GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA) — Information & Free Practice
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GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA)
- Format
- Online, proctored, multiple-choice
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
Examination outline
GitOps Terminology (20%)
- Continuous
- Declarative Description
- Desired State
- State Drift
- State Reconciliation
- GitOps Managed Software System
- State Store
- Feedback Loop
- Rollback
GitOps Principles (30%)
- Declarative
- Versioned and Immutable
- Pulled Automatically
- Continuously Reconciled
Related Practices (16%)
- Configuration as Code (CaC)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- DevOps and DevSecOps
- CI and CD
GitOps Patterns (20%)
- Deployment and Release Patterns
- Progressive Delivery Patterns
- Pull vs. Event-driven
- Architecture Patterns (in-cluster and external reconciler, state store management, etc.)
Tooling (14%)
- Manifest Format and Packaging
- State Store Systems (Git and alternatives)
- Reconciliation Engines (ArgoCD, Flux, and alternatives)
- Interoperability with Notifications, Observability, and Continuous Integration Tools
Examination sources
- CNCF CGOA certification
Curriculum link and adoption paragraph
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies, complete five-domain outline
- CNCF CGOA exam curriculum
PDF pages 1–2; page 2 visually checked
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies > GitOps Terminology
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies > GitOps Principles
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies > Related Practices
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies > GitOps Patterns
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Domains & Competencies > Tooling
- CNCF CGOA certification
Exam resources, Domain / Weight table
- CNCF CGOA certification
Exam resources, assessment description
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
About This Certification
- Linux Foundation multiple-choice examination FAQ
How is my exam scored?
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
CGOA includes
- Linux Foundation CGOA examination
Prerequisites
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.