Roadmaps
Ordered paths that mix hands-on labs and theory. Work through them top to bottom, or jump to the section you need.
Certification prep
Each path follows an exam's published domains, using our labs and questions. Finish one and you get a BrokenCluster completion certificate to share.
Prepare for the KCNA
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate, The Linux Foundation and CNCF
14 questions about 3 h0/14Prepare for the CKA
Certified Kubernetes Administrator, The Linux Foundation and CNCF
49 labs 22 questions about 10 h0/71Prepare for the CKAD
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, The Linux Foundation and CNCF
23 labs 22 questions about 6 h0/45Prepare for the CKS
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist, The Linux Foundation and CNCF
14 labs 14 questions about 12 h0/28Prepare for the LFCS
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator, The Linux Foundation
19 labs 13 questions about 7 h0/32Prepare for the RHCSA
Red Hat Certified System Administrator, Red Hat
11 labs 20 questions about 8 h0/31Prepare for CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Linux+, CompTIA
13 labs 17 questions about 6 h0/30Prepare for the Terraform Associate
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, HashiCorp
18 questions about 3 h0/18Prepare for AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services
25 questions about 3 h0/25Prepare for GitHub Foundations
GitHub Foundations, GitHub
4 labs 14 questions about 4 h0/18
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Skill paths
DevOps Starter Path
beginner about 3 h18 steps in 5 sectionsA guided tour across the DevOps toolbox — Linux, Git, scripting, containers, CI/CD and infrastructure as code — with the most important task from each area.
0/18Linux Foundations
beginner about 5 h28 steps in 5 sectionsGo from "where am I?" to confidently administering a Linux server — files, permissions, users, processes, logs and scheduling, all on a real machine.
0/28Git Essentials
beginner about 3.5 h18 steps in 4 sectionsEverything a developer or DevOps engineer needs day to day — commits, branches, merges, undoing mistakes and investigating history.
0/18Shell Scripting for Automation
intermediate about 4 h15 steps in 4 sectionsWrite Bash scripts that are safe to run in cron and CI — arguments, exit codes, quoting, pipelines, JSON and retries.
0/15Docker Fundamentals
beginner about 1.5 h13 steps in 3 sectionsThe container concepts every interview and every job assumes — images, layers, Dockerfiles, networking, volumes and security basics. Hands-on Docker labs are coming next.
0/13Kubernetes Core Concepts
intermediate about 4 h21 steps in 4 sectionsPods, controllers, Services, configuration, scheduling, storage and security — the mental model behind every CKA-style task. Each section ends with hands-on labs on a live practice cluster.
0/21Helm in Practice
intermediate about 5 h27 steps in 5 sectionsInstall, upgrade, roll back, fix and build Helm charts on a live cluster, from your first release to packaging your own charts. Helm is on the CKA and CKAD exams, and nearly every team uses it.
0/27Cloud & Networking Foundations
beginner about 2 h17 steps in 3 sectionsNetworking and cloud architecture fundamentals — IP addressing, DNS, HTTP, IAM, VPCs, storage and cost control — without needing a cloud account.
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