HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (002) Exam
The HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (002) certification validates your proficiency in the fundamentals of HashiCorp Consul, an open-source tool for service discovery and orchestration within infrastructure environments. By earning this credential, you demonstrate your ability to leverage Consul's functionalities to effectively manage service registration, health checks, and secure service communication across your infrastructure.
Who Should Take This Exam?
- Cloud Engineers: Aspiring or existing cloud engineers specializing in security, development, or operations, seeking to strengthen their knowledge of service discovery with Consul.
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs): Individuals working in SRE roles who want to effectively manage and orchestrate services within their infrastructure.
- Network Engineers: Network engineers seeking to understand how Consul can be used for service discovery and network segmentation.
- Operations Professionals: Anyone working with microservices architectures who wants to gain proficiency in using Consul to manage service communication and health.
Course Outline
The HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate Exam covers the following topics -
- Explain Consul architecture
- Deploy a single datacenter
- Register services and use service discovery
- Access the Consul key/value (KV)
- Back up and restore
- Use Consul service mesh
- Secure agent communication
- Secure services with basic access control lists (ACL)
- Use gossip encryption
HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (002) Exam FAQs
How far in advance do I need to cancel or reschedule my appointment?
You must reschedule or cancel your exam up to 48 hours before your appointment time.
Can the exams be taken using a Linux operating system?
As of October 2020 it is no longer possible to take an exam using Linux. Reestablishing Linux compatibility is a top priority and we are committed to getting it done as soon as possible. Enter your email in the “Stat Informed” box above to be notified when Linux support returns.
What is a passing score?
HashiCorp does not publish our pass percentage or correct answer threshold.
What is the retake policy?
1. You must wait seven days between exam attempts;
2. You can only attempt an exam three times total in a one year period;
3. If you have passed the exam, you can not retake it
I passed my exam and have my badge. How do I get my certificate?
Your certificate is attached to your badge in Acclaim. To find it, log in to youracclaim.com, navigate to your badge, click the Share button, and then the printer icon.
How far in the future can exams be scheduled?
You can schedule your exam up to 3 months in advance.