not have a permission to do so on my machine.

This is why i was wondering is this is something that could be now and for future as well as part of CKA exam.

Based on the response that you gave it appears, it’s optional for CKAD.

Do you know if CKA expects you to have your own cluster or perhaps kodekloud environment is more than sufficient?

#4

Hi @Neeraj-Vasudeva

You don’t need your own cluster to pass CKA, the labs are perfectly sufficient, however building your own can give useful insight, especially if you do it “the hard way” GitHub - mmumshad/kubernetes-the-hard-way: Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way on Vagrant on Local Machine. No scripts.. Note that I’m currently updating this for v1.24, but it will be ready soon.

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#5

Thank you @Alistair_KodeKloud for the information, appreciate it !