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

> Course overview for preparing and practicing hands‑on skills to design, build, and operate cloud native platforms and pass the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer exam.

Notes for the **Prep Course - Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering (CNPE)** course: 70 lessons across 7 sections.

## Course Introduction

* [Introduction](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Course-Introduction/Introduction/page.md)
* [Why CNPE](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Course-Introduction/Why-CNPE/page.md)
* [CNPE Certification Overview](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Course-Introduction/CNPE-Certification-Overview/page.md)

## Platform Architecture and Infrastructure

* [Your Platform Blueprint Architecture That Scales](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Your-Platform-Blueprint-Architecture-That-Scales/page.md)
* [Right Sizing 101 Requests Limits QoS and Scheduling Part 1](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Right-Sizing-101-Requests-Limits-QoS-and-Scheduling-Part-1/page.md)
* [Right Sizing 101 Requests Limits QoS and Scheduling Part 2](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Right-Sizing-101-Requests-Limits-QoS-and-Scheduling-Part-2/page.md)
* [Multi Tenancy Made Practical Models Tradeoffs Guardrails Part 1](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Multi-Tenancy-Made-Practical-Models-Tradeoffs-Guardrails-Part-1/page.md)
* [Multi Tenancy Made Practical Models Tradeoffs Guardrails Part 1](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Multi-Tenancy-Made-Practical-Models-Tradeoffs-Guardrails-Part-1/page.md)
* [Resource Governance Defaults Limits and Quotas](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Resource-Governance-Defaults-Limits-and-Quotas/page.md)
* [Defaults Budgets Designing LimitRanges and Quotas](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Defaults-Budgets-Designing-LimitRanges-and-Quotas/page.md)
* [Persistent Storage Concepts Volumes Claims and Provisioners](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Persistent-Storage-Concepts-Volumes-Claims-and-Provisioners/page.md)
* [Demo Storage Classes in Action](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Demo-Storage-Classes-in-Action/page.md)
* [Platform Networking Concepts](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Platform-Networking-Concepts/page.md)
* [Demo Traffic Flow with Services and Ingress](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Demo-Traffic-Flow-with-Services-and-Ingress/page.md)
* [Cost for Platforms What Drives Spend and How to Reduce It](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Cost-for-Platforms-What-Drives-Spend-and-How-to-Reduce-It/page.md)
* [Demo Cost Visibility with OpenCost](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-Architecture-and-Infrastructure/Demo-Cost-Visibility-with-OpenCost/page.md)

## GitOps and Continuous Delivery

* [GitOps Explained Desired State Drift and Reconciliation](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/GitOps-Explained-Desired-State-Drift-and-Reconciliation/page.md)
* [Repo Design That Works Apps Infra Environments Promotion](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Repo-Design-That-Works-Apps-Infra-Environments-Promotion/page.md)
* [Configuration Templating Parameterization and Environment Management](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Configuration-Templating-Parameterization-and-Environment-Management/page.md)
* [GitOps Tool Landscape ArgoCD vs Flux](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/GitOps-Tool-Landscape-ArgoCD-vs-Flux/page.md)
* [ArgoCD Overview Applications Sync Policies and Helm Integration](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/ArgoCD-Overview-Applications-Sync-Policies-and-Helm-Integration/page.md)
* [Demo GitOps Delivery with ArgoCD UI](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Demo-GitOps-Delivery-with-ArgoCD-UI/page.md)
* [Demo GitOps Delivery with ArgoCD CLI](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Demo-GitOps-Delivery-with-ArgoCD-CLI/page.md)
* [CICD on Kubernetes Pipelines Tasks Artifacts and Flow](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/CICD-on-Kubernetes-Pipelines-Tasks-Artifacts-and-Flow/page.md)
* [Demo Tekton Pipelines](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Demo-Tekton-Pipelines/page.md)
* [Progressive Delivery Canary Blue Green and Safe Rollbacks](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Progressive-Delivery-Canary-Blue-Green-and-Safe-Rollbacks/page.md)
* [Service Mesh Integration for Progressive Delivery](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Service-Mesh-Integration-for-Progressive-Delivery/page.md)
* [Demo Progressive Delivery with Argo Rollouts](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Demo-Progressive-Delivery-with-Argo-Rollouts/page.md)
* [Delivery Troubleshooting Drift Permissions and Bad Configs](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/GitOps-and-Continuous-Delivery/Delivery-Troubleshooting-Drift-Permissions-and-Bad-Configs/page.md)

