Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate (CNPA) — Information & Free Practice

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Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate (CNPA)

Examination outline

Platform Engineering Core Fundamentals (36%)
- Declarative Resource Management
- DevOps Practices in Platform Engineering
- Application Environments and Infrastructure Concepts
- Platform Architecture and Capabilities
- Platform Engineering Goals, Objectives, and Approaches
- Continuous Integration Fundamentals
- Continuous Delivery and GitOps
Platform Observability, Security, and Conformance (20%)
- Observability Fundamentals: Traces, Metrics, Logs, and Events
- Secure Service Communication
- Policy Engines for Platform Governance
- Kubernetes Security Essentials
- Security in CI/CD Pipelines
Continuous Delivery & Platform Engineering (16%)
- Continuous Integration Pipelines Overview
- Incident Response in Platform Engineering
- CI/CD Relationship Fundamentals
- GitOps Basics and Workflows
- GitOps for Application Environments
Platform APIs and Provisioning Infrastructure (12%)
- Kubernetes Reconciliation Loop
- APIs for Self-Service Platforms (CRDs)
- Infrastructure Provisioning with Kubernetes
- Kubernetes Operator Pattern for Integration
IDPs and Developer Experience (8%)
- Simplified Access to Platform Capabilities
- API-Driven Service Catalogs
- Developer Portals for Platform Adoption
- AI/ML in Platform Automation
Measuring your Platform (8%)
- Platform Efficiency and Team Productivity
- DORA Metrics for Platform Initiatives

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