DevOps Essentials Professional Certification
An entry-level credential confirming that the holder understands the core ideas of DevOps: why it exists, the CAMS principles, continuous integration and delivery, and the main tools. Aimed at anyone starting out in DevOps.
Why Take It
It gives developers, operations staff and administrators a shared vocabulary for DevOps so they can take part in a move away from siloed delivery and discuss automation, monitoring and delivery pipelines with confidence.
Who It's For
- IT professionals new to DevOps
- Software developers
- System administrators
- Anyone considering a DevOps career
What You'll Be Able to Do
- Explain what DevOps is, what it is not, and why organisations adopt it
- Describe the CAMS principles: Culture, Automation, Measurement and Sharing
- Outline the software development life cycle and where continuous integration and delivery fit
- Distinguish the roles of product managers, developers, operations and the business in DevOps
- Relate DevOps to Agile, Scrum and ITSM (ITIL)
- Recognise common tools such as Git, Docker, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet and cloud platforms
- Plan an incremental DevOps adoption and assess an organisation's current state
What the Syllabus Covers
- DevOps overview, history and purpose
- Definitions: what DevOps is and is not; benefits
- Software development life cycle and Agile software development
- Continuous integration, delivery and monitoring
- DevOps principles and the CAMS acronym
- Roles and responsibilities in DevOps
- Organisational challenges and configuration management
- DevOps with Agile, Scrum and ITSM (ITIL)
- DevOps culture and incremental adoption
- DevOps tools overview: Git, cloud platforms, Docker, Chef, Jenkins, Puppet
- Resources, checklist, self-assessment and current report analysis
Exam and Credential
- Questions
- 40
- Time Allowed
- 60 minutes
- Format
- Multiple choice
- Pass Mark
- 32 out of 40 (80%)
- Delivery
- Online; proctoring at the participant's discretion
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Digital Badge
- Yes
- Valid For
- 3 years
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites.
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