The complete Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) study library — 13 lessons mapped to every domain and topic in the official exam guide. Free to read, no account needed.
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CNCF publishes exactly what the KCNA tests and how much each part is worth. Here it is — every domain, its weight, the topics inside it, and the lessons that cover them.
The Kubernetes object model, cluster administration, scheduling, and containerization. Official weighting 44%.
Networking, security, troubleshooting, and storage for orchestrated workloads. Official weighting 28%.
Delivering and debugging applications on cloud-native platforms. Official weighting 16%.
Observability, cloud-native principles and the CNCF ecosystem, and community collaboration. Official weighting 12%.
Reading every note front to back is the slowest way to pass. The exam is weighted, so your revision should be too — the blueprint above tells you exactly where the marks are.
Kubernetes Fundamentals carries the most marks on the KCNA, so it earns the most of your attention. Work down the blueprint from the heaviest domain to the lightest rather than starting at domain 1 and grinding forward.
Read each lesson once without stopping to memorise — you are building a map, not a memory. On the second pass, read only the "what's tested" and key-takeaway blocks. If a takeaway surprises you, that lesson goes back on the pile.
Cover a lesson's key takeaways and try to say them out loud from the heading alone. Recall you can produce under your own steam is the only recall that survives a timed exam; recognition on a re-read is not the same thing.
Finishing the notes is not the goal — scoring is. Move to KCNA practice questions early, then come back to the exact lessons your wrong answers point at. That loop is worth far more than a third read-through.