Certification > Clouds and Containers > Certified Backstage Associate (CBA)

CERTIFICATION

Internal development platforms are essential to fast developer & engineering onboarding, cross-team collaboration & product innovation. Earning your CBA proves you have the skills & the mindset to work with Backstage to advance your career, your team & your organization.

CBA Exam Includes:

✔ 12-months to schedule & take the exam
✔ Two exam attempts
✔ Digital badge showcasing your achievement

Now Available! You can bundle CBA with a THRIVE-ONE Annual Subscription to get access to more than 100 educational products and SkillCreds for only $495!

How will the CBA benefit me?

Proves you can leverage & build standardized developer platforms
Shows your commitment to increased productivity & collaboration
Prepares you for new job & career opportunities

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Domains & Competencies

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Backstage Development Workflow24%

Build and run Backstage projects locally
Understand local development workflows
Compile a Backstage project with TypeScript
Download and install dependencies for a Backstage project with NPM/Yarn
Use Docker to build a container image of a Backstage project

Backstage Infrastructure22%

Understand the Backstage framework
Configure Backstage
Deploy Backstage to production
Understand Backstage client-server architecture

Backstage Catalog22%

Understand how/why to use Backstage Catalog
Populate Backstage Catalog
Using annotations
Working with manually registered entity locations
Troubleshooting entity ingestion
Working with automated ingestion

Customizing Backstage32%

Understand frontend versus backend plugins
Customizing Backstage plugins
Make changes to React code in Backstage App
Using Material UI components

About the CBA

Once you pass the exam, be sure to add your new badge to your LinkedIn, LFX, GitHub & other profiles to help you better connect with the open source community and distinguish yourself as certified for prospective employers.
What comes next? Check out all our Linux, Kubernetes & specialized certifications to continue to build your career profile.

Exam Details & Resources

This exam is an online, proctored, multiple-choice exam.