Who should take this exam
You should take this certification exam if you are a security engineer, platform operator, or DevOps practitioner responsible for secrets management, PKI, or dynamic credentials in open source stacks.
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 + Vault |
| Price |
$199 USD planned (one examination attempt) |
| Language |
English |
| Enrollment |
Coming soon |
| Documentation |
Vault documentation permitted in the browser during the exam |
Exam objectives
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1. Vault deployment and core operations
- Initialize, unseal, and verify cluster health
- Navigate the HTTP API and CLI for routine operations
- Apply configuration suitable for the exam lab topology
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2. Policies and access control
- Author least-privilege policies for personas in the scenario
- Map identities to paths and capabilities correctly
- Troubleshoot denied requests using audit-oriented reasoning
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3. Secrets engines and credentials
- Enable and configure engines required by the blueprint (e.g. KV, database, PKI as specified)
- Issue, rotate, and revoke secrets according to task requirements
- Integrate applications using issued credentials where prompted
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4. Authentication and operations
- Configure auth methods appropriate to the scenario
- Respond to operational incidents such as seal status or policy misconfiguration
- Validate end-state with CLI and API checks
OSPI is an independent certification body and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by HashiCorp
or other vendors named in this description. Vault is a trademark of HashiCorp.
