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Cilium Certified Associate Study Guide

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 cca-banner 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

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Architecture - 20%

Topics

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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