CloudBees CI Curriculum
Learn which courses are available as self-paced and instructor-led as well as their learning objectives.
Training and Certification by Role
CloudBees CI learning paths outlined by role.
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Configuration as Code* Courses released early 2023. |
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Level 2: Administration series* Courses released early 2023. |
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CloudBees CI Essentials
About this course
This course is a high-level overview of core features of CloudBees CI. It explains the use cases of core features, as well as how they take your Jenkins experience to an enterprise level. As an entry point for exploring CloudBees CI capabilities, this course helps you understand how CloudBees CI works in a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) environment.
Course duration is one hour.
What you will learn
- Recognize the core terminology, main components, and use cases of CloudBees CI.
- Define Pipelines and identify different project types and use cases.
- Recognize capabilities that facilitate collaboration, efficiency, and standardization for your Pipeline jobs.
- Recognize CloudBees CI proprietary features that increase developer productivity.
- Identify CloudBees CI support tools and programs and how to access them.
- Describe how CloudBees CI reliability technology helps minimize disruption and data loss.
- Explain how CloudBees CI supports managing Pipeline builds, plugins, build resources, and configurations at an enterprise scale.
- Describe security features and how CloudBees CI handles audit and compliance.
Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to become conversational and gain a high-level understanding of CloudBees CI.
Prerequisites
No training prerequisites are needed to take this course, but a basic understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is helpful.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CI Essentials
Designed for everyone to test their conversational understanding of what CloudBees CI can do.
CloudBees CI Level 1: Basics
About this course
This introductory course builds on the knowledge learned in the CloudBees CI: Essentials self-paced course. It combines an informational and instructional curriculum with entry-level, hands-on lab exercises. Students will gain the experience of a basic user of CloudBees CI, as well as practical exposure to core features. These features are then explored in greater detail in more specialized training courses.
This course starts with an overview of DevOps concepts and how these concepts relate to CloudBees CI. Students will learn how to perform basic user tasks in CloudBees CI, including navigating the user interface, accessing information and jobs, and running an existing Pipeline. Implementation and configuration topics are covered in DevOps and administration-specific courses.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 4 hours for self-paced (your time may vary) or 2 days for instructor-led training.
Optionally, earn a CloudBees CI Associate certification after this class.
What you will learn
- Distinguish between DevOps concepts.
- Understand the relationship between CloudBees CI and DevOps concepts.
- Access the operations center, controllers, and information on a controller.
- Articulate the role of a CI Pipeline in the software development life cycle.
- Examine a Jenkinsfile and describe the job process defined in it.
- Run a Pipeline in CloudBees CI.
- Analyze the logs after a Pipeline run is completed.
- Explain additional job runs that may take place after a successful CI Pipeline run.
Audience
- Anyone who needs introductory usage and hands-on experience with CloudBees CI.
- End users in both managerial and implementation roles, such as individuals who need to navigate the CloudBees CI user interface, view and run jobs, or review job status.
- Individuals who wish to take additional CloudBees CI Level 1 and Level 2 courses.
- Roles may be DevOps Engineer, Developer, QA Engineer, Operations Engineer, Release Manager, Engineering Manager, Administrator.
Prerequisites
- Complete the CloudBees CI: Essentials course.
- The CloudBees CI Essentials certification is not required before this course but is recommended to ensure proficiency in this foundational knowledge.
- General familiarity with the software development life cycle.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
NOTE: Admins should skip to the CloudBees CI Admin Associate
certification. DevOps Engineers should skip to the CloudBees CI DevOps Associate
certification.
CloudBees CI Associate
Users of CloudBees CI can test their basic usage and implementation knowledge. Admins should skip to the Admin Associate certification.
CloudBees CI Level 1: Administration
About this course
After completing this course, the student will gain hands-on guided experience with administrative tasks. More detailed implementation, configuration, and best practices for specific administrative tasks are covered in Level 2 courses.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 5 hours for self-paced (your time may vary) or 2 days of instructor-led training.
Optionally, earn a CloudBees CI Admin Associate certification after this class.
What you will learn
- Set up your cluster understanding the foundations of a CloudBees CI platform
- Manage and secure the plugins needed for the CI process using the CloudBees Assurance Program (CAP) and the Beekeeper Upgrade Assistant (Beekeeper)
- Manage users and groups and configure access control with RBAC(Role-based Access Control) and the Folders Plus plugin.
- Manage credentials that users can later use inside Pipelines or to configure plugins.
- Execute Pipelines using different types of agents.
- Standardize the creation of Pipelines by creating and using Pipeline Templates, Pipeline Template Catalogs and Shared Libraries.
- Improve your work with Pipelines using reporting and collaboration tools.
Audience
The course is for anyone who needs introductory, hands-on usage knowledge and experience for CloudBees CI administrative tasks. It is also a required prerequisite for CloudBees CI Level 2 admin courses.
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with DevOps concepts.
- A basic understanding of command line usage, scripting, and security is recommended.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CI Level 1: Basics course and its prerequisites.
- Optionally, it is recommended that you have earned the CloudBees CI Essentials certification.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
NOTE: Admins can skip the CloudBees CI Associate certification and
go straight to the CloudBees CI Admin Associate certification. DevOps Engineers can skip
the
CloudBees CI Associate certification and go straight to the CloudBees CI DevOps
Associate certification.
