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Cilium Certified Associate Certification Study Guide

Cilium Certified Associate Study Guide

The aim of this study guide is to help the Cilium community prepare for the CNCF's Cilium Certified Associate(CCA) Exam 🐝

About the Certification

You can find all you need to know about the Certification on its official page.

General Overview

Installation and Configuration - 10%

Topics

  • Know How to Use Cilium CLI to Query and Modify the Configuration
  • Using Cilium CLI to Install Cilium, Run Connectivity Tests, and Monitor its Status

Resources

Architecture - 20%

Topics

  • Understand the Role of Cilium in Kubernetes Environments
  • Cilium Architecture
  • IP Address Management (IPAM) with Cilium
  • Cilium Component Roles
  • Datapath Models

Resources

Network Policy - 18%

Topics

  • Interpret Cilium Network Polices and Intent
  • Understand Cilium's Identity-based Network Security Model
  • Policy Enforcement Modes
  • Policy Rule Structure
  • Kubernetes Network Policies versus Cilium Network Policies

Resources

Service Mesh - 16%

Topics

  • Know How to use Ingress or Gateway API for Ingress Routing
  • Service Mesh Use Cases
  • Understand the Benefits of Gateway API over Ingress
  • Encrypting Traffic in Transit with Cilium
  • Sidecar-based versus Sidecarless Architectures

Resources

Network Observability - 10%

Topics

  • Understand the Observability Capabilities of Hubble
  • Enabling Layer 7 Protocol Visibility
  • Know How to Use Hubble from the Command Line or the Hubble UI

Resources

Cluster Mesh - 10%

Topics

  • Understand the Benefits of Cluster Mesh for Multi-cluster Connectivity
  • Achieve Service Discovery and Load Balancing Across Clusters with Cluster Mesh

Resources

eBPF - 10%

Topics

  • Understand the Role of eBPF in Cilium
  • eBPF Key Benefits
  • eBPF-based Platforms versus IPtables-based Platforms

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BGP and External Networking 6%

Topics

  • Egress Connectivity Requirements
  • Understand Options to Connect Cilium-managed Clusters with External Networks

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Next Steps

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