The SUSE Certified Administrator (SCA) in SUSE Rancher Prime certification is designed for DevOps engineers and system administrators who work with SUSE Rancher Prime. This certification demonstrates fundamental knowledge of the architecture and components of SUSE Rancher Prime, as well as processes for registering, provisioning, configuring, and performing backup and restore operations for Kubernetes clusters. It validates the expertise required to manage user authentication, authorization, and role management while handling application and workflow management on downstream clusters. Furthermore, it confirms an understanding of Kubernetes multi-cluster management and the implementation of continuous delivery pipelines with GitOps using Fleet. The certification also focuses on the integrated product suite included with Rancher Prime, introducing foundational knowledge of the SUSE Application Collection, SUSE Security, and SUSE Observability.
Detailed Objectives
- SUSE Rancher Packaging
- Rancher Architecture
- Requirements for SUSE Rancher Prime Deployment
- SUSE Rancher Prime Deployment for Testing
- Accessing the SUSE Rancher Prime User Interface
- Navigating within the SUSE Rancher Prime User Interface
- Node and Cluster Agents
- Importing an Existing Kubernetes Cluster
- Provisioning a Cluster on Existing Nodes
- Node and Cluster Drivers
- Cluster Provisioning to the Cloud
- Cluster API
- User and Group Management
- Controlling Authorization with Roles
- Projects and Namespaces
- Workload Deployment
- Application Management with Helm
- SUSE Application Collection
- Quotas
- Project Fleet
- Continuous Delivery
- Monitoring a Downstream Cluster
- Logging on a Downstream Cluster
- External Log Output
- Introduction to SUSE Observability
- Managing Extensions
- Security Scanning
- Securing Clusters with SUSE Admission Policy Manager
- Container Security and Vulnerability Scanning with SUSE Security Section 12: Command Line Access with SUSE Rancher Prime
- Command-Line Access to Rancher and Downstream Clusters
- Using kubectl for Rancher-Managed Downstream Clusters
- Rancher API
- Backups in Rancher Environments
- Downstream Cluster Snapshots
- Upgrading Downstream Clusters
- Restoring Downstream Clusters
- Backing up and Restoring SUSE Rancher Prime
- SUSE Rancher Prime Migration
- Upgrading SUSE Rancher Prime
Prerequisites
To earn the SCA in in SUSE Rancher Prime, you need to pass the core exam. There are no prerequisites to achieve the certification.
Exams and recommended training
The exam covers the content in the following course:
Course SUSE Rancher Prime Deployment and Operations (RAN201V2.12)
As with all SUSE certifications, course work is not required. You need to pass this certification exam and meet the prerequisites in order to achieve the certification. We highly recommend you study the objectives and prepare for the exam.