CloudBees CI Admin Associate
DevOps Engineers, Administrators, and Operations Engineers can test their proficiency with CloudBees CI administrative tasks.
CloudBees CI Level 1: Pipeline Implementation
About this course
Building on topics covered in CloudBees CI: Essentials, CloudBees CI Level 1: Basics, and CloudBees CI Level 1: Admin, this course begins with creating a simple Declarative Pipeline and building a Multibranch Pipeline job. Learners will progressively add features and functionality to control the Pipeline flow of execution such as running stages in parallel and applying logic and environment variables. Learners will then call custom steps from a shared library and create a Pipeline with a standardized template. Upon completion, learners should demonstrate an understanding of the capabilities of a Declarative Pipeline and be able to apply this competency when implementing a continuous integration Pipeline in their own roles.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 8 hours for self-paced (your time may vary) or 2 days of instructor-led training.
Optionally earn a CloudBees CI DevOps Associate certification after this class.
What you will learn
- Implement stages and steps for a simple Declarative Pipeline
- Create and configure a Multibranch Pipeline job
- Implement a multi-environment Declarative Pipeline
- Implement parallelization
- Control Pipeline flow of execution with directives and options
- Troubleshoot common Pipeline errors
- Call custom steps from a shared library
- Build a Pipeline with a standardized Pipeline Template in a Pipeline Template Catalog
Audience
- End users who oversee the entire DevOps process and need hands-on implementation knowledge and experience for CloudBees CI Pipelines.
- Individuals who are responsible for implementing Pipelines for development teams.
- Individuals who wish to leverage CloudBees CI capabilities to standardize and scale their Pipelines.
Prerequisites
- Complete the following courses: CloudBees CI: Essentials, CloudBees CI Level 1: Basics, CloudBees CI Level 1: Admin
- The CloudBees CI Essentials and CloudBees CI Associate certifications are not required before this course but are recommended to ensure proficiency in this specialized knowledge.
- Basic admin-level user experience of CloudBees CI.
- Practical experience reviewing and running Pipelines in CloudBees CI obtained from either taking the prerequisite courses, or in the user’s role.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CI DevOps Associate
Test your knowledge of basic CI practices and processes, including administration and building and implementing Pipelines.
CloudBees CI Level 2: Advanced Pipeline Implementation
About this course
This course builds on topics covered in CloudBees CI Level 1: Pipeline Implementation. It focuses on DevOps implementation for establishing and enforcing Pipeline standards as well as improving Pipeline efficiency.
Course duration with lab exercises is approximately 4 hours for self-paced (your time may vary) or 1 day for instructor-led training.
This course will be available in 2023.
Earn a CloudBees CI Advanced Pipeline Implementation digital badge after this class.
What you will learn
- Configure Pipeline Template Catalogs
- Configure Pipeline projects using Pipeline Templates
- Leverage shared libraries to extend Pipeline functionality
- Create an organization folder with a custom project recognizer
- Configure remote collaboration
Audience
This course is for DevOps Engineers and Operations Engineers who establish and enforce Pipeline standards as well as focus on Pipeline efficiency.
Prerequisites
- Complete the CloudBees CI Level 1: Pipeline Implementation course and its prerequisites.
- A basic understanding of scripting is recommended but not required.
- Before proceeding, it is required that you have completed the CloudBees CI Level 1: Pipeline Implementation course and its prerequisites.
- The CloudBees CI DevOps Associate certification is not required before this course but is recommended to ensure proficiency in this foundational knowledge.
Digital Badge
After completing all the CloudBees CI Level 2 DevOps courses, including this one, you will be prepared for the following digital badge quiz.
CloudBees CI Advanced Pipeline Implementation
DevOps Engineers can test their knowledge of establish and enforce Pipeline standards as well as focus on Pipeline efficiency.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CI DevOps Professional
Test your in-depth Continuous Integration knowledge as a DevOps Professional.
CloudBees CI Level 2: Configuration as Code
About this course
This level 2 course provides advanced hands-on exercises focused on using Configuration as Code to automate CloudBees CI tasks taught in the CloudBees CI Level 1: Administration course as well as the two Pipeline courses for DevOps Engineers.
Earn a CloudBees CI Configuration as Code badge after this course.
This course is required for both the CloudBees CI DevOps Professional and CloudBees CI Admin Professional certifications.
NOTE: Course, badge, and the CloudBees CI DevOps Professional certification to be released in early 2023.
Digital Badge
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following digital badge quiz.
CloudBees CI Configuration as Code
DevOps Engineers can test their knowledge of implementing Configuration as Code.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CI DevOps Professional
Test your in-depth Continuous Integration knowledge as a DevOps Professional.
CloudBees CI Level 2: Administration series
About this course
This series of courses provides advanced hands-on exercises focused on administrative tasks for CloudBees CI introduced in the CloudBees CI Level 1: Administration course.
Earn a CloudBees CI Admin badge after each course in the series. After successfully earning all the badges, validate your proficiency by taking the CloudBees CI Professional Admin certification exam.
Courses and badges to be released throughout 2022 and 2023.
Digital Badges
Digital badges to be released throughout 2022 and 2023.
Certifications
After completing this course, you will be prepared for the following certification exams.
CloudBees CI Admin Professional
Test your in-depth Continuous Integration knowledge as a professional administrator.