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Observability Foundation
Learn how to design, implement, and optimize full-stack observability across modern, distributed systems. Discover how to combine DataOps, AIOps, and DevSecOps practices to enhance security and reliability, and gain hands-on experience with metrics, logs, traces, and automation.
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What will you learn?
Practical view
Learn to implement a successful Observability culture in your organisation, ensuring you can monitor and improve system performance effectively.
Underlying principles
Understand why monitoring alone isn't enough for achieving results in microservices-based environments and the key principles of Observability.
The three pillars
Discover the three essential pillars of Observability—logs, metrics, and traces—and their importance in comprehensive system monitoring.
Open telemetry
Adopt open Telemetry standards to facilitate innovation and seamless distributed tracing, enhancing your observability practices.
Observability maturity model
Explore the Observability Maturity Model to measure and improve your organisation's observability and operational efficiency.
Implementing full-stack Observability
Implement full-stack Observability and distributed tracing to foster a robust DevSecOps culture and improve system
Curating Observability using AI
Use AI to transition from reactive to proactive incident management, leveraging DataOps for a clean data lineage.
Implementing network, container-level Observability
Understand the importance of security in network and container-level Observability to build a resilient Observability culture.
Time-based topology
Learn the value of time-based topology in enhancing Observability for distributed environments, improving overall system insight.
Certification Blueprint
Download the Certification Blueprint to learn more about the various topics, principles and practices covered in this certification.
Observability Foundation

Deepen your understanding of the key observability concepts and practices. Acquire the skills you need to address the growing complexity of microservices, build resilience, and implement end-to-end observability for cloud-native applications.

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Exam
40 questions
Multiple choice
60 minutes
Open book*
Minimum required score to pass: 65%
The exam is available in:
English
Renewal every 3 years
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