DevOps Foundation® Certification

The DevOps Foundation course has been thoughtfully designed to introduce you to the world of DevOps and equip you with the skills to get teams across the IT organization to work together to reduce lead time, deploy more frequently, and produce higher-quality software.

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills to:

• Enable fast flow, feedback, and continuous improvement of planned work into production, while achieving quality, stability, reliability, availability, security, and team satisfaction.
• Support business objectives in support of digital transformation initiatives
• Apply DevOps to real world-organizations, regardless of their size, location, sector, or industry.
• Enable regularly released code, products, and services.
• Create automated processes, resulting in lower costs and increased reliability.
• You’ll articulate DevOps objectives and vocabulary.
• You’ll explore principles and practices including CI, CD, testing, security and the Three Ways
• You’ll align DevOps with other frameworks like Agile, Lean and ITSM.
• You’ll optimize improved workflows, communication and feedback loops.
• Identify automation practices including deployment pipelines and DevOps toolchains.
• You’ll understand critical success factors and key performance indicators.
• You’ll use real-world examples to understand ROI of DevOps initiative.
• You’ll identify how best to scale DevOps for the enterprise.
• You’ll learn everything needed to pass the official DevOps Foundation exam and accelerate your career with the certification.

This blog will help you understand more about the benefits of the DevOps Foundation certification.

The DevOps Foundation credential will help you:

• Drive efficiency and reliability in businesses in any IT organization irrespective of geography or project complexity.
• Contribute meaningfully to build a DevOps culture of continuous improvement.
• Lead your team to release code, products, and services much faster than your competitors.
• Shorten development cycles and faster innovation at reduced costs.
• Certified DevOps professionals earn higher than their non-certified peers.
• DevOps professionals are amongst the most sought-after technology professionals in 2021.

Our comprehensive DevOps Foundation training aims to equip you with all the skills to be an effective DevOps Professional. You will develop practical skills to:

• Remove barriers between the traditionally siloed teams of development and operations.
• Speak the same language as your teams across Dev and Ops.
• Deliver frequent small releases using continuous integration, testing, delivery, deployments, and monitoring reduce lead time, costs, and risks.
• Ensure fewer deployment failures and rollbacks.
• Adopt key DevOps practices including development, testing, and operations directed towards a common goal and working with inputs from each other.
• Improve workflows and feedback loops.
• Employ business and technology frameworks like Agile, ITSM, Lean, and Value Stream Management.
• Leverage the CALMS Framework to assess your ability and measure progress on your DevOps journey.
• Cultivate a shared vision collaboration, communication, learning and continuous improvement across teams.
• Use the DevOps toolchain to collaborate across the entire software lifecycle.
• Implement DevOps for measurement, metrics, and reporting including the use of critical success factors and key performance indicators.
• To leverage collaborative platforms and immersive and experiential learning.
• Encourage adoption of DevOps in the enterprise.

Not at all. The DevOps course is for anyone interested in learning a better and faster way to come up with awesome innovations, particularly by improving collaboration between development and operations teams.

Anyone interested to discover DevOps as a culture and philosophy that helps reduce lead time, deploy more frequently, and produce higher-quality software, will benefit.

There are no prerequisites for attending this course, however having a basic awareness of IT and IT frameworks such as Agile Lean and ITSM would prove to be handy.

Once you have completed the DevOps Foundation credential, you can further enhance your skills by pursuing the following credentials:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification
• CI/CD Pipelines with Jenkins Certification
• Docker Certified Associate (DCA) Certification
• Puppet and Ansible Certification
• DevOps Engineer Certification

Yes, you will get free e-learning access to 100 courses for one year.

You earn 16 SEUs and 16 PDUs by participating in KnowledgeHut’s DevOps Foundation training program.

The DevOps Foundation certification is offered by DevOps Institute, an internationally acclaimed association of DevOps professionals working to advance the human elements of DevOps.

Yes, DevOps Institute offers the self-study option to anyone who feels prepared to demonstrate their knowledge by taking the exam directly. The exam voucher can be purchased here.

Step 1: Register for the DevOps Foundation Training

Attend the online or classroom training provided by an accredited training organization such as KnowledgeHut.

