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 ? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. as well , this person and/or 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: # 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 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