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DO240 & EX240
Course description
Empower Your API Ecosystem: Unleash the Power of Red Hat 3scale API Management to Manage, Monetize, and Secure APIs
“Join our hands-on course, ‘Build and Administer APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management (DO240),’ and get an in-depth introduction to managing cloud-native APIs using Red Hat® 3scale API Management 2.11. This lab-based training is designed for Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and administrators, empowering developers and system administrators to install, administer, monetize, secure, and document cloud-native APIs effectively.”
Course content summary
- Streamlined package management with new repository structure and appstream modules
- Efficiently create and manage storage devices, volumes, and file systems, including Stratis
- Expertly configure network services and enhance security measures
- Master process management, scheduling, and system tuning
- Proficiently handle user administration, group management, and authentication
- Seamlessly utilize the Cockpit web management utility for server control
Audience for this course
- Site Reliability Engineers and OpenShift Administrators interested in using 3scale API Management to manage, monitor, secure, and monetize their cloud-native APIs.
Prerequisites for this course
- Assess Your Fit: Start with our free assessment to determine if this program aligns with your skills and goals.
- Prerequisite: Successfully complete Red Hat OpenShift Administration II (DO280) or demonstrate equivalent expertise in Kubernetes cluster management.
- Know the Basics: Prior knowledge of testing REST APIs and familiarity with essential security concepts, including API keys, tokens, and OAuth/OIDC, is recommended.
Outline for this course
- Introduction to Red Hat 3scale API Management
- Describe API management concepts and the architecture of Red Hat 3scale API Management.
- Manage APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management
- Manage your cloud-native APIs with the Red Hat 3scale Admin Portal.
- Manage and customize API gateways
- Configure and customize the API Gateway using standard policies.
- Secure APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management
- Secure access to APIs using various mechanisms.
- Create a developer portal
- Configure Developer Portals for external consumption and documentation of your APIs.
- Monitor APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management
- Configure monitoring and analytics for APIs and the 3scale API management infrastructure.
- Monetize APIs with Red Hat 3Scale API Management
- Monetize APIs by configuring billing plans and pricing rules.
Impact on the organization
“API Management in Digital Transformation: Explore how robust API Management aligns with enterprise digital transformation, microservices, and agile development, driving enhanced customer value.
Unlock Your API Potential: Discover how Red Hat 3scale API Management empowers you to securely expose, control, and monetize your APIs, simplifying service management.
Skill Development: Gain the skills to create secure, scalable, and reliable APIs managed by Red Hat 3scale API Management.
Tailored Benefits: Please note that while Red Hat designed this course with the intention of benefiting our customers, every company and infrastructure is unique, so actual results and benefits may vary.”
Impact on the individual
After completing this course, you’ll gain the skills to expedite API adoption among customers, partners, and internal users using 3scale API Management, enhancing your organization’s capabilities.
Installation and Configuration: Learn how to set up and configure 3scale API Management.
API Lifecycle Management: Gain the ability to create, manage, monitor, and monetize APIs effectively.
Subscription Plans and Rate Limits: Understand how to establish and configure API subscription plans and set rate limits for your APIs.
Developer Portal Creation: Develop developer portals to document your APIs, facilitating the onboarding of developers and partners.
API Security: Ensure the security of your APIs by implementing access control through methods such as API keys, key-pairs, and OAuth/OIDC, utilizing Red Hat Single Sign-on (SSO).
Recommended next exam or course
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management (EX240)
- Building Resilient Microservices with Istio and Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (DO328)
- Red Hat OpenShift Administration III: Scaling Kubernetes Deployments in the Enterprise (DO380)
Exam description
The EX240 exam certifies your ability to create and maintain enterprise APIs using Red Hat 3scale API Management. Becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management showcases your expertise in managing, monitoring, securing, documenting, and monetizing cloud-native APIs. Passing this exam is a step towards becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA).
Audience for this exam
- Designed for application developers in DevOps roles overseeing enterprise APIs using 3scale by Red Hat
- Administrators or architects in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing enterprise APIs using 3scale by Red Hat
Prerequisites for this exam
REST API Familiarity: Ensure you’re acquainted with testing REST APIs.
