CloudBees CD/RO Curriculum
Learn which courses are available as self-paced and instructor-led as well as their learning objectives.
Training and Certification by Role
CloudBees CD/RO learning paths outlined by role.
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Admin 2 series* Courses released early 2023. |
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CloudBees CD/RO Essentials
About this course
The CloudBees CD/RO Essentials self-paced course begins by exploring terminology and concepts and the relationships between the components of the CloudBees platform. Then, moving on to the core features that explain what it is and what it does, but we reserve the “how” it works for the successive courses. Although there is no lab environment for this course, you will get to interact with various media throughout, and by the end of this learning journey, you will be familiar with the core functionality of CD/RO. As a bonus, this content will help to prepare you for the CloudBees CD/RO Essentials certification exam.
Course duration is approximately 1 hour; your time may vary.
Optionally earn a CloudBees CD/RO Essentials certification after this course.
What you will learn
- List and describe key CloudBees DevOps terms.
- Describe the relationships between CD/RO and the key components of the CloudBees platform.
- Give an example of CD/RO management-at-scale.
- List and describe Deployment Automation concepts.
- Describe Release Orchestration and provide an example.
- Describe the Reporting capabilities.
Audience
This course is recommended for the CloudBees curious and anyone interested in what CloudBees CD/RO can do for your deployments. As a course that is independent of technical roles, it provides a good review for all audiences, regardless of knowledge and experience levels.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of the principles of software development, delivery, and operations.
- General IT business knowledge or general IT technical knowledge is desirable.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CD/RO Essentials
Designed for everyone to test their conversational understanding of what CloudBees CD/RO can do.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics
About this course
This course builds on the knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO: Essentials course. It focuses on how to use basic features and capabilities of CloudBees CD/RO and is designed with entry-level, hands-on lab exercises to provide practical exposure to core features. These features are then explored in greater detail within the more advanced CloudBees CD/RO training courses that are available.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 2-4 hours; your time may vary. Optionally earn a CloudBees CD/RO Associate certification after this class.
What you will learn
- Describe concepts and features that can be applied across CloudBees CD/RO.
- Build a basic application, environments, pipeline, and release using CD/RO Service Catalog templates.
- Configure projects, properties, and parameters.
- Configure and run basic procedures.
- View jobs information for pipelines and procedures.
- View and modify access control on objects in CloudBees CD/RO.
- Access and edit DSL in CloudBees CD/RO.
- Use dashboards and reporting features at a basic level.
Audience
- A basic understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and Software Releases.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CD/RO: Essentials course and its prerequisites.
- DevOps Engineer
- Developer
- QA Engineer
- Operations Engineer
- Release Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Administrator
Prerequisites
- Complete the following course:
- Familiarity or experience with software development lifecycles and software release processes.
- Optionally, earn CloudBees CD/RO Essentials certification.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams. NOTE: Admins should skip to the CloudBees CD/RO Admin Associate certification.
CloudBees CD/RO Associate
Users of CloudBees CD/RO can test their basic usage and implementation knowledge.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration
About this course
This course builds on the introductory knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics course. It dives deeper into release orchestration topics and is designed with hands-on labs to give students practical exposure to Release Orchestration features and functionality.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 2 hours; your time may vary.
What you will learn
- Build a release pipeline, including stages, tasks, and gates, from scratch using Cloudbees CD/RO features and functionality
- Describe pipeline task types that are available
- Run a pipeline on a schedule
- Plan and track a release
- Use analytics dashboards to gain insight into releases
Audience
The course is for engineers creating release automations.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of software release processes is recommended.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics course and its prerequisites.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration Implementation
About this course
This course builds on the knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration course. The course focuses on how to implement release automation using advanced features and functionality. It includes hands-on labs to reinforce knowledge gained in the course.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 2 hours; your time may vary.
What you will learn
- Build and run a release using advanced features, such as conditions and error handling
- Configure email notifications
- Add custom links in Job Details and Stage Summaries
- Track change history
- Describe basic troubleshooting techniques
Audience
The course is for engineers creating release automations.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of software release processes is recommended.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration course and its prerequisites.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation
About this course
Building on the knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO Release Orchestration courses, this course focuses on deployment automation concepts aud usage. It includes hands-on labs to reinforce knowledge.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 2 hours; your time may vary.
What you will learn
- Describe artifact management and how it works with CloudBees CD/RO
- Describe concepts used in modeling applications and environments
- Create and use application and environment snapshots
- Create and use credentials and impersonation
- Describe deployment and rollback strategies
- Use dashboards to gain insight into deployment automation processes
Audience
The course is for engineers automating deployments.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle is recommended.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed CloudBees CD/RO: Essentials, CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics, and the CloudBees CD/RO Release Orchestration courses and their prerequisites.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation Implementation
About this course
This course builds on the knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation course. It covers the implementation of application and environment modeling and application deployment using CloudBees CD/RO and is designed with hands-on lab exercises designed to give students practical exposure to these features.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 2 hours; your time may vary.
What you will learn
- Apply terminology and concepts to implement deployment automation in CloudBees CD/RO
- Model applications and environments in CloudBees CD/RO
- Build a deployment automation and deploy an artifact using the automation
- Associate environments to applications
- Run an application deployment
Audience
The course is for engineers automating deployments.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle is recommended.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation course and its prerequisites.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CD/RO DevOps Associate Certification
Focuses on the broad spectrum of knowledge and practical skills required for active CloudBees CD/RO DevOps professionals, including basic concepts, admin skills, Release Orchestration, Deployment Automation, etc.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Administration
About this course
This course covers administrative tasks for CloudBees CD/RO.
