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GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA)

Professional certification validating foundational knowledge and skills in GitOps practices within cloud-native environments.

Licensing authority: Cloud Native Computing Foundation

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GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA)
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this exam.

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
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