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Aspire     Infrastructure Support Engineer to CloudOps Engineer     CloudOps Engineer Track 3: CloudOps Apprentice

Final Exam: CloudOps Apprentice will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the CloudOps Apprentice track of the Aspire Infrastructure Support Engineer to CloudOps Engineer Journey.



Objectives

Final Exam: CloudsOps Apprentice

  • classify the benefits of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud and identify the challenges faced by enterprises when transforming to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
  • compare physical and virtual clusters and define the concept of virtual clusters based on application partitioning
  • compare the differences between hybrid, on-premises, and single cloud deployment solutions
  • configure an instance for high availability in GCP
  • configure a template that defines EC2 instances and use it to create an EC2 auto-scaling group
  • configure hybrid cloud connectivity between AWS and on-premises environments
  • create and configure AWS Outpost to run AWS services on-premises
  • create a simple multi-cloud Docker cluster involving AWS and Azure using Docker Swarm
  • define a path for successful DevOps transformation that can, in turn, help leverage the principles and practices of continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • define the concept of a hybrid cloud and describe the key components of a hybrid cloud solution
  • define the concept of clustering and outline the different cluster architectures that can be configured to support failover and load balancing in traditional deployments
  • demonstrate the steps involved in configuring AWS to connect with other public cloud platforms
  • deploy applications to multiple regions of high availability environment using the AWS Codepipeline to improve the latency and availability of application
  • describe the basic principles of failover along with the features of real application clusters to implement in high availability systems
  • describe the concept and characteristics of elasticity and scalability provided by cloud
  • describe the data model, datasets, dataset fields, field types, categories and inheritance used to create reports
  • describe the different types of automation approaches that can be adopted to build robust DevOps practices for solutioning complex applications with diversified integrations  
  • describe the features of Splunk that helps implement observability solution for CloudOps
  • describe the key components of Splunk Search Processing Language that can be used to get expected outcomes from datasets
  • identify the critical problems that can be eliminated by adopting DevOps principles and practices and in doing so, evolve the appropriate techniques for progression solution adoption
  • identify the features of the prominent tools that are used for multi-cloud deployment, management and cost control
  • identify the key components of Splunk Search Processing Language that can be used to get expected outcomes from datasets
  • implement a pool of Docker hosts into a single virtual server to allow clustering with built-in Swarm orchestration
  • list and compare the features of clustering topologies and name the critical cluster components used to manage enterprise applications
  • list the cloud and container orchestration tools used to allocate virtual machines and containers for additional resource integration
  • list the core products and developers’ tools provided by Splunk that can be used to collect data, index and implement visualization service for operational intelligence
  • list the DevOps practices that help enterprises innovate faster through automation and the streamlining of software development and infrastructure management processes
  • list the primary AWS services used for setting up operating models and implementing hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
  • list the prominent benefits that are driving the growth of multi-cloud deployments along with the key considerations for planning multi-cloud deployments
  • list the prominent tools that help set up, configure, and deploy applications in multi-cloud environments
  • list the steps involved in hybrid cloud migration strategies that help realize the full potential of hybrid computing
  • name the standard network topologies used for hybrid and multi-cloud setups that also apply cloud and CloudOps best practices
  • outline the DevOps principles that guide implementation to achieve quicker and more reliable software development and delivery
  • outline the primary multi-cloud operating model and strategies used to transition to the cloud and multi-cloud environments
  • outline the process of enabling DevOps in a hybrid cloud environment
  • recall the approach to transition from traditional multi-cloud deployment to secure CI/CD deployment
  • recall the challenges of monitoring hybrid and multi-cloud environments along with the features afforded by prominent monitoring tools to address the challenges
  • recall the CI/CD process used to implement continuous delivery and release of applications in single cloud environment
  • recall the core DevOps principles that help define strategies for successful DevOps implementation
  • recall the critical multi-cloud deployment challenges along with the CAMP and TOSCA principles that are applied to facilitate flexible multi-cloud deployments
  • recall the critical use cases that illustrate the need for adopting a multi-cloud deployment strategy
  • recall the different types of outages that need to be addressed using high availability solutions
  • recall the different types of release management processes that help adapt to changing architectures and delivery processes  
  • recall the key cloud architecture patterns used to design high availability solutions and help avoid a single point of failure at each layer
  • recall the key components of integrated solution design that can be used to manage and optimize the multi-cloud environment and administration of different environments
  • recall the key considerations and mindset change required to build CloudOps pipelines for multi-cloud application deployment
  • recall the key design considerations and benefits of setting up a multi-cloud disaster recovery process in AWS and Azure
  • recall the prominent deployment strategies that can be adopted to plan deployment mechanism in the cloud
  • recognize how Agile and Lean principles used in the DevOps lifecycle help build effective practices for enterprises to ensure effective governance in Ops-enabled full stack organizations  
  • recognize the benefits and pitfalls of implementing high availability deployment
  • recognize the business challenges that drive enterprises to adopt hybrid cloud solutions
  • recognize the capabilities of Splunk that help discover problems and use operational intelligence to gain insights for business productivity
  • recognize the critical challenges faced by enterprises when implementing a hybrid cloud environment with DevOps practices
  • recognize the features of the prominent tools that are used for multi-cloud deployment, management and cost control
  • recognize the role of container orchestration in implementing CI/CD pipelines
  • recognize the role of virtual machines and cluster virtualization in data centers and name prominent clustered environment resource managers
  • recognize the various flavours of Splunk along with the benefits of using Splunk cloud
  • recognize the various multi-cloud architecture designs that form part of an effective cloud deployment strategy
  • set up monitoring tools to monitor solutions deployed in hybrid environments
  • use the Data Model Editor to design new data model, add root event dataset and root search dataset to the data model