Microservices Practice Exam

Microservices is the practice of developing and using an software application to be a collection of individual services serving a specific goal and the  integration of all these address a bigger requirement. The services uses APIs for communication. This architecture approach enables quicker development as well as provides scalability and reliability of each to be implemented easily. The certification includes containerization, service orchestration, API management, and security for microservice.

Why is Microservices certification important?

• The certification validates your skills and knowledge in microservices architecture and development.
• Validates your knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools.
• Boosts your credibility in microservices.
• Improves your employability in new age companies.
• Certifies your ability to develop scalable and reliable systems.
• Acts as a foundation for for career progression in DevOps and cloud computing.

Who should take the Microservices Exam?

• Software Developer
• DevOps Engineer
• Cloud Architect
• Solutions Architect
• Backend Developer
• Technical Lead
• Application Developer
• Integration Specialist
• Systems Engineer

Skills Evaluated

Candidates taking the certification exam on the Microservices is evaluated for the following skills:

• Microservices principles and patterns.
• Containerization and Docker.
• Orchestration and Kubernetes.
• Service discovery, load balancing, and API management.
• CI/CD pipelines and automation
  
• Debugging, monitoring, and optimizing
  

Microservices Certification Course Outline
The course outline for Microservices certification is as below -

1. Introduction to Microservices:

• Principles of microservices architecture.
• Comparison with monolithic architecture.

2. Designing Microservices:

• Domain-driven design (DDD) basics.
• Service boundaries and data management.

3. Communication Between Services:

• Synchronous vs. asynchronous communication.
• Messaging protocols and tools (REST, gRPC, RabbitMQ).

4. Containerization and Orchestration:

• Using Docker for containerization.
• Kubernetes fundamentals: pods, services, and deployments.

5. API Management:

• Designing RESTful APIs.
• API gateways and service meshes (e.g., Istio).

6. Security in Microservices:

• Authentication and authorization.
• Securing inter-service communication.

7. Monitoring and Debugging:

• Logging and tracing tools (ELK stack, Prometheus, Jaeger).
• Debugging distributed systems.

8. Understanding CI/CD Pipelines

• Implement continuous integration and deployment.
• Understanding Automation tools
  

9. Understanding Fault Tolerance and Resilience:

• Understanding Circuit breakers, retries, and failover mechanisms.
• Understanding Load balancing and service discovery.

10. Understanding Deployment Strategies

• Understanding Blue-green deployments.
• Understanding Canary releases and rolling updates.