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Free flashcards for CKA: flip each card to reveal the definition. Built from the CKA glossary as a study aid, these are concept checks, not real exam questions.

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Pod
The smallest deployable unit; one or more containers sharing a network and storage.
Node
A worker machine that runs pods.
Control plane
The components that manage the cluster (API server, scheduler, controller manager, etcd).
etcd
The key-value store holding all cluster state; backed up and restored in the exam.
Deployment
Manages a replicated set of pods and rolling updates.
ReplicaSet
Keeps a stable number of pod replicas running.
Service
A stable network endpoint for a set of pods.
Ingress
Routes external HTTP/S traffic to services.
ConfigMap
Non-secret configuration injected into pods.
Secret
Sensitive data (passwords, tokens) injected into pods.
PersistentVolume (PV)
Cluster storage provisioned for use by pods.
PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC)
A pod's request for storage.
StorageClass
Defines how storage is dynamically provisioned.
NetworkPolicy
Rules controlling traffic between pods.
RBAC
Role-Based Access Control: Roles and RoleBindings granting permissions.
kubeadm
Tool to bootstrap and manage a cluster.
kubectl
The command-line tool to operate the cluster.
Namespace
A virtual cluster used to scope resources.
Taint / Toleration
Mechanisms controlling which pods schedule onto which nodes.
CoreDNS
The cluster's DNS for service discovery.