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Everything needed to pass the Nutanix Certified Professional, Cloud Native exam: study guides built from the official blueprint, an original 127-question bank, flashcards, a VMware translation legend, and a three week war plan. Self contained HTML; share the whole folder.

75 questions · 120 min $200 per attempt pass 3000 / 1000-6000 NKP 2.12 · AOS 6.10 · PC pc2024.2 valid 3 years

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Verified Study Guide · all 75 Q
The Explained Question Bank
Every mock question explained and fact-checked against NKP 2.12 docs, with cheat-sheet tables, the trap patterns, plain-English terms inline per question, and the local lab links. The core study read.
Reference
VMware → Nutanix Legend
Your VMware vocabulary mapped to NKP. Read first; everything else lands easier.
Guide 00
Kubernetes Crash Course
CKA-level assumptions, compressed to what the exam touches. Mandatory if K8s is rusty.
Reference
Exam Day One-Pager
Logistics, retake math for the July 1 deadline, in-room tactics.

Study guides (the four blueprint sections)

Section 1 · 6 objectives
Prepare the Environment
Registry seeding, bootstrap cluster, license tiers, bastion, KIB/NIB images, provider parameters.
Section 2 · 2 objectives
Build an NKP Cluster
NKP CLI, CAPI customization and diagnosis, Kommander deployment and licensing.
Section 3 · 6 objectives
Day 2 Operations
Dex auth/RBAC, logging stack, Velero, monitoring, autoscaling, upgrades. The densest exam territory.
Section 4 · 6 objectives
Fleet Management
Workspaces vs projects, deploy/attach/detach clusters, platform apps, GitOps CD.

Test yourself

Quiz · 12 Q
Section 1 Quiz
Instant feedback + explanations per objective.
Quiz · 12 Q
Section 2 Quiz
CAPI, CLI, Kommander build scenarios.
Quiz · 14 Q
Section 3 Quiz
Auth, logging, Velero, monitoring, lifecycle.
Quiz · 14 Q
Section 4 Quiz
Workspace vs project judgment calls.
Mock · 75 Q · timed
Full Mock Exam
120-minute countdown, blueprint-weighted, per-section breakdown. 70%+ = schedule the real one.
Daily · 70+ cards
Flashcards
Five decks, know/drill buckets, drill-only mode. Coffee-break weapon.

Hands-on labs

Local · no Nutanix · 7 labs
Hands-on Labs (run on your laptop)
kind, RBAC, Cluster API, Flux GitOps, Gatekeeper, Prometheus, Velero. Every command validated on macOS. Builds the upstream-CNCF muscle for ~70% of the exam's hands-on objectives without an NKP cluster.

Video training

Deep technical training, free on YouTube, ordered the way the package is: Kubernetes foundation first (the exam assumes CKA-level fluency), then the NKP platform itself from Nutanix University, then the GitOps continuous-delivery internals Section 4 leans on. Every link was checked live. Watch on 1.5x; pause and lab it.

Kubernetes foundation · assume CKA-level going in

freeCodeCamp.org
CKA Exam Preparation (2026 Update)
Full-length Kubernetes course taught to the CKA blueprint. The single best free foundation if your Kubernetes is rusty. Start here.
CodingWithPassion
Kubernetes Architecture: Control Plane
API server, etcd, scheduler, controller manager, kubelet. The mental model the exam keeps testing sideways.

NKP platform · Nutanix University, the exam product itself

Nutanix University
Deploy Your First Cluster with NKP
The Section 2 build path end to end. Vendor walkthrough of the exact workflow you get scored on.
Nutanix University
Lifecycle Management with NKP and Cluster API
CAPI customization and diagnosis: the densest Section 2 objective, straight from the source.
Nutanix University
NKP Management Simplified: The Console
Day 2 operations tour: cluster create, app deploy, the Kommander surface. Maps Section 3.
Nutanix University
NKP Insights: Security and Compliance
Proactive monitoring and compliance, a Section 3 day-2 objective most candidates underweight.
Nutanix University
Network Policies for Containerized Apps
Securing workloads with NKP network policies. Section 3 again, the part people fumble live.
Nutanix University
Expand with NKP Managed Clusters
Attach and manage clusters across the fleet. Core Section 4 workspace-and-project judgment.
Nutanix
Manage Kubernetes at Scale: Fleet Ops
Multi-cloud, DR, and fleet operations at scale. The Section 4 story, shown at its limit.

GitOps and cloud native CD · Section 4 continuous delivery

CNCF
Flux: The GitOps Operator (Deep Dive)
Stefan Prodan on how Flux reconciles desired state from Git. The internals behind NKP's GitOps CD.

Reference shelf

Reference
Glossary
Canonical NKP vocabulary, filterable.
Reference
Blueprint Objective Map
Every objective + knowledge item, structured.
Official PDF
Exam Blueprint Guide
The source of truth, from Nutanix University.

The 3-week war plan (deadline July 1)

WK1 · Jun 9-15Foundations. Legend + K8s crash course + kind lab reps (days 1-3). Guides 01-02 + NKPA course modules 1-4 (days 4-7). Flashcards daily from day one.
WK2 · Jun 16-22The platform. Guides 03-04 + NKPA modules 5-8. Nutanix Test Drive hands-on: Kommander, workspaces, projects, platform apps. Section quiz after each guide; misses feed the drill bucket.
WK3 · Jun 23-30Exam mode. Mock #1 cold by Jun 24 (preserves a retake window). Rebuild weak sections. Official Nutanix practice exam as the calibration gate. Mock #2 by Jun 28; at 70%+ book and sit it Jun 29-30.
Free official prep: the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform Administration (NKPA) course is free, 8 modules, and tracks the blueprint nearly 1:1. It is the spine; this package is the muscle. Register for the exam at Nutanix University.