Optionally earn a CloudBees CD/RO Admin Associate certification after this class.
What you will learn
Students will gain hands-on experience with basic CloudBees CD/RO administrative tasks.
Audience
The course is for anyone who needs introductory, hands-on usage knowledge and experience for CloudBees CD/RO administrative tasks. It is also a required prerequisite for CloudBees CD/RO Level 2 admin courses.
Prerequisites
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics course and its prerequisites.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams. NOTE: Admins can skip the CloudBees CD/RO Associate certification and go straight to the CloudBees CD/RO Admin Associate certification. DevOps Engineers can skip the CloudBees CD/RO Associate certification and go straight to the CloudBees CD/RO DevOps Associate certification.
CloudBees CD/RO Admin Associate
DevOps Engineers, Administrators, and Operations Engineers can test their proficiency in CloudBees CD/RO administrative tasks.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 2: Analytics
About this course
This course covers use and creation of reports and dashboards in CloudBees CD/RO. It builds on the knowledge learned in CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics and CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Admin courses, focusing on how to display CloudBees CD/RO data in reports and dashboards. It combines informational and instructional curriculum with hands-on exercises to reinforce knowledge learned in the course.
The course begins with an overview of the analytics architecture, the data model, and terminology. It then focuses on how to create new dashboards and reports using built-in data within CloudBees CD/RO. Learners will have the opportunity to create new reports ands dashboards using their course lab environments.
Pass an assessment at the end of the course to earn a CloudBees CD/RO Analytics digital badge
What you will learn
- Describe terminology and concepts associated with CloudBees CD/RO analytics.
- Examine analytics architecture and the data model.
- Identify CloudBees CD/RO dashboards that are available and the use for each dashboard.
- Create basic reports and dashboards using built-in report object types.
Audience
Individuals, such as Administrators or DevOps Engineers, who will need to view and create CloudBees CD/RO reports and dashboards at a basic level.
Prerequisites
Complete the following courses:
- CloudBees CD/RO: Essentials (self-paced).
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics (self-paced or instructor-led).
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Admin (for Administrator roles only; self-paced or instructor-led).
CloudBees CD/RO Level 2: DSL
About this course
The CloudBees CD/RO Level 2: DSL course focuses on how to access and use domain-specific language (DSL) in CloudBees CD/RO, including when to use groovy DSL versus YAML. It builds on introductory knowledge learned in the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1 courses. The course contains lab exercises that demonstrate basic use cases for using DSL. These use cases can later be applied to other scenarios. Pass an assessment at the end of the course to earn a CloudBees CD/RO DSL digital badge.
What you will learn
- Describe what DSL is and the benefits of using DSL.
- Differentiate when to use groovy DSL versus YAML DSL.
- Generate and evaluate DSL using different methods.
- Create and modify objects using DSL.
- Use DSL for basic use cases.
- Troubleshoot DSL issues.
Audience
- Roles that involve CloudBees CD/RO implementation or configuration.
- Anyone who will be creating, modifying, and maintaining pipelines, procedures, or other objects in CloudBees CD/RO.
- Individuals who wish to take additional CloudBees CD/RO Level 2 courses.
Prerequisites
Have familiarity with creating objects in CloudBees CD/RO, such as building pipelines and procedures.
Complete the following courses:
- CloudBees CD/RO: Essentials (self-paced)
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Basics (self-paced or instructor-led)
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Admin (for Administrator roles only; self-paced or instructor-led)
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Release Orchestration Implementation
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation
- CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Deployment Automation Implementation
CloudBees CD/RO Level 2: Administration series
About this course
This series of courses provides advanced hands-on exercises focused on administrative tasks for CloudBees CD/RO introduced in the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Administration course.
Earn a CloudBees CD/RO Admin badge after each course in the series. After successfully earning all the badges, validate your proficiency by taking the CloudBees CD/RO Admin Professional certification exam.
Self-paced courses and badges to be released throughout 2023.
What you will learn
Students will gain hands-on experience with basic CloudBees CD/RO administrative tasks.
Audience
The course is for CloudBees CD/RO administrators.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CD/RO Level 1: Admin course and its prerequisites.
Digital Badges
Digital badges for each course in the series to be released throughout 2023.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CD/RO Admin Professional
Demonstrate your expertise with the most advanced administrative tasks and use cases for CloudBees CD/RO.
CloudBees CD/RO Level 2: DevOps series
About this course
This series of courses provides advanced hands-on exercises focused on DevOps tasks for CloudBees CD/RO introduced in the Release Orchestration and Deployment Automation courses.
Earn a CloudBees CD/RO DevOps badge after each course in the series. After successfully earning all the badges, validate your proficiency by taking the CloudBees CD/RO DevOps Professional certification exam.
Note: Self-paced courses and badges to be released throughout 2023. The CloudBees CD/RO Professional Admin certification exam to be released in 2023.
What you will learn
Students will gain hands-on experience with advanced CloudBees CD/RO DevOps tasks.
Audience
The course is for DevOps professionals who work with CloudBees CD/RO.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the courses required to earn the CloudBees CD/RO DevOps Associate certification. The certification is recommended but not required to start this series of curriculum.
Digital Badges
Digital badges for each course in the series to be released throughout 2023.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CD/RO DevOps Professional
Demonstrate your expertise with the most advanced DevOps tasks and use cases for CloudBees CD/RO.