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MinIO Certified Administration Practitioner
The Core Certification to Demonstrate MinIO Skills
The MinIO Certified Administrator - Practitioner Exam is designed to validate an individual's practical skills in administrating MinIO.
Summary
The MinIO Certified Administrator - Practitioner exam validates the essential skills required to deploy, secure, and scale a production MinIO object store.
Exam Description
A professional who has earned the MinIO Certified Administrator - Practitioner certification has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to administrate a production MinIO storage cluster at scale. These skills include deployment, object lifecycle management, replication, security, and recovery, among others.
Describe the process for deploying data encryption
Identify data encryption process steps
Describe the process for deploying TLS for network encryption
Erasure Code
Describe the functionality of erasure coding
Deploy a server pool that supports erasure code
Configure erasure code parity
Describe the impact of erasure set size
Events
Register an event destination
Subscribe to an event notification
Lifecycle Management
Configure expiration of objects
Register a transition tier
Configure transition of objects
Set up version-based retention of objects
Filter object lifecycles by prefix and tags
Manage Deployments
Expand an existing deployment
Decommission a server pool
Upgrade a deployment
MinIO Client
Set up an alias
Create and configure buckets
Manipulate objects
Configure services
Monitoring
Create a watch on a bucket
Register a cluster with SUBNET
Set up SUBNET health reporting
View trace logs
Export metrics to Prometheus
Configure MinIO to show historical metrics
Recover after Failure
Describe the process for replacing a drive
Describe the process for replacing a node
Describe the process for replacing a site
Replication
Enable active-passive bucket replication
Enable active-active bucket replication
Deploy site replication between two or more MinIO clusters
Configure MinIO users with appropriate replication policies
Initiate batch replication
Retention
Configure governance locks
Configure compliance locks
Set a default locking policy on a bucket
Enable a legal hold
Disable a legal hold
Security
Define an authorization policy
Set up MinIO users and groups
Use LDAP for authentication
Connect LDAP users and groups to MinIO policies
Use OpenID for authentication
Claim policies with OpenID
Versioning
Enable versioning on a bucket
Create a delete marker
Suspend versioning on a bucket
Delete specific object versions
Learner Outcomes
Career growth
If you're looking for a boost in your career, a MinIO certification is an invaluable tool to position yourself as skilled at cloud native computing.
Demonstrate expertise
The MinIO certification exam focuses on the applied, real world skills most needed to administer a production deployment as identified by the MinIO Engineers who deliver customer support.
Align with industry trends
Object storage is the storage for modern workloads including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and modern data lakes. Earning a MinIO certification prepares you to capitalize on these key industry trends.
Business Outcomes
Ensure deployment success
Getting your team certified as MinIO professionals means you can rely on your team to run your MinIO deployments in the most efficient and effective way possible, helping to ensure your data storage layer is always reliable and available.
Increase data availability and protection
MinIO trained professionals understand how to build a resilient and scalable object store that protects your data from disk, server, and even data center failure. They also know how to protect data at rest and in-transit, ensuring compliance and protecting against ransomware attacks.
Increase retention
Studies have shown that allowing team members to get certified increases retention.
Validate job role competency
If you're looking to hire a MinIO administrator, requiring a MinIO certification can help you to validate candidates for your job role requirements. Candidates who successfully attain MinIO certification have proven their competency with all aspects of deploying, maintaining and scaling a MinIO deployment to meet your data storage needs.
Exam Delivery
Exams are delivered remotely through Prometric. Please ensure that you meet the system requirements.
The exam consists of 60 multiple choice questions covering the subjects and tasks above.
Candidates will have 90 minutes to complete the exam.
Candidates are required to provide a photo ID when starting the exam, to verify identity.
Once the exam has been completed, candidates will receive notification on their results.
Candidates who pass the exam will be sent a further email from MinIO with details on how to collect their certificate.
You can register for the exam here. The exam is $300 per attempt. Please also see this video which explains the exam registration process.
Why should I become a MinIO Certified Professional?
A MinIO Certified Professional has proven that they can effectively deploy, manage and maintain the MinIO object store. MinIO certification is the best way to verify that you have the skills to use the MinIO object storage platform.
Which version of MinIO is the exam using?
Our exam is currently based on MinIO version 2024-04-06T05:26:02Z.
The exam is a 90 minute exam consisting of 60 multiple choice questions.
How much does certification cost?
The MinIO Certified Administrator - Practitioner exam costs $300 per attempt.
How do I purchase an exam attempt?
Exams may be purchased and scheduled through our delivery partner, Prometric.
Please also see this video which explains the exam registration process.
Does my exam attempt expire?
Exam attempts do not expire. However, please adhere to the rescheduling process for exams. If you miss your scheduled exam time, you will need to purchase a new exam attempt.
Are there any discounts available?
Yes, for the first year we are offering a discount of $50 per exam attempt. Be one of the first to be certified!
Do reattempts come with a discounted rate?
No.
What if I need to change or cancel my exam registration?
You may reschedule your exam at any time at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled exam time.
Is the exam refundable?
The exam is refundable if canceled at least 5 days prior to your scheduled delivery date.
There is a $25 fee if canceled less than 5 days prior.
There are no refunds for missed exams or exams that are canceled the day of delivery.
How do I update my registration?
You may update your registration to fix any errors here.
You will need your current registration confirmation number and last name used to register.
Please note that exam attempts are non-transferable.
When do I receive my exam results?
Exam results will be posted the same day as the exam is completed.
Certification details will be sent to you by MinIO within 3 business days.
How do I verify (and advertise) my certification?
Once you pass the exam, you will receive a certification kit from MinIO that details how you can share your certification on various social media platforms such as LinkedIn.
You do not need to memorize the entire documentation library. However, this is a "closed-book" exam, and the documentation will not be available during the exam. You should be comfortable with all of the topics above, and the more common command flags for the mc command line client.
Do I need to install any special software to attempt the exam?
Yes, you will need to install the Prometric ProProctor tool, which is available for MacOS and Windows.
Please also see this video which covers the exam setup and test taking process.
When can I start my scheduled exam?
Exams can be joined up to 30 minutes before the exam start time. You can also check your system requirements at any time before the exam using the Prometric ProProctor tool.
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