Tools: CKAD Daily Study Notes - 2026-02-03

CKAD Daily Study Notes 📚 ## Todays Focus: Core API Objects ## Pod Design Patterns ## Essential Commands ## Quiz Yourself ## Exam Strategy ## Today's Goal You've got this! Keep grinding. 💪 Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse COMMAND_BLOCK: # Pod creation and inspection kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --port=80 kubectl get pods -o wide kubectl describe pod <pod-name> kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/bash kubectl logs <pod> # Deployment management kubectl create deployment web --image=nginx --replicas=3 kubectl set image deployment/web nginx=nginx:1.20 kubectl rollout status deployment/web kubectl rollout history deployment/web kubectl rollout undo deployment/web Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode COMMAND_BLOCK: # Pod creation and inspection kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --port=80 kubectl get pods -o wide kubectl describe pod <pod-name> kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/bash kubectl logs <pod> # Deployment management kubectl create deployment web --image=nginx --replicas=3 kubectl set image deployment/web nginx=nginx:1.20 kubectl rollout status deployment/web kubectl rollout history deployment/web kubectl rollout undo deployment/web COMMAND_BLOCK: # Pod creation and inspection kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --port=80 kubectl get pods -o wide kubectl describe pod <pod-name> kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/bash kubectl logs <pod> # Deployment management kubectl create deployment web --image=nginx --replicas=3 kubectl set image deployment/web nginx=nginx:1.20 kubectl rollout status deployment/web kubectl rollout history deployment/web kubectl rollout undo deployment/web COMMAND_BLOCK: alias k=kubectl export do="--dry-run=client -o yaml" k run pod1 --image=nginx $do > pod.yaml Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode COMMAND_BLOCK: alias k=kubectl export do="--dry-run=client -o yaml" k run pod1 --image=nginx $do > pod.yaml COMMAND_BLOCK: alias k=kubectl export do="--dry-run=client -o yaml" k run pod1 --image=nginx $do > pod.yaml - StatefulSet vs Deployment: When to use each - InitContainers: Setup tasks before app container - Multi-container pods: Design patterns and use cases - What happens when you delete a Pod in a Deployment? - How do you force a deployment rollout? - What's the difference between ReadinessProbe and LivenessProbe? - How do you mount a ConfigMap as a volume? - 2 hours for 19 questions = ~6 min per question - Use imperative commands when possible (faster than YAML) - Master kubectl shortcuts: - Practice 5 Pod-related scenarios - Time yourself on each - Review failures