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OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

As cloud native systems grow more complex, the demand for professionals who can leverage telemetry data is growing rapidly. Open new career paths – prove your expertise in OpenTelemetry – the industry standard for tracing, metrics & logs.

OTCA includes:

✔ 12-months to schedule & take the exam
✔ Two exam attempts

Now Available! You can bundle OTCA with an annual THRIVE subscription to get access to more than 100 educational products and SkillCreds for only $495!

IMPORTANT: The OTCA certification exam is now available for purchase, but the ability to schedule the OTCA exam will not be available until January 2025.

How will the OTCA benefit me?

  • Prove your observability expertise
  • Play key roles in modern DevOps or platform engineering
  • Help meet the growing demand for skilled observability experts
  • Show you have the ability to improve cross-team collaboration
  • Enhance your role in performance optimization

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Should I have other certifications?
Showing you have a solid foundation in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, DevOps & security are essential for any cloud pro. This includes earning LFCS, CKA, CKAD & CKS certifications.
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Domains & Competencies
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Fundamentals of Observability18%
Telemetry Data
Semantic Conventions
Instrumentation
Analysis and Outcomes
The OpenTelemetry API and SDK46%
Data Model
Composability and Extension
Configuration
Signals (Tracing, Metric, Log)
SDK Pipelines
Context Propagation
Agents
The OpenTelemetry Collector26%
Configuration
Deployment
Scaling
Pipelines
Transforming Data
Maintaining and Debugging Observability Pipelines10%
Context Propagation
Debugging Pipelines
Error Handling
Schema Management
A OTCA understands the basic concepts of observability, and how the OpenTelmetry project enables these concepts. They understand the fundamentals of the major components of OpenTelemetry, how they are used, and the best practices for instrumenting cloud-native applications for observability with OpenTelemetry.
Exam Details & Resources
This exam is an online, proctored, multiple-choice exam.
About the OTCA
Once you pass the exam, be sure to add your new badge to your LinkedIn, LFX, GitHub & other profiles to help you better connect with the open source community and distinguish yourself as certified for prospective employers.

What comes next? Consider showing off your Kubernetes & cloud native skills by earning your Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification or go next level and become a Kubestronaut.

Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this exam.
OTCA + Subscription Bundle

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Online
Certification Valid for 2 Years
Includes 12 Month Exam Eligibility
One Retake
Multiple Choice Exam
Duration of Exam 90 minutes
Experience Level: Beginner
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