Prerequisite Knowledge: Completion of the Cloud-native API administration with Red Hat 3scale API Management (DO240) course or equivalent work experience in 3scale API Management is required.
Kubernetes Proficiency: Successfully complete Red Hat OpenShift Administration II (DO280) or demonstrate equivalent expertise in Kubernetes.
Objective Review: Carefully review the objectives of the Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management exam (EX240).
Assessment for Preparation: Take our free assessment to identify the best-suited course for your exam preparation needs..
Study points for the exam
- Exam Objectives Overview: Tasks covered in the exam objectives. Red Hat’s right to modify exam objectives (announced in advance). Self-sufficiency in performing these tasks.
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Exam Objectives:
- Access control
- Create and maintain application plans
- Configure limits and pricing rules
- Accounts
- Create and update user accounts
- Configure user credentials
- Send user invitations
- Maintain group memberships
- Configure usage rules and information gathered from users
- Maintain application states and plans
- Analytics
- Monitor usage, averages, and top applications
- Analyze alerts, traffic, and integration errors
- API authentication
- Understand API credentials
- Configure access tokens
- Provide access control using OpenID Connect, API key, and/or App_ID, App_Key Pair
- API documentation
- Configure ActiveDocs using OpenAPI standards
- Billing
- Configure credit card Policies
- Configure billing periods
- Update user’s billing state
- Configure billing details and invoice items
- Issue, charge, and cancel invoices
- Developer portal
- Customize developer portal
- Configure portal settings
- Service discovery
- Add services from an underlying OpenShift cluster
- Product definition
- Configure methods and metrics
- Service integration
- Configure API gateway to point to private API
- Promote API gateway to staging and production
- Create and maintain custom service policies
Preparation
Red Hat suggests considering the ‘Build and Administer APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management (DO240)’ course as part of your exam preparation. Class attendance is optional; students can opt to take only the exam.
Attending Red Hat classes can be beneficial, but it does not guarantee exam success. Success also depends on previous experience, practice, and innate aptitude.
Various books and resources on Red Hat product system administration are available. Red Hat does not officially endorse any as preparation guides for its exam. However, additional reading may enhance understanding and provide valuable insights.”
Exam format
This 3-hour exam assesses your ability to create and maintain enterprise APIs using Red Hat 3scale API Management. It involves practical tasks mirroring real-world scenarios, and your performance is measured against specific, predefined criteria.
Internet access is not available during the closed exam, and you cannot bring any physical or electronic reference materials, including notes or books. You will, however, have access to the official Red Hat 3scale API Management documentation provided locally. It’s essential to review this documentation as part of your exam preparation.
Scores and reporting
Official exam scores are exclusively available through Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not permit examiners or training partners to directly inform candidates of their results. Typically, scores are accessible within 3 U.S. business days.
Scores are reported as total scores; individual item performance is not disclosed, and no further details will be provided upon request.
If you do not pass the exam on your first try, you are entitled to one retake. For additional details, please consult our Training Policies page.
Showcasing Your Skills and Knowledge
Empowering API Excellence: What a Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management Can Do
- Creating and overseeing API users and groups, which includes configuring credentials.
- Exerting control and oversight over API access, encompassing credentials, tokens, and the integration of Single Sign-On (SSO).
- Vigilantly monitoring API usage while conducting in-depth analysis of alerts, traffic, and integration errors.
- Effectively configuring and deploying API documentation.
- Skillfully implementing API usage billing mechanisms.
- Enabling the development of API portals with considerations for legal terms and developer settings.
- Implementing service definition and discovery strategies for streamlined management.”
Is this certification right for you?
- If you’re an application developer, administrator, or architect who is in a DevOps role and responsible for managing enterprise APIs using 3scale by Red Hat, you may be interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management.
Challenge Your Expertise: Test Your Skills and Knowledge
The Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management Exam (EX240)
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Recommended Preparation: Your Path to Becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in API Management- Build and Administer APIs with Red Hat 3scale API Management (DO240)