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Istio Service Mesh Essentials (LFS245) + Istio Certified Associate (ICA) Exam Bundle

The Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam demonstrates a solid understanding of Istio principles, terminology, and best practices for setting up Istio.

Dive into Istio, the secure, feature-rich, service mesh solution for Kubernetes-based microservices architecture with Istio Service Mesh Essentials (LFS245).

Purchase the course + ICA for $299 OR get a subscription with unlimited access to all e-learning courses and SkillCreds for $495!

PLEASE NOTE: The ICA exam has changed. Please review more information about the changes on this page. All exams will now be tested on the new curriculum.

Who Is It For
The LFS245 course is tailored for application developers, DevOps engineers and security professionals, familiar with Kubernetes, who need a service mesh layer to effectively operate their containerized systems.
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What You’ll Learn
Learn Istio essentials such as explaining the basic building blocks of Envoy proxy and how it fits within Istio, using the IstioOperator API to install, configure, and secure the mesh, managing traffic using Istio CRDs and Gateway API, and creating policies to install Istio across multiple clusters.
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What It Demonstrates
This course, along with real-world experience and additional study, will provide the skills and knowledge tested by the Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam.
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Course Outline
Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Introduction to Istio Service Mesh
Chapter 3. Installing and Configuring Istio Service Mesh
Chapter 4. Managing Ingress and Egress Traffic
Chapter 5. Managing Traffic with Istio
Chapter 6. Resiliency and Fault Injection
Chapter 7. Observability in Istio
Chapter 8. Security
Chapter 9. Ambient Mesh
Chapter 10. Advanced Topics
Chapter 11. Troubleshooting Istio
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
Exam Details & Resources
The ICA exam is an online, proctored, multiple-choice exam.
Lab Info
For hands-on exercises, access to a Kubernetes cluster is required.

You should be able to complete the lab exercises with a Kubernetes cluster from cloud providers like GCP, AWS, Azure, or Oracle OCI. Some cloud providers offer free tiers or credits, but you may incur charges if you exceed the initially allocated cloud provider credits, or if the cloud provider’s terms and conditions change.

Prerequisites
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Course Includes
Online, Self Paced
20-25 Hours of Course Material
Hands-on Labs & Assignments
12 Months of Access to Online Course
Digital Badge
Discussion Forums
Exam Includes
Online
Duration of Exam 2 Hours
Certification Valid for 2 Years
Includes 12 Month Exam Eligibility
One Retake
PDF Certificate and Digital Badge
Multiple Choice Exam
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Course Experience Level: Beginner
Exam Experience Level: Beginner
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