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DevOps Engineering Foundation
Understand DevOps' integration with various frameworks, technologies, and practices. Master continuous integration, continuous delivery, deployment, testing, elastic infrastructure, monitoring, and more.
At a glance
What will you learn?
How to engineer DevOps solutions
Learn the principles and practices of DevOps, and how to engineer solutions that enhance performance and deliver benefits to your organisation.
DevOps technologies and applications
Master CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and value stream management in DevOps environments.
Continuous integration
Understand the principles of application architectures, containers, and continuous integration to streamline development processes.
Continuous testing
Explore continuous integration tenets, test creation, TDD, test management, and environment management in a DevOps context.
Ephemeral elastic infrastructures
Learn about virtual and cloud environments, configuration management, infrastructure as code, and GitOps for flexible infrastructures.
Continuous delivery and deployment
Master continuous delivery, deployment strategies, and release automation to ensure efficient and reliable software deployments.
Metrics, monitoring, observability, governance
Understand the importance of metrics, monitoring practices, observability, and governance in maintaining a high-performing DevOps environment.
DevOps Engineering human aspects
Explore team topologies, continuous learning, and future trends in DevOps Engineering to build a strong organisational culture.
Certification Blueprint
Download the Certification Blueprint to learn more about the various topics, principles and practices covered in this certification.

Did you know?
Our DevOps certifications offer unmatched flexibility, with no prerequisites required. Unlike other providers, our certifications allow you to join and progress in your DevOps journey from any starting point.

Popular among professionals who have advanced to roles such as:
DevOps Practice Owners
Process Designers
Software Developers
QA Engineers
Security Engineers
Engineer Systems
Technical Project Managers
Solution Architects
Employees and Managers responsible for engineering or improving processes
Consultants guiding their clients through process improvement and DevOps initiatives
Trusted by companies worldwide
DevOps expertise is in high demand across a broad range of industries. Knowledge of DevOps leads to career opportunities at leading companies worldwide.
Exam
40 questions
Multiple choice
60 minutes
Open book*
Minimum required score to pass: (65%)

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
To ensure our DEVOPS INSTITUTE portfolio aligns with the most in-demand skills, we will be retiring the DevOps Engineering Foundation certification as follows:
Last day to purchase voucher: August 1, 2025
Last Day of Exams (incl. Take2): February 1, 2026


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