Who should take this exam
You should take this certification exam if you are an SRE, platform engineer, or operations team member who runs Grafana as the primary visualization and alerting layer for open source infrastructure.
Prerequisites
- Comfort with the Linux command line on Ubuntu LTS.
Exam details
| Assessment type |
Performance-based lab |
| Format |
Remote live lab in an isolated Linux environment |
| Duration |
90 minutes |
| Platform |
Ubuntu LTS + Grafana |
| Price |
$199 USD planned (one examination attempt) |
| Language |
English |
| Enrollment |
Coming soon |
| Documentation |
Grafana documentation permitted in the browser during the exam |
Exam objectives
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1. Grafana platform setup
- Install and access Grafana securely in the lab environment
- Configure organizations, users, and folders for the scenario
- Verify service health and basic API or UI operations
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2. Data sources and queries
- Connect metrics or log data sources required by the blueprint
- Author queries that surface the signals requested in each task
- Troubleshoot connectivity or query errors using logs and UI feedback
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3. Dashboards and visualization
- Build panels and dashboards that answer operational questions in the scenario
- Apply variables, units, and thresholds appropriate to the workload
- Export or reproduce dashboard definitions when asked
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4. Alerting and operations
- Configure alert rules and contact points for defined conditions
- Validate alert state transitions using provided test signals
- Perform day-two fixes for broken dashboards or notification paths
OSPI is an independent certification body and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Grafana
Labs or other vendors named in this description. Grafana is a trademark of Grafana Labs.
