Hands-on practice is the fastest path to passing Kubernetes and AI exams. Aicademy Labs gives you 400+ real practice questions in your own terminal, each verified instantly against a live KIND cluster.
The Closest Thing To The Real CKA Exam.
Deploy. Debug. Scale. Recover.
Every challenge runs inside an actual Kubernetes cluster with instant validation. Stop solving multiple choice. Start solving Kubernetes.
From cold start to verified in under two minutes
No browser sandbox. No session timeout. Real kubectl in your real terminal.
From cold start to verified in
under two minutes
One question, end to end
See the exact shape of a scenario, what you solve, and what verify tells you. This is one of the free CKA questions you get on sign-up.
Deploy a multi-container pod
Create a pod named web in namespace web-prod with two containers: nginx serving on port 80 and redis acting as cache. The nginx container must use image nginx:1.27 and have a liveness probe on / every 10s.
- Pod name: web
- Namespace: web-prod (create if missing)
- Container 1: nginx (image nginx:1.27, port 80)
- Container 2: redis (image redis:7-alpine)
- Liveness probe on / every 10s, 3s timeout
Verifying cluster state against scenario cka-01…
Why practice through a CLI?
The real CKA, CKAD and CKS exams are delivered through a Linux terminal with kubectl. Aicademy trains you in the same one.
Practise faster
No queue, no session timeout, no VMware console — just you and kubectl.
Works offline
KIND runs on your laptop. Practise on a flight, on a train, on the way to the test center.
Automatic verification
Each verify run compares against the same checks the real exam uses. Get the exact mismatch in seconds.
Real kubectl workflow
Build the muscle memory you need on test day — no IDE training wheels, no UI sandboxes.
Identical to the exam environment
PSI delivers the CKA exam in a Linux terminal with kubectl. Aicademy trains you in the same one.
Get running in seven commands
Copy each line. The cluster spins up on your laptop; verify runs against it locally.
Every track, one terminal
Each scenario targets a specific exam domain. Start with 40 free labs, no card.
Common questions before you start
CKA, CKAD, CKS, cluster setup, and the refund policy. Everything you need to know before installing the CLI.
Aicademy Labs is designed to be the single highest-yield practice tool for CKA. The free tier gives you 40 scenarios; the Labs subscription unlocks all 400+, mapped one-to-one against the five CNCF CKA exam domains. Use it as your final-week sharpening tool after reading the official curriculum.
Yes. Each scenario spins up an isolated KIND (Kubernetes-in-Docker) cluster on your local machine. Real pods, real services, real ClusterIP networking, real NetworkPolicy. No mock-state, no browser sandbox.
No. Aicademy is terminal-first. You run aicademy in your own PowerShell, Terminal.app, WSL, or shell. The verify command runs the same kubectl queries the real exam uses and tells you the exact mismatch in seconds.
Yes. After the first `aicademy list` fetch, every question runs offline against your local KIND cluster including verify. You only need network to mint a CLI token and refresh the catalogue.
Yes — the CLI is the labs environment. `uv tool install aicademy` on macOS, Windows, or Linux. The web dashboard tracks your progress and score, but the actual practice flow runs through the CLI against your local cluster.
40 in the free tier. 400+ in Labs Pro across all tracks with new scenarios added monthly.
New scenarios ship monthly during the active subscription window, focused on the latest CNCF syllabus updates and recurring patterns from real exams and interviews.
Start practising free in under two minutes
No credit card required. First 40 labs across all tracks are free forever.