The DevOps Professional exam validates that you can deliver software on OCI with disciplined automation and operational safety.
What you should be able to do
- Build CI/CD pipelines (source → build → test → artifact → deploy).
- Use Infrastructure as Code safely (Terraform/Resource Manager concepts).
- Choose deployment strategies (rolling, canary, blue/green) based on risk and rollback needs.
- Configure secrets handling and environment separation (dev/stage/prod).
- Add baseline observability: logs, metrics, alarms, dashboards.
- Troubleshoot release failures and define incident response basics.
Practical prep strategy
- Study by topic using the Syllabus.
- For every pipeline question, answer: “Where is the gate? Where is the rollback?”
- Use the Cheatsheet for fast recall of deployment pickers.