Step 2: Access the Exam

Use the un-proctored, web-based exam voucher that you receive (along with the courseware) to schedule an exam at your convenient date and time and from the comfort of your home or office.

Step 3: Take the Exam

A multiple-choice exam with 40 questions. The exam duration will be 60 minutes. It will be an open book, un-proctored, web-based exam.

Step 4: Pass the Test

Score a minimum of 65% to pass the test.

Step 5: Get Certified

Successfully passing the test will make you eligible for the certification. You will receive your certificate and digital badge by email with your confirmed exam results shortly after completing the exam.

Yes, you will receive a course completion certificate from KnowledgeHut on successfully completing the course.

You will have to attend a 16-hour (2-day) DevOps Foundation training under certified trainers. Following the training, you can attempt the exam. An exam voucher will be ordered for you along with the courseware for the program. You will receive the access keys for both from DevOps Institute sent through CustomerService@LogicalOperations.com or CustomerService@DevOpsInstitute.com. 

The email will have the instructions on how to schedule and give the un-proctored, web-based exam. This exam could be scheduled at your own convenience. It is an un-proctored web-based open book exam. Please note that your exam voucher will only be valid for 3 months from the date of purchase. Once you clear the exam, you are declared DevOps Foundation certified and can download your certificate instantly. For further information, please refer DevOps Institute Exam FAQs.

No, the DevOps Foundation certification is valid for a lifelong time period and does not require renewal.

No, your certificate will not mention the course was held online. It will look the same as the in-person certificates.

Yes, the exam fee is included in the course fee.

You will receive a mail with your certificate and digital badge along with your confirmed exam results, shortly after completing the exam. For further information, please refer DevOps Institute Digital Badge FAQs.

Follow these steps to add your digital badge to your LinkedIn profile:

1. Go to your LinkedIn profile
2. Select ‘Add Profile Section’
3. Select ‘Licenses & Certifications’ and enter in your certification information

Yes, you can insert the digital badge you receive in your resume or personal website. For further information, please refer DevOps Institute Digital Badge FAQs.

DevOps Foundation is the entry-level certification from DevOps Institute. The examination is an open-book exam and is easy to pass. With our comprehensive course and your diligent approach toward acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills, you will be well positioned to pass the exam on your first attempt.

The DevOps Foundation certification exam will be in a multiple-choice format. There would be 40 questions in it, and you will have to score 65% to pass. The duration of the exam would be 60 minutes. It will be an open book exam.

As there’s a time limit of 60 minutes, you will not be permitted to pause the test. In case you accidentally close the window, you can reopen it immediately. In case you face any issues and lose access to the test for an extended time, please inform DevOps Institute via email: CustomerService@DevOpsInstitute.com.

If you fail the DevOps test, you can retake the exam as many times as you want. You may attempt any number of times, but charges will be applicable each time.

Re-evaluation is not available for this exam.

No, you cannot retake the test in case you score poorly in the first attempt.

You can see the provisional results immediately after you finish the exam. The official results will be available within 2 business days.

The DevOps Foundation workshop at KnowledgeHut is delivered through PRISM, our immersive learning experience platform, via live and interactive instructor-led training sessions.

You get to engage with the instructor—an experienced DevOps practitioner—ask questions and get all your doubts clarified. You’ll also learn through interactive and engaging real-world simulations, activities and case studies.

The conventional in-person DevOps Foundation training was earlier delivered as a 16-hour, 2-day training course. The online training being offered by DevOps Institute through KnowledgeHut, a Premier Partner of DevOps, now for about 14 hours.

The online course is divided into several classes of shorter hours, unlike the in-person class that has 2 session, each 7 to 8 hours long.

At KnowledgeHut, we have a solid track record of being the skills transformation partner to individuals and enterprises over the past decade. As Premier Partner to DevOps Institute, we’ve empowered several thousands of professionals acquire in-demand DevOps skills and excel in their tech careers.

When you get trained through KnowledgeHut, you get to experience immersive learning, where the focus is on experiential learning and helping you get project-ready with demonstrable, immediately applicable skills.

