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Calico Certification

Resources to advance your Kubernetes Networking, Security and Observability knowledge

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Why Calico Certifications?

Kubernetes is the de-facto standard for deploying and managing cloud-native applications at scale, both on-premises and in the cloud. Calico is the most popular open-source networking and security solution for Kubernetes. Calico Cloud and Calico Enterprise, provide advanced capabilities to secure, observe and troubleshoot cloud-native applications.

Benefits of Calico Certifications

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Credibility

Increase your credibility as a cloud-native application expert

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Confidence

Gain the confidence you need to run mission-critical cloud-native workloads in production

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Career Advancement

Advance your skills for next-generation cloud-native applications

Who Should Take the Certifications?

Network Engineers

Understand how software-defined Kubernetes networking works, how to configure and manage a cloud-native application network

Security Engineers

Learn, how to holistically secure your cloud-native application following today’s best practices

DevOps and SREs

Learn how to include observability in your CI/CD pipeline to enable actionable monitoring, real-time observability, and troubleshooting

Platform Architects

Learn, how to network, secure, observe and troubleshoot highly distributed, dynamic and ephemeral applications

Certifications:

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Certified Calico Operator: Level 1

This course will cover how Kubernetes networking works, how to configure and manage a Calico network, and how to secure your Kubernetes cluster.

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Certified Calico Operator: Level 1

What the Course Covers

  • Introduction to Kubernetes Networking
  • Installing Calico
  • Everything you need to know about Network Policy, including:
    • Introduction to Network Policy
    • Best Practices for Network Policy
    • Managing Trust Across Teams
    • Network Policy for Hosts and NodePorts
  • Everything you need to know about network connectivity, including:
    • Pod Connectivity Fundamentals
    • Calico’s Next Generation eBPF Dataplane
    • Encrypting Data in Transit
    • Fun with IP Address Management
    • Peering with BGP
  • Everything you need to know about Kubernetes Services, including:
    • Introduction to Kubernetes Services
    • Understanding Kube-Proxy Service Handling
    • Understanding Calico Native Service Handling
    • Advertising Services
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Certified Calico Operator: AWS Expert

This course will contrast several options for deploying Kubernetes in AWS and examine how the default AWS networking works. It will also describe how to best configure and manage Calico in AWS, and how to use it to secure your AWS Kubernetes clusters.

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Certified Calico Operator: AWS Expert
What the Course Covers

  • Week 1
    • Get Started with AWS Networking
    • Kubernetes Cluster Options in AWS
    • Kubernetes Networking Options in AWS
    • Kubernetes Network Security in AWS
    • Exposing Services Outside the Cluster
    • Lab Setup
  • Week 2
    • EKS Deployment Overview
    • EKS Lab with AWS-CNI
    • Securing a demo application with Calico Policy
    • Deploying an Elastic Load Balancer
  • Week 3
    • The AWS CNI with Calico eBPF
    • Deploying EKS with Calico eBPF
    • Deploying a demo application with eBPF
    • Deploying EKS with Calico CNI
    • IP Address Allocation Review
    • Enabling Encryption
  • Week 4
    • Self-Managed Installation Options
    • kOps Overview
    • kOps with Calico CNI
    • Using an Application Load Balancer
    • Deploying Istio
    • Deploying Calico Application Layer Policy with Istio
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Certified Calico Operator: eBPF

This course will provide an introduction to eBPF and then describe Calico’s eBPF pluggable data plane, reviewing the benefits and recommended scenarios for use, and demonstrating the data plane in live labs across multiple deployment scenarios.

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Certified Calico Operator: eBPF
What the Course Covers

  • Week 1
    • Get Started with eBPF
    • Lab Setup
    • Writing an eBPF program
    • Writing a Kernel Probe for Tracing
    • Understanding the Tools
    • eBPF in Kubernetes
  • Week 2
    • GCP Lab Setup
    • Deploying Calico with eBPF on Upstream Kubernetes
    • Key Benefits of the Calico eBPF Data Plane
  • Week 3
    • Deploying Calico with eBPF on OpenShift
    • Understanding Calico eBPF and CNI Choice
    • Deploying a Rancher RKE Cluster with eBPF, and connecting to a Rancher Server
  • Week 4
    • Calico eBPF and WireGuard
    • Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Calico eBPF Data Plane
    • Advanced Topics
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Certified Calico Operator: Azure Expert

This course will cover an introduction to Azure cloud, learnings about managed, self-managed and hybrid cluster deployment using Calico in Azure, and hands-on labs to help learners explore most of the features in Calico – Azure integration.

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Certified Calico Operator: Azure Expert
What the Course Covers

  • Week 1
    • Introduction
    • Get Started With Azure Networking
    • Kubernetes Cluster Options in Azure
    • Kubernetes Networking Options in Azure
    • Kubernetes Network Security in Azure
    • Exposing Services Outside the Cluster
    • Lab setup
    • Knowledge Check
  • Week 2
    • Introduction
    • Deploying AKS kubenet with Calico
    • YaoBank Deployment
    • Cluster Security
    • Lab Cleanup
    • Knowledge Check
  • Week 3
    • AKS Deployment Azure-CNI with Calico CNI
    • Node operations
    • Enable Encryption (WireGuard)
    • Multiplatform setup
    • Securing Windows Workloads
    • Lab Cleanup
    • AKS Bring Your Own CNI
    • YaoBank Deployment
    • Calico eBPF dataplane
    • Lab Cleanup
    • Knowledge Check
  • Week 4
    • Self-Managed Cluster Deployment with Calico
    • Calico Installation and Configurations
    • Upgrading Calico
    • Istio Integration
    • Lab Cleanup
    • Knowledge Check
  • Final Exam
    • Final Exam Introduction
    • Final Exam

Not quite ready to get certified?

Learn more about Kubernetes Networking in this newly released eBook written by Alex Pollitt, CTO and Co-Founder of Tigera and Co-Creator of Project Calico. The eBook shares everything you need to confidently approach Kubernetes networking and security, starting with basic networking concepts, all the way through to advanced Kubernetes networking with eBPF.

Access the eBook here

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