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DevOps Engineer course

DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02): 6 modules, 18 lessons and 6 quizzes. This exam is multiple choice, so the practice is the course and original questions. The lab runtime is kubeadm clusters only, and this page does not include an AWS account.

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A course and practice questions

6 modules, 18 lessons and 6 quizzes (48 original questions). About 3 h 13 min of reading. The lab runtime is kubeadm clusters only, so this page does not include an AWS account.

  • 6 modules

    18 lessons mapped to the domains in the public exam guide.

  • 6 quizzes

    48 original practice questions, with an explanation for every answer. They are not exam items.

  • 180-minute exam

    The length published for this exam. This page does not offer a timed mock.

Exam domains

Domains from the public guide

The domain weights below sum to 100. The official page is the source of truth: DevOps Engineer – Professional exam page.

  • SDLC Automation

    22%of the exam

    4 competencies

    • Implement CI/CD pipelines
    • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
    • Build and manage artifacts
    • Implement deployment strategies for instance, container, and serverless environments

  • Configuration Management and IaC

    17%of the exam

    3 competencies

    • Define cloud infrastructure and reusable components to provision and manage systems throughout their lifecycle
    • Deploy automation to create, onboard, and secure AWS accounts in a multi-account or multi-Region environment
    • Design and build automated solutions for complex tasks and large-scale environments

  • Security and Compliance

    17%of the exam

    3 competencies

    • Implement techniques for identity and access management at scale
    • Apply automation for security controls and data protection
    • Implement security monitoring and auditing solutions

  • Resilient Cloud Solutions

    15%of the exam

    3 competencies

    • Implement highly available solutions to meet resilience and business requirements
    • Implement solutions that are scalable to meet business requirements
    • Implement automated recovery processes to meet RTO and RPO requirements

  • Monitoring and Logging

    15%of the exam

    3 competencies

    • Configure the collection, aggregation, and storage of logs and metrics
    • Audit, monitor, and analyze logs and metrics to detect issues
    • Automate monitoring and event management of complex environments

  • Incident and Event Response

    14%of the exam

    3 competencies

    • Manage event sources to process, notify, and take action in response to events
    • Implement configuration changes in response to events
    • Troubleshoot system and application failures

Curriculum

6 modules, 18 lessons, 6 quizzes

Lesson titles from the course. The questions stay in the quizzes, and the answers are not published here.

01SDLC automation3 lessons · 35 min · quiz, 8 questions

Build the pipeline, put tests in it, keep the artifacts honest, and choose a deploy that can roll back. Domain: SDLC Automation.

  1. lessonCI/CD pipelines12 min
  2. lessonTests and artifacts11 min
  3. lessonDeployment strategies12 min
02Configuration management and IaC3 lessons · 32 min · quiz, 8 questions

Describe infrastructure as code, vend accounts with the same baseline, and automate the work that does not fit in one stack. Domain: Configuration Management and IaC.

  1. lessonInfrastructure as code11 min
  2. lessonAccounts at scale11 min
  3. lessonAutomation beyond one stack10 min
03Resilient cloud solutions3 lessons · 32 min · quiz, 8 questions

Stay up across failures, scale to the load you actually have, and recover inside the RTO and RPO you wrote down. Domain: Resilient Cloud Solutions.

  1. lessonHigh availability11 min
  2. lessonScaling to the load10 min
  3. lessonRecovery, RTO, and RPO11 min
04Monitoring and logging3 lessons · 31 min · quiz, 8 questions

Collect logs and metrics across accounts, notice the failure in them, and wire the alarm to something that can act. Domain: Monitoring and Logging.

  1. lessonCollect logs and metrics11 min
  2. lessonDetect from logs and metrics10 min
  3. lessonEvent management10 min
05Incident and event response3 lessons · 31 min · quiz, 8 questions

Turn events into actions, change configuration on purpose, and debug the deploy that stuck halfway. Domain: Incident and Event Response.

  1. lessonEvent sources and actions10 min
  2. lessonChange configuration in response10 min
  3. lessonTroubleshoot failed deploys and systems11 min
06Security and compliance3 lessons · 32 min · quiz, 8 questions

Identity at pipeline scale, controls that travel with the deploy, and an audit trail that is not optional. Domain: Security and Compliance.

  1. lessonIdentity for pipelines and fleets11 min
  2. lessonControls that travel with the change11 min
  3. lessonAudit and security monitoring10 min

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