The exam covers 20 questions and will take you approximately 30min to complete.
The topics covered in the exam include:
- The Theory of Chaos Engineering
- Using Gremlin to practice Chaos Engineering
To prepare for this exam, we recommend both learning about Chaos Engineering and using Gremlin to learn by doing.
Gremlin has some very easy to use Chaos Engineering tools/scenarios at https://www.gremlin.com/ , e.g. Blackhole to drop all matching network traffic in a safe scenario test. You can sign-up for a Gremlin account for exam purposes here: gremlin.com/buttons.
Gremlin is also easy to try out more at the AWS marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-tosyg6v5cyney?qid=1623737218823&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title (Free Edition: 1 Team, 1 Agent, 2 Attacked Targets Monthly, Unlimited Attacks; cost = $0!)
- Chaos Engineering: the history, principles, and practice https://www.gremlin.com/community/tutorials/chaos-engineering-the-history-principles-and-practice/
- Reducing MTTD for High-Severity Incidents https://www.gremlin.com/oreilly-reducing-mttd-for-high-severity-incidents/
- Testing disaster recovery with Chaos Engineering https://www.gremlin.com/community/tutorials/testing-disaster-recovery-with-chaos-engineering/
- How to Install and Use Gremlin Locally with Docker Desktop https://www.gremlin.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-gremlin-locally-with-docker-for-mac/
- Gremlin Scenarios Walkthrough https://www.gremlin.com/community/tutorials/gremlin-scenarios-walkthrough/
- Gremlin Daemon Client Overview https://www.gremlin.com/docs/infrastructure-layer/daemon-client-overview/
- Gremlin Command Line Interface https://www.gremlin.com/docs/infrastructure-layer/command-line-interface/
- What is Chaos Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXhd30tDqBc&t=18s
- Chaos Engineering: The Path to Reliability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPFCVOIWYlA
- What is Gremlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O92v-QwRtek
- Chaos Engineering in 60 seconds - Scheduled Shutdown Attack (aka Chaos Monkey) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQsg73KlV0
- Building Reliability One Step at a Time: https://webinars.devops.com/building-reliability-one-step-at-a-time
- Podcast: Break Things on Purpose | Ep. 9: Kolton Andrus, CEO and Co-Founder at Gremlin: https://www.gremlin.com/blog/podcast-break-things-on-purpose-ep-9-kolton-andrus-ceo-and-co-founder-at-gremlin/
- Podcast: Break Things on Purpose | Ep. 7: Matthew Simons, Senior Product Development Manager at Workiva: https://www.gremlin.com/blog/podcast-break-things-on-purpose-ep-7-matthew-simons-senior-product-development-manager-at-workiva/
- Database Chaos with Tammy Butow: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/04/10/database-chaos-with-tammy-butow/
- Incident Reproduction with Tammy Butow: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/10/16/incident-reproduction-with-tammy-butow/
We wish you the best of luck preparing for your examination!
Reliably Yours, The Gremlin Team