## Platform APIs and Self-Service Capabilities

* [APIs as Products Designing Your Platform Contract](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/APIs-as-Products-Designing-Your-Platform-Contract/page.md)
* [Extending Kubernetes Custom Resources and API Extensions](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Extending-Kubernetes-Custom-Resources-and-API-Extensions/page.md)
* [CRD Design Patterns Versioning Status and Printer Columns](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/CRD-Design-Patterns-Versioning-Status-and-Printer-Columns/page.md)
* [Demo Building a Custom Resource Definition](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Demo-Building-a-Custom-Resource-Definition/page.md)
* [Operators Controllers Reconcile Like a Pro](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Operators-Controllers-Reconcile-Like-a-Pro/page.md)
* [Demo Reading Operator Status and Conditions](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Demo-Reading-Operator-Status-and-Conditions/page.md)
* [Workflow Orchestration DAGs Steps and Event Driven Automation](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Workflow-Orchestration-DAGs-Steps-and-Event-Driven-Automation/page.md)
* [Demo Workflow Automation with Argo Workflows](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Demo-Workflow-Automation-with-Argo-Workflows/page.md)
* [Platform Building Blocks Crossplane XRs Compositions and Functions](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Platform-Building-Blocks-Crossplane-XRs-Compositions-and-Functions/page.md)
* [Demo Compositions with Crossplane](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Demo-Compositions-with-Crossplane/page.md)
* [Crossplane Functions](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Crossplane-Functions/page.md)
* [Demo Crossplane Functions](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Demo-Crossplane-Functions/page.md)
* [Choosing the Right Engine Operators vs Workflows vs Pipelines](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Platform-APIs-and-Self-Service-Capabilities/Choosing-the-Right-Engine-Operators-vs-Workflows-vs-Pipelines/page.md)

## Observability and Operations

* [Observability for Platforms What to Measure and Why](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Observability-for-Platforms-What-to-Measure-and-Why/page.md)
* [Metrics Architecture Collection Storage and Querying](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Metrics-Architecture-Collection-Storage-and-Querying/page.md)
* [Demo Metrics Collection with Prometheus](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Demo-Metrics-Collection-with-Prometheus/page.md)
* [Prometheus Alerting Rules AlertManager and Notification Routing](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Prometheus-Alerting-Rules-AlertManager-and-Notification-Routing/page.md)
* [Visualization and Dashboards Turning Data into Insight](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Visualization-and-Dashboards-Turning-Data-into-Insight/page.md)
* [Demo Connecting a Datasource in Grafana](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Demo-Connecting-a-Datasource-in-Grafana/page.md)
* [Demo Building Dashboards in Grafana](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Demo-Building-Dashboards-in-Grafana/page.md)
* [Distributed Tracing Context Propagation and Trace Analysis](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Distributed-Tracing-Context-Propagation-and-Trace-Analysis/page.md)
* [Trace Visualization and Root Cause Analysis](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Trace-Visualization-and-Root-Cause-Analysis/page.md)
* [Demo Tracing with OpenTelemetry and Jaeger](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Demo-Tracing-with-OpenTelemetry-and-Jaeger/page.md)
* [Logging for Platforms Patterns That Scale](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Logging-for-Platforms-Patterns-That-Scale/page.md)
* [Incident Playbook Triage Fix Validate Repeat](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Observability-and-Operations/Incident-Playbook-Triage-Fix-Validate-Repeat/page.md)

## Security and Policy Enforcement

* [Platform Security Simplified Threats Guardrails and Trust](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Platform-Security-Simplified-Threats-Guardrails-and-Trust/page.md)
* [RBAC You Can Live With Least Privilege Without Pain](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/RBAC-You-Can-Live-With-Least-Privilege-Without-Pain/page.md)
* [Demo RBAC Roles and Bindings](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-RBAC-Roles-and-Bindings/page.md)
* [Admission Control Policies That Prevent Bad Deployments](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Admission-Control-Policies-That-Prevent-Bad-Deployments/page.md)
* [Demo Admission Webhooks in Action](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-Admission-Webhooks-in-Action/page.md)
* [OPA Gatekeeper Constraint Based Policy Enforcement](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/OPA-Gatekeeper-Constraint-Based-Policy-Enforcement/page.md)
* [Demo Policy as Code with Gatekeeper](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-Policy-as-Code-with-Gatekeeper/page.md)
* [Kyverno Kubernetes Native Policy Management](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Kyverno-Kubernetes-Native-Policy-Management/page.md)
* [Demo Supply Chain Guardrails with Kyverno](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-Supply-Chain-Guardrails-with-Kyverno/page.md)
* [Pod Security Standards Your Baseline Safety Net](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Pod-Security-Standards-Your-Baseline-Safety-Net/page.md)
* [Demo Applying Pod Security Standards](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-Applying-Pod-Security-Standards/page.md)
* [Service Mesh Security Encryption and Identity](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Service-Mesh-Security-Encryption-and-Identity/page.md)
* [Demo mTLS with Istio](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Demo-mTLS-with-Istio/page.md)
* [Security in Delivery Build Pipelines That Ship Safely](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Security-and-Policy-Enforcement/Security-in-Delivery-Build-Pipelines-That-Ship-Safely/page.md)

## Conclusion

* [Course Conclusion](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Conclusion/Course-Conclusion/page.md)
* [Exam Tips and Tricks](/docs/Prep-Course-Certified-Cloud-Native-Platform-Engineering-CNPE/Conclusion/Exam-Tips-and-Tricks/page.md)


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