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Exam coverage map
Scope: CNCF v1.37 curriculum. Linux Foundation's candidate FAQ lists Kubernetes v1.37 on 10 October 2026; check again before booking. This is one of the five Kubestronaut certifications. Rehearse this performance exam in a disposable cluster. Curriculum: CNCF, CC BY 4.0.
Published objectives
| Objective |
Revision topic |
| 1 · Images, workload types, multi-container patterns and volumes |
01 Workloads, Scheduling and Self-Healing, 02 Volumes, Claims and Storage Classes, 03 Images, Container Commands and Pod Patterns |
| 2 · Rollouts, Helm and Kustomize |
01 Workloads, Scheduling and Self-Healing, 04 Deployment Strategies, Helm and Kustomize |
| 3 · API changes, probes, logs and debugging |
01 Workloads, Scheduling and Self-Healing, 05 Troubleshooting Under Time Pressure, 07 Application Permissions, Admission and API Changes |
| 4 · Extensions, identities, resources, configuration and security |
01 Workloads, Scheduling and Self-Healing, 04 Deployment Strategies, Helm and Kustomize, 06 Services, DNS and Network Policy, 07 Application Permissions, Admission and API Changes |
| 5 · Services, Ingress and NetworkPolicy |
06 Services, DNS and Network Policy |