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CERTIFICATION + THRIVE-ONE SUBSCRIPTION BUNDLE

Bundle the Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam with a THRIVE-ONE Annual subscription and save.

Includes the companion course, Istio Service Mesh Essentials (LFS245), plus unlimited e-Learning, weekly microlearning, SkillCred exams, digital badges, and exclusive subscriber benefits.

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Develop the skills and confidence to succeed with expert-created learning resources through your THRIVE-ONE Annual subscription (LFS245 included).

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Validate Your Expertise

Demonstrate your understanding of Istio traffic management, security, resiliency, observability, and service mesh operations in Kubernetes environments.

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Continue building your skills with THRIVE-ONE Annual, featuring unlimited e-Learning, weekly microlearning, SkillCred exams, digital badges, and exclusive subscriber benefits.

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Exam Domains & Competencies

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Installation, Upgrade & Configuration20%

Installing Istio with istioctl or Helm
Installing Istio in Sidecar or Ambient Mode
Customizing your Istio Installation
Upgrading Istio (Canary, In-Place)

Traffic Management35%

Configuring Ingress and Egress Traffic
Configuring Routing within a Service Mesh
Defining Traffic Policies with Destination Rules
Configuring Traffic Shifting
Connecting In-Mesh Workloads to External Workloads and Services
Using Resilience Features (circuit breaking, failover, outlier detection, timeouts, retries)
Using Fault Injection

Securing Workloads25%

Configuring Authorization
Configuring Authentication (mTLS, JWT)
Securing Edge Traffic with TLS

Troubleshooting20%

Troubleshooting Configuration
Troubleshooting the Mesh Control Plane
Troubleshooting the Mesh Data Plane