The 16 certifications of the Golden Kubestronaut program. Open one to see its domains, exam format and what GoldenKube offers for it.
The five certifications behind the Kubestronaut title.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Performance-based exam on installing, configuring and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters: storage, workloads and scheduling, cluster architecture, services and networking.
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Performance-based exam on designing, building, configuring and exposing cloud native applications on Kubernetes.
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
Performance-based exam on securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms across build, deployment and runtime.
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
Multiple-choice exam on foundational knowledge of Kubernetes and the wider cloud native ecosystem.
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
Multiple-choice exam on the baseline security knowledge for Kubernetes and cloud native environments: cluster components, threat model, platform security and compliance.
The additional certifications required for Golden Kubestronaut.
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator
Performance-based exam on core Linux system administration: operations, networking, storage, essential commands, users and groups.
Prometheus Certified Associate
Multiple-choice exam on observability concepts, Prometheus fundamentals, PromQL, instrumentation and exporters, alerting and dashboarding.
Istio Certified Associate
Performance-based exam on installing and configuring Istio, traffic management, securing workloads and troubleshooting the mesh.
Cilium Certified Associate
Multiple-choice exam on Cilium architecture, network policy, service mesh, Hubble observability, Cluster Mesh, eBPF and BGP.
Certified Argo Project Associate
Multiple-choice exam on the Argo projects: Workflows, CD, Rollouts and Events.
Certified GitOps Associate
Multiple-choice exam on GitOps terminology, principles, related practices, patterns and tooling.
Certified Backstage Associate
Multiple-choice exam on the Backstage development workflow, infrastructure, software catalog and customization.
OpenTelemetry Certified Associate
Multiple-choice exam on observability fundamentals, the OpenTelemetry API and SDK, the Collector, and maintaining observability pipelines.
Kyverno Certified Associate
Multiple-choice exam on Kyverno: installation, the CLI, applying and writing policies, and policy management.
Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate
Multiple-choice exam on platform engineering fundamentals, platform observability and security, delivery, platform APIs, developer experience and measurement.
Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer
Performance-based exam on platform architecture, GitOps and continuous delivery, platform APIs, observability and operations, security and policy enforcement.