This repository contains exam preparation material i've used and created to become a Golden Kubestronaut. I'm assuming that you've already taken the first five exams (to become a Kubestronaut)!
Note that this material might sometimes be complete sometimes not, it's a lot of notes to self but still structured to follow the exam topics, and to be very clear: there's of course no disclosure of the exam questions or brain dumps in this repository.
Certifications covered in this repository:
- CCA (Cilium Certified Associate)
- CGOA (Certified GitOps Associate)
- CAPA (Certified Argo Project Associate)
- PCA (Prometheus Certified Associate)
- OTCA (OpenTelemetry Certified Associate)
- CBA (Certified Backstage Associate)
- KCA (Kyverno Certified Associate)
- ICA (Istio Certified Associate) - not only multi-choice questions, also includes performance-based questions
- LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator) - performance based!
- CNPA (Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate) - needed after the 15th of October 2025!
The order of the certificates above are the exact order i will (or have) taken the exams.
Create issues and pull requests if there's anything you want to add or change. You can also contact me directly on the Kubernetes Slack (mikejoh) for any questions regarding the material here.
Good luck!