R2-001: Release Engineer Professional Artisan

R2-001 is the second certification in the multi-level professional certification program of the DevOps Artisan Release Learning Path.
Attaining certified status means you possess the skills and hands-on experience necessary to implement and build efficient and secure Continuous Delivery Pipelines with Git & Jenkins.

Prerequisite

The candidate must have an active R1-001 certification in order to take the R2-001 exam.

Format

Multiple choice, multiple answers

Type

Professional

Delivery Method

Testing center
Online proctored exam

Time

90 minutes to complete the exam

Cost

150 EUR

Language

Available in English

Exam Objectives

Part 1: Jenkins

Objective 1.1. Explain how Docker and Ansible can be integrated with Jenkins

Details
• Explain how Jenkins jobs can be run on a Docker remote host through SSH
• Explain how Ansible can be integrated with Jenkins
• Explain how Playbooks can be executed from Jenkins jobs

Objective 1.2. Explain what pipelines are and how they can be used

Details
• Explain how pipelines can be defined
• Explain how pipeline can be visualized and what Blue Ocean is
• Explain how pipelines can be used to create a jar for a Maven application
• Explain how pipelines can be used to build Docker images

Objective 1.3. Explain what Jenkins REST API is

Details
• Describe XML API
• Describe JSON API
• Explain how jobs can be created with Jenkins API and Python SDK

Objective 1.4. Explain how Groovy can be used in the context of Jenkins

Details
• Explain what Groovy is
• Explain what Groovy script console is
• Explain what Groovy jobs are
• Explain what Groovy Postbuild plugin does and how it can be used

Objective 1.5. Explain how Shared Libraries can be used in Jenkins

Details
• Explain what Share Libraries are
• Explain what scripted pipelines are
• Explain how a Jenkinsfile can be used
• Explain what multibranch pipelines are

Objective 1.6. Explain how Jenkins Security works

Details
• Explain which aspects of Jenkins need to be secured
• Explain how authentication is done in the context of Jenkins
• Explain how authorization is performed on a Jenkins server
• Explain which are the security best practices that need to be used when working with Jenkins

Objective 1.7. Explain how Jenkins can be monitored

Details
• Explain how a Jenkins server can be monitored
• Explain how issues can be debugged
• Explain how system logs can be accessed and used to identify issues

Part 2: Git

Objective 2.1. Explain what merge and rebase are

Details
• Differentiate between merge and rebase
• Explain how merge works
• Explain how rebase works
• Explain what conflicts can occur and how they can be solved

Objective 2.2. Explain what Git specific mechanism are and how they work

Details
• Explain what Cherry Pick is
• Explain what Pull Requests are
• Explain what Stash is
• Explain what Amend is

Objective 2.3. Explain how commits can be managed

Details
• Explain how changes can be reset
• Explain how specific commits can be checked out
• Explain how commits can be compared
• Explain how the commit pointers work