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Demonstrate your understanding of GitOps principles, terminology, workflows, automation, continuous delivery, and cloud native deployment practices.

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Domains & Competencies

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GitOps Terminology20%

Continuous
Declarative Description
Desired State
State Drift
State Reconciliation
GitOps Managed Software System
State Store
Feedback Loop
Rollback

GitOps Principles30%

Declarative
Versioned and Immutable
Pulled Automatically
Continuously Reconciled

Related Practices16%

Configuration as Code (CaC)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
DevOps and DevSecOps
CI and CD

GitOps Patterns20%

Deployment and Release Patterns
Progressive Delivery Patterns
Pull vs. Event-driven
Architecture Patterns (in-cluster and external reconciler, state store management, etc.)

Tooling14%

Manifest Format and Packaging
State Store Systems (Git and alternatives)
Reconciliation Engines (ArgoCD, Flux, and alternatives)
Interoperability with Notifications, Observability, and Continuous Integration Tools

The purpose of the Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA) certification is to provide assurance that CGOAs can effectively demonstrate their understanding of GitOps principles, terminology, and best practices in setting up a GitOps managed software system in addition to related practices such as Configuration of Code, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps & DevSecOps, and CI & CD and how to map them to GitOps.

Exam Details & Resources

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

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this exam.