Crack Kubernetes & AI exams with 400+ real hands-on labs.
Outcome-first hands-on practice, terminal-first
Every scenario is built to answer one question: would your solution pass the real certification exam?
Know instantly if you would pass
Verify every solution against the same kind of checks the real exams use. Pass or fail with the exact mismatch in seconds.
Practice exactly like production
Solve scenarios in your real terminal with kubectl and your real editor. No browser tab. No fake shell. The muscles you train are the ones you use at work.
Faster than any video course
Three commands to start. Instant pass/fail. No skipping 12 video lessons to find what you actually need to drill.
No browser sandbox, no time slot
You own the cluster. KIND runs on your own laptop. Practice at 2am or 2pm, no queue, no session timeout, no multi-tenant noise.
See your real Kubernetes gaps
Track every attempt with score and time. Your dashboard shows exactly which exam domains you have passed and which need more reps.
Build the confidence to pass
Hands-on reps where each lab targets a real exam and interview failure point. The same patterns candidates miss.
Videos teach. Browsers sandbox. Aicademy runs in your terminal.
| Capability | Videos | Browser Labs | Aicademy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real terminal | |||
| Instant verification | Partial | ||
| Offline practice | |||
| Exam-like experience | Partial | ||
| Progress tracking | |||
| CLI-first workflow | |||
| Reusable on the job | |||
| Hands-on every scenario |
Aicademy
- Real terminal
- Instant verification
- Offline practice
- Exam-like experience
- Progress tracking
- CLI-first workflow
- Reusable on the job
- Hands-on every scenario
Videos & Browser Labs
- Real terminal
- Instant verification
- Offline practice
- Exam-like experience
- Progress tracking
- CLI-first workflow
- Reusable on the job
- Hands-on every scenario
Browser Labs support some capabilities. Videos alone do not.
How hands-on lab practice works
Three commands. No pay wall, no setup beyond Docker. Hands-on in under 90 seconds.
$uv tool install aicademy then run aicademy login in any terminal — your own PowerShell, WSL, Terminal.app, or shell of choice.
$aicademy list pick a scenario from the 400+ catalog. CLI shows the brief.
$aicademy verify instant pass/fail with the exact mismatch shown for every failed check, plus your score.
Start free. Upgrade when you want more.
Terminal-first hands-on lab practice on both tiers. Lifetime CLI access on Labs.
Free
- 40 free labs across every track
- Instant CLI verification
- No credit card
Labs
- All 400+ scenarios across every track
- New scenarios every month
- Unlimited attempts with score tracking
- Leaderboard access + priority CLI support
Live Weekend Workshops, one a month
Two full days, hands-on. ₹6,999 each, every ticket includes 3 months of Labs Pro so you keep practicing what you learned.
Azure labs coming soon. Same CLI, same verify flow.
Built by an engineer who has interviewed 300+ of them
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"Aicademy helped me clear CKA on the second attempt by drilling the exact failure patterns I had been missing. The platform's real-world scenarios are truly incredible."
Karan Desai
DevOps Engineer @ Wipro
"The verify output is the killer feature. It is the first time any training tool told me exactly why my solution failed instead of just giving me a generic pass/fail score."
Sneha Rao
SRE @ Tech Mahindra
"Practiced offline on a flight to Bangalore, ran verify against the real exam domain, walked into the test center already knowing exactly what would happen."
Amit Patel
Cloud Architect @ TCS
"Passed CKAD with 94%! The interactive terminal and instant feedback loop saved me weeks of setting up local clusters and breaking them."
Anjali Sharma
Senior SRE @ Flipkart
"The workshops are gold. Kamal doesn't just teach the syllabus, he teaches how to debug production outages. Worth every penny."
Karthik Iyer
Platform Engineer @ Zoho
"Finally a platform that treats you like an engineer. No hand-holding, just pure terminal challenges with precise evaluation."
Priya Venkatesh
DevOps Lead @ TCS
"I failed CKS twice before finding Aicademy. The security contexts and RBAC labs here are identical to the actual exam environment."
Roshan Singh
System Admin @ Accenture
"The best investment for my career. Moved from SysAdmin to Platform Engineer after completing the Kubernetes mastery path."
Divya Menon
Cloud Engineer @ L&T
"Love how fast the labs load. No more waiting 5 minutes for a cloud VM to spin up. It's just there, ready for you to break and fix."
Vikram Reddy
Infrastructure Engineer @ Oracle India
"Kamal's teaching style is direct and to the point. The scenarios mirror exactly what we face in our production clusters at work."
Aditya Nair
Kubernetes Admin @ IBM India
Common questions before you start
CKA, CKAD, CKS, cluster setup, and the refund policy. Everything you need to know before installing the CLI.
Yes. Aicademy ships scenarios across Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD, CKS) and hands-on AI tracks. The free tier gives you 40 labs to start. A Labs subscription unlocks all 400+ plus new ones shipped every month.
No. Aicademy spins up an isolated KIND cluster on your local machine per scenario. KIND (Kubernetes in Docker) is the only prerequisite alongside Docker. No AKS, no EKS, no cloud bill.
The CLI assumes KIND because the scenarios rely on deterministic setup commands and pre-built cluster templates. You can point the verify step at any kubeconfig you like, but the auto-setup flow is tuned for KIND. Labs Pro questions that require Service Mesh or GitOps only against KIND clusters.
Yes. Install Docker Desktop for Mac (with the bundled Kubernetes CLI enabled), then `uv tool install aicademy`. M1, M2, M3, and Intel Macs are all supported.
Yes. Install Docker Desktop for Windows with WSL2 backend. Open PowerShell, WSL, or Git Bash and run `uv tool install aicademy`. Cross-platform Python wheels.
Yes, native KIND support. Install Docker, then `uv tool install aicademy`. Tested on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 39, and Arch.
Scenario setup, KIND cluster creation, and the verify checks all run locally. You only need network the first time you `aicademy list` and to mint a CLI token. Everything else runs offline.
Each scenario ships a YAML manifest of verify checks (Pod states, label matches, NetworkPolicy enforcement, etc.). The CLI runs `kubectl` queries against your local KIND cluster and compares the actual state against the manifest. Pass/fail with a score, time taken, and the exact mismatch for any failed check.
No. The questions are original scenarios shaped exactly like the exam task family. The CNCF syllabus is public; Aicademy targets every exam domain at the level of detail CKA/CKAD/CKS expects. No leaked content, no NDA violation.
For Labs subscriptions, the first 7 days are refundable in full no questions asked - just write refund@aicademy.ac. For live workshops, refunds are available if requested at least 48 hours before the first session. If Aicademy cancels a workshop you get a full refund automatically.
The CLI itself is and will stay open source. Labs content comes with your active subscription. Workshop purchases grant permanent access to the recordings on your Aicademy account.
40 free labs across all tracks. Full CLI flow including setup, verify, and the WhatsApp community. No credit card required.
All 400+ scenarios across every track, new scenarios shipped monthly, full attempt history, score tracking, leaderboard access, and priority CLI support.
Monthly subscriptions: 30 days, billed monthly, cancel anytime. Yearly: 365 days, billed yearly. Workshop tickets come with 3 months of Labs Pro included so you keep practicing what you learned.
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