Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA) Practice Exam
Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA) Practice Exam
About Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA)
The Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA) is a Linux Foundation and CNCF certification designed to validate foundational knowledge of Kyverno, a Kubernetes-native policy engine. It covers essential concepts such as policy creation, validation, mutation, generation, policy reporting, and managing Kubernetes resources through policies. The certification helps candidates understand how Kyverno can be used to automate governance, enforce security standards, and maintain compliance across Kubernetes environments. It is suitable for Kubernetes administrators, DevOps engineers, platform engineers, cloud professionals, and security practitioners seeking to build policy management skills. The KCA provides a vendor-neutral credential demonstrating practical understanding of Kyverno and Kubernetes policy management.
Course Outline
The Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA) Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Fundamentals of Kyverno 18%
- Kyverno Policies & Rules
- YAML Manifests
- Admission Controllers
- OCI Images
Domain 2 - Installation, Configuration, and Upgrades 18%
- Helm-based Installation and Configuration
- Kyverno Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
- Controller Configuration with Flags
- Configuring Kyverno RBAC, roles, and permissions
- High Availability Installations
- Upgrading Kyverno
Domain 3 - Kyverno CLI 12%
- apply
- test
- jp
- Installing Kyverno CLI
Domain 4 - Applying Policies 10%
- Applying Policy in Cluster
- Resource Selection
- Common Policy Settings for Kyverno Rules
Domain 5 - Writing Policies 32%
- Validation Rules
- Preconditions
- Background Scans
- Mutation Rules
- Generation Rules
- VerifyImage Rules
- Variables & API Calls in Policies
- JSON Patches
- Autogen Rules
- Cleanup Policies
- Common Expression Language (CEL)
Domain 6 - Policy Management 10%
- Policy Reports
- PolicyExceptions
- Kyverno Metrics
