IBM Cloud Professional Developer

Overview

“This course will soon be retired"

This training provides content relevant to the IBM Cloud Developer perspective and workflow. You will progress through topics covering automated development tools, application deployment on IBM Cloud, application security, and integration with IBM Cloud services. Upon successful completion of the IBM Cloud Developer training, learners enrolled in the Verified Certificate Track will receive an edX certificate as well as a code for 50% off the IBM Cloud Developer certification exam. Upon receiving a passing score on the exam, the IBM Cloud Services certification will be awarded by Credly.

Syllabus

Introduction:

Indicate the role of an IBM Cloud Developer

Using IBM Cloud:

Identify IBM Cloud features and benefits for Cloud developers

Automated Development Tools:

Identify fundamental concepts of Continuous Delivery Services
Identify the features available when using Tekton pipelines on IBM Cloud
Indicate the benefits when using DevOps Toolchains on IBM Cloud
Identify the fundamental concepts of IBM Cloud Schematics

Deploying an Application:

Indicate the purpose of IBM Cloud Container Registry
Recognize the considerations when deploying an application using IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service on IBM Cloud
Recognize the considerations when deploying an application using Red Hat® OpenShift® on IBM Cloud
Recognize the considerations when deploying an application using Code Engine on IBM Cloud
Distinguish between IBM Cloud Platform compute options
Identify appropriate use cases for VSIs, Bare Metal Servers and VMware solutions in IBM Cloud Platform

Application Security

Identify access controls when using IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Indicate the reasons an IBM Cloud Developer would use App ID when developing an application
Indicate the purpose of secure key management on IBM Cloud and the best practices when using Secrets Manager
Identify the role of service accounts in container security
Indicate the use of role-based access control (RBAC) in Kubernetes
Identify the key security aspects of cloud-native applications

Integrating IBM Cloud Services

Determine the IBM Cloud Object Storage elements that secure data at rest, data in motion, and data access
Distinguish between the IBM Cloud Database services
Understand the importance of IBM Log Analysis from a DevSecOps perspective
Understand the importance of IBM Cloud Monitoring from a DevSecOps perspective
Indicate the capabilities of the IBM Watson® Text to Speech and IBM Watson Speech to Text APIs
Identify the use of Cloud Internet Services