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Demonstrate your understanding of observability, OpenTelemetry, telemetry data, instrumentation, collectors, and cloud native monitoring.

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Domains & Competencies

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Fundamentals of Observability18%

Telemetry Data
Semantic Conventions
Instrumentation
Analysis and Outcomes

The OpenTelemetry API and SDK46%

Data Model
Composability and Extension
Configuration
Signals (Tracing, Metric, Log)
SDK Pipelines
Context Propagation
Agents

The OpenTelemetry Collector26%

Configuration
Deployment
Scaling
Pipelines
Transforming Data

Maintaining and Debugging Observability Pipelines10%

Context Propagation
Debugging Pipelines
Error Handling
Schema Management

A OTCA understands the basic concepts of observability, and how the OpenTelmetry project enables these concepts. They understand the fundamentals of the major components of OpenTelemetry, how they are used, and the best practices for instrumenting cloud native applications for observability with OpenTelemetry.

Exam Details & Resources

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

About the OTCA

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? Consider showing off your Kubernetes & cloud native skills by earning your Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification or go next level and become a Kubestronaut.

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this exam.