KCNA: Cloud Native Application Delivery
The provider lists this domain at 16% of the exam.
In plain English
How new versions of an application get from code to a running cluster safely and repeatably, and how to find faults when a release goes wrong.
What the provider lists under it
- Application Delivery
- Debugging
Terms worth knowing
- CI/CD: Automatically building, testing and delivering code every time it changes.
- GitOps: Using a Git repository as the single source of truth for what should be running, with software that keeps the live system matching it.
Quick answers
How much of the KCNA exam is Cloud Native Application Delivery?
The provider lists it at 16% of the exam, according to the CNCF KCNA curriculum.
What topics are in Cloud Native Application Delivery?
Application Delivery; Debugging.
The other KCNA domains
- Kubernetes Fundamentals (44% of the exam)
- Container Orchestration (28% of the exam)
- Cloud Native Architecture (12% of the exam)
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