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# Course: Prep Course - Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate (CNPA)

> Overview of a hands on Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate course covering platform fundamentals, observability, security, CI CD, provisioning, developer portals, and CNPA exam preparation

Notes for the **Prep Course - Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate (CNPA)** course: 50 lessons across 8 sections.

## Pre-requisites

* [Course Introduction](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/Course-Introduction/page.md)
* [Course Overview](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/Course-Overview/page.md)
* [Why CNPA Certification](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/Why-CNPA-Certification/page.md)
* [CNPA Registration and Exam Day Walkthrough](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/CNPA-Registration-and-Exam-Day-Walkthrough/page.md)
* [CNPA Exam Blueprint](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/CNPA-Exam-Blueprint/page.md)
* [Platform Engineering 101](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Pre-requisites/Platform-Engineering-101/page.md)

## Domain 1 - Platform Engineering Core Fundamentals

* [History of Platform Engineering](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/History-of-Platform-Engineering/page.md)
* [Declarative vs Imperative Resource Management Concepts](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Declarative-vs-Imperative-Resource-Management-Concepts/page.md)
* [Mutable vs Immutable Infrastructure](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Mutable-vs-Immutable-Infrastructure/page.md)
* [DevOps Practices in Platform Engineering](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/DevOps-Practices-in-Platform-Engineering/page.md)
* [Applications Environments Infrastructure Concepts](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Applications-Environments-Infrastructure-Concepts/page.md)
* [Platform Engineering Goals Objectives and Approaches](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Platform-Engineering-Goals-Objectives-and-Approaches/page.md)
* [Platform as a Product](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Platform-as-a-Product/page.md)
* [Platform Architecture and Capabilities](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Platform-Architecture-and-Capabilities/page.md)
* [Continuous Integration Fundamentals](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Continuous-Integration-Fundamentals/page.md)
* [Continuous Delivery and GitOps Fundamentals](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-1-Platform-Engineering-Core-Fundamentals/Continuous-Delivery-and-GitOps-Fundamentals/page.md)

## Domain 2 - Platform Observability, Security, and Conformance

* [Observability Fundamentals](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Observability-Fundamentals/page.md)
* [Tools for Observability](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Tools-for-Observability/page.md)
* [Tools for Platform Security](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Tools-for-Platform-Security/page.md)
* [Secure Service Communication](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Secure-Service-Communication/page.md)
* [Networking Considerations for Platform Engineers](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Networking-Considerations-for-Platform-Engineers/page.md)
* [Policy Engines Governance](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Policy-Engines-Governance/page.md)
* [Kubernetes Security Essentials](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Kubernetes-Security-Essentials/page.md)
* [Security in CICD for Platforms](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-2-Platform-Observability-Security-and-Conformance/Security-in-CICD-for-Platforms/page.md)

## Domain 3 - Continuous Delivery & Platform Engineering

* [CICD Pipeline Architecture Overview](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/CICD-Pipeline-Architecture-Overview/page.md)
* [Continuous Integration Basics](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Continuous-Integration-Basics/page.md)
* [Artifact Management](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Artifact-Management/page.md)
* [Continuous DeliveryDeployment Basics](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Continuous-DeliveryDeployment-Basics/page.md)
* [Deployment Types and Strategies](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Deployment-Types-and-Strategies/page.md)
* [CICD Security at All Stages](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/CICD-Security-at-All-Stages/page.md)
* [Continuous Delivery GitOps](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Continuous-Delivery-GitOps/page.md)
* [GitOps for Application Environments](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/GitOps-for-Application-Environments/page.md)
* [Incident Response in Platform Engineering](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-3-Continuous-Delivery-Platform-Engineering/Incident-Response-in-Platform-Engineering/page.md)

## Domain 4 - Platform APIs and Provisioning Infrastructure

* [Kubernetes API Reconciliation](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Kubernetes-API-Reconciliation/page.md)
* [Custom Resources CRDs for Self Service APIs](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Custom-Resources-CRDs-for-Self-Service-APIs/page.md)
* [Infrastructure Provisioning with Kubernetes](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Infrastructure-Provisioning-with-Kubernetes/page.md)
* [Kubernetes Operator Patterns](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Kubernetes-Operator-Patterns/page.md)
* [Resource Management and Scaling](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Resource-Management-and-Scaling/page.md)
* [Cost and Value for Platform Engineering](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-4-Platform-APIs-and-Provisioning-Infrastructure/Cost-and-Value-for-Platform-Engineering/page.md)

## Domain 5 - Internal Developer Platforms & Developer Experience

* [Simplified Access](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-5-Internal-Developer-Platforms-Developer-Experience/Simplified-Access/page.md)
* [API Driven Portals](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-5-Internal-Developer-Platforms-Developer-Experience/API-Driven-Portals/page.md)
* [Developer Portals With Backstage](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-5-Internal-Developer-Platforms-Developer-Experience/Developer-Portals-With-Backstage/page.md)
* [AI ML in Platform Operations](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-5-Internal-Developer-Platforms-Developer-Experience/AI-ML-in-Platform-Operations/page.md)

## Domain 6 - Measuring Your Platform

* [Operational Efficiency Developer Experience](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-6-Measuring-Your-Platform/Operational-Efficiency-Developer-Experience/page.md)
* [DORA Metrics](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-6-Measuring-Your-Platform/DORA-Metrics/page.md)
* [Recovery Incident Management and Restoration](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-6-Measuring-Your-Platform/Recovery-Incident-Management-and-Restoration/page.md)
* [Continuous Improvement](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-6-Measuring-Your-Platform/Continuous-Improvement/page.md)
* [Platform Maturity Models](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Domain-6-Measuring-Your-Platform/Platform-Maturity-Models/page.md)

## Mock Exams & Final Prep

* [Exam Day Tips](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Mock-Exams-Final-Prep/Exam-Day-Tips/page.md)
* [Beyond CNPA](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-Associate-CNPA/Mock-Exams-Final-Prep/Beyond-CNPA/page.md)


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