Tagged “cka”

2 September 2026

Building a browser-based CKA practice lab: a real Ubuntu terminal with genuine vim/grep/awk muscle memory, simulated kubeadm/kubectl for safe repetition, and the Azure/Cloudflare integration quirks that came with it.

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CKA prep update: 3 hours optimizing my lab, 3 minutes for my first exercise

22 August 2026

A CKA lab automation tune-up: fixing a resource-group permission bug, splitting node provisioning, adding missing kubeadm prerequisites, and two new scripts that make starting and connecting to the practice cluster much smoother.

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Yes, I did it! 👊

20 August 2026

Building a fully automated two-node Kubernetes cluster in an Azure sandbox for CKA practice — Calico CNI, VXLAN networking, and the IP-forwarding gotcha that broke cross-node pod connectivity until it was fixed.

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Preparing for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

18 August 2026

Kicking off CKA prep after five years running AKS in production — why hands-on install/config is the real gap to close, and the plan to build a two-node Kubernetes lab on Azure VMs inside a Whizlabs sandbox.

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