Certification > Cloud & Containers > Cloud Foundry Certified Developer (CFCD)

CERTIFICATION

The Certified Cloud Foundry Developer exam is ideal for candidates who want to validate their skill set using the Cloud Foundry platform to deploy and manage applications.

Who Is It For

This certification is for experienced Cloud Foundry developers responsible for deploying and managing applications with Cloud Foundry.

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About This Certification

This is an online proctored exam that can take up to three hours to complete. The exam includes performance-based tasks and multiple choice questions, to test individual developers on their practical and conceptual knowledge of Cloud Foundry and general cloud-native architectural principles.

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What It Demonstrates

A Certified Cloud Foundry developer will competently use Cloud Foundry to deploy and manage applications.

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Domains & Competencies

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Application Lifecycle

Buildpacks
Buildpack sources (system,git)
Stacks
Health checks
Buildpack release notes
Environment Variables
Tasks

Application Management

CF push
CF start/stop/restart/restage
CF delete
CF app
Scaling (horizontal/vertical)
Application manifests

Basics

CLI
CLI plugins
Logging
Targeting
CF help
Orgs & spaces
CF curl

Platform Security

Roles & Permissions
Application security groups

Routing

Route management
Inter-application communication

Services

Service brokers
Managed services
Service instance lifecycle & use
UPSI
Sharing service instances
Space scoped brokers
VCAP_APPLICATION
VCAP_SERVICES
Service keys

Troubleshooting

CF SSH
Route confusion
Out of memory
CF_TRACE
Troubleshoot SVC connection
Route collision

Exam Details & Resources

This is an online proctored exam that can take up to three hours to complete.

It includes performance-based tasks and multiple choice questions, to test individual developers on their practical and conceptual knowledge of Cloud Foundry and general cloud-native architectural principles.

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this exam.

Learning Path

Cloud Foundry Certified Developer (CFCD)

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