KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
Which CNCF project is classified as a 'graduated' project?
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Linkerd
Linkerd is a graduated CNCF project. K3s is in the CNCF sandbox, while Knative and Backstage are incubating projects.
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Linkerd
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Linkerd is a graduated CNCF project, having achieved graduation status in 2021.
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K3s
Why it's wrong here
Kubernetes is a graduated CNCF project, having been the first project to graduate in 2018.
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Knative
Why it's wrong here
Knative is an incubating CNCF project, not yet graduated.
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Backstage
Why it's wrong here
ArgoCD is a graduated CNCF project, having graduated in 2023.
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