Requirements-Necessary tools and setup for CKA certification and training

aqeelali80

Hi,

I am new to Kubernetes and doing CKA. for this training and study what tools need to install on MAC book pro for Labs and exercises.

chrispokorni

Hi @aqeelali80,

Welcome to the "Kubernetes Fundamentals" course!

What needs to be installed on your MacBook Pro (if anything at all) depends on how you intend to follow the hands-on lab exercises - whether locally through local VMs or leveraging cloud VM services.
Read through the introductory chapter - it may answer some of your questions, and may help you to decide which type of infrastructure to use to provision the required Virtual Machines.

Also, be aware that the newer MacBooks that come with ARM processors may also add challenges to running the lab exercises on local VMs (provisioned through a local hypervisor).

Regards,
-Chris

aqeelali80

Thank you, Chris,

But i am new to Macbook Pro also, Unfortunately, but getting use to it very fast. My first preference is to create local labs VMs, because want to put myself in some Challange. Also using VMware hypervisor on it.

Appreciate your support and directions regarding above.

Thank you

chrispokorni

Hi @aqeelali80,

I recommend becoming aware of your workstation's hardware profile, it's capabilities, and any restrictions.

Many of your peer learners successfully competed the labs with VMware VMs. I encourage you to explore their earlier forum posts to learn about any difficulties encountered while provisioning the required local infrastructure and installing the necessary software stack.

Regards,
-Chris