You’ll have access to industry mentors and benefit from their advice on any work challenges even post training. Our support team will be available to you 24/7 for any assistance you may require during your learning, certification, and post-training career journey.

Our DevOps Foundation course focuses on engaging interaction. Most class time is dedicated to fun exercises, lively discussions and team collaboration, all facilitated by an instructor who’s an experienced DevOps practitioner. The focus is on practical solutions to real-world challenges drawn from decades of experience as DevOps professionals in enterprises of all sizes.

Schedules for our upcoming workshops in DevOps Foundation can be found here.

KnowledgeHut’s DevOps Foundation certification training is delivered by trainers who are: 

• Professionals approved by DevOps Institute to teach the official curriculum
• Masters in DevOps who have immense experience in leading, applying, coaching, and teaching it
• Skilled in DevOps to reduce business costs while increasing agility, quality, and customer service
• Subject matter experts, active in software development and DevOps communities worldwide

Our dedicated team of trainers deliver training on par with the standard of excellence as set out by DevOps Institute. Every candidate receives the same high-quality content irrespective of the trainer and the location.

When you enrol for the training through KnowledgeHut, you will receive a Learner Manual from DevOps Institute, which is an excellent post-training reference. You will also benefit from various value-add resources from DevOps Institute—sample documents, templates, tools and techniques—to take with you post the training.

No, you will not yet be able to join the training through phone or tab. Please be prepared to join the training on your laptop or desktop.

If you get disconnected during the training, you will have the option to re-join within about half an hour subject to accreditation body guidelines and the instructor’s preference.

Software Requirements

• Internet browser
• MS Word or Notepad  

System Requirements

• Windows or equivalent environment with Internet browser and high-speed Internet connectivity

Our workshops are currently held online and anyone with a stable internet from anywhere across the world can benefit from this to get DevOps Foundation certified. You can check out the schedules here.

The course is delivered via live and interactive, instructor-led training sessions.

Yes, your DevOps Foundation course material will be provided in advance. You will receive an email with a link to set your password on PRIMS—KnowledgeHut’s immersive learning experience platform—a few days in advance of the scheduled course. Once you log in to PRISM, you’ll have access to the study plan and all the course material.

We currently use the Zoom platform for video conferencing and will soon be adding more integrations with Webex and Microsoft Teams. However, all sessions and recordings will be available right from within PRISM. You will not have to wait for any notifications or links or install any additional software.

You will receive a registration link from PRISM via e-mail. Click on the provided link to set your password. Get ready to experience a unique immersive learning journey.

Yes, there are other participants who actively participate in the class. They remotely attend online training from office, home, or any place of their choosing.

In case of any queries, our support team is available to you 24/7 via the Help and Support section on PRISM. You can also reach out to your workshop manager via group messenger.

If you miss a class, you can access the class recordings from PRISM at any time. At the beginning of every session, there will also be a 10-12-minute recapitulation of the previous class.

Should you have any more queries, please mail us at support@knowledgehut.com and we will be happy to get back to you.

With our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee policy, you are assured of the highest standards of quality. At KnowledgeHut, we strive to ensure that your learning experience with us is beyond reproach. However, if for any reason your expectations are not met, we will refund the course fee in accordance with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee policy.

The certification exam fee for DevOps Foundation is not charged separately. Once you enrol for the training with KnowledgeHut, the exam fee is included in the course fee.

Yes, we have scholarships available for students and veterans with grants that can vary up to 50% of the course fees. 

To avail scholarships, please get in touch with us at support@knowledgehut.com. The team shall send across the forms and instructions to you. Based upon the responses and answers that we receive, our panel of experts take a decision on the Grant. The entire process could take about 7 to 15 days.

Yes, group discounts are available and apply to groups as small as three (3) participants. The more participants that attend a training course, the greater the discount. By registering in groups, you can typically save up 20% to 30% on the course fee. For more details, please check out upcoming schedules.

Yes, instalment options are available for payment of course fees. To avail the instalment option, please get in touch with us at support@knowledgehut.com. The team will explain how the instalments work and provide timelines for your case. Typically, the number of instalments varies from 2 to 3, but the full amount must be paid before you complete the course.