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Site Reliability Engineering Foundation® (SREF) Certification Training

Site Reliability Engineering Foundation® (SREF) Certification Training

Course 3694

Duration: 2 days
Exam Voucher: Yes
Language: English
8 DevOps Institute Continuing Education Units
Level: Foundation

The Site Reliability Engineering Foundation® (SREF) Certification Training introduces the principles and practices that enable an organization to scale critical services reliably and economically. Introducing a site-reliability dimension requires organizational re-alignment, a new focus on engineering & automation, and adopting a range of new working paradigms.

The course highlights the evolution of SRE and its future direction. It equips participants with the practices, methods, and tools to engage people across the organization involved in reliability and stability evidenced using real-life scenarios and case stories. Upon completion of the course, participants will have tangible takeaways to leverage when back in the office, such as understanding, setting, and tracking Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

SRE Foundation Training Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online

SRE Foundation Class Information

In this SRE Foundation class, you will learn how to:

The history of SRE and its emergence at Google
The inter-relationship of SRE with DevOps and other popular frameworks
The underlying principles behind SRE
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and their user focus
Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and the modern monitoring landscape
Error budgets and the associated error budget policies
Toil and its effect on an organization’s productivity
Some practical steps that can help to eliminate toil
Observability is something to indicate the health of a service
SRE tools, automation techniques, and the importance of security
Anti-fragility, our approach to failure, and failure testing
The organizational impact that introducing SRE brings

SRE Foundation Prerequisites

There are no required prerequisites, but we recommend students understand and know common DevOps terminology and concepts and related work experience.

SRE Foundation Exam Information

This course positions learners to successfully complete the SRE Foundation certification exam.

Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) Foundation certificate. The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.

Anyone starting or leading a move toward increased reliability
Anyone interested in modern IT (Information Technology) leadership and organizational change approaches
Job Roles: Business Managers, Business Stakeholders, Change Agents, Consultants, DevOps Practitioners, IT Directors/Managers/Team Leads, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Software Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, System Integrators, Tool Providers

SRE Foundation Certification Training Outline

Course Introduction

Course Goals
Course Agenda

Module 1: SRE Principles & Practices

What is Site Reliability Engineering?
SRE & DevOps: What is the Difference?
SRE Principles & Practices

Module 2: Service Level Objectives & Error Budgets

Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
Error Budgets
Error Budget Policies

Module 3: Reducing Toil

What is Toil?
Why is Toil Bad?
Doing Something About Toil

Module 4: Monitoring & Service Level Indicators

Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
Monitoring
Observability

Module 5: SRE Tools & Automation

Automation Defined
Automation Focus
Hierarchy of Automation Types
Secure Automation
Automation Tools

Module 6: Anti-Fragility & Learning from Failure

Why Learn from Failure
Benefits of Anti-Fragility
Shifting the Organizational Balance

Module 7: Organizational Impact of SRE

Why Organizations Embrace SRE
Patterns for SRE Adoption
On-Call Necessities
Blameless Post-Mortems
SRE & Scale

Module 8: SRE, Other Frameworks, The Future

SRE & Other Frameworks
The Future
Additional Sources of Information

Exam Preparations

Exam Requirements, Question Weighting, and Terminology List
Sample Exam Review

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2-day instructor-led training course
Exam Voucher included with course tuition
One-on-one after-course instructor coaching

#3694

Aug 13 - 14 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
Oct 27 - 28 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
Feb 4 - 5 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Herndon, VA or Virtual

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SRE Foundation Class FAQs

Yes, all DevOps Institute exams are open book.

No, once earned, your DOI (DevOps Institute) certification is evergreen.

There are no required prerequisites.

PeopleCert CPDs are the continuing education credits that help you maintain PeopleCert certifications in PRINCE2, ITIL and DevOps Institute.

Maintaining PeopleCert Certifications
All PeopleCert Business and IT certifications (including PRINCE2, ITIL and DOI) must be renewed within three years of their original certification date. There are two ways to keep certifications current:

Join PeopleCert Plus (a paid membership) to earn 20 CPDs per year for 3 years and renew certifications that way.
Earn another certification from the same Product Suite (for example, to renew all ITIL certifications you can earn a new ITIL certification)

Eligible Learning Tree Training
Learning Tree training is not eligible for the PeopleCert Plus CPD program. Attendees can renew their PeopleCert certifications with Learning Tree by enrolling in another certification from the product suite they're trying to renew. Examples:

If you hold an ITIL 4 Foundation certification, and you acquire an ITIL 4 Practitioner or ITIL 4 Specialist certification, all your certification(s) belonging to the ITIL 4 Product Suite will be renewed.
Similarly, if you hold a PRINCE2 Practitioner certification and you acquire an MSP Foundation, all your certification(s) belonging to the PRINCE2 Project, Programme & Portfolio Management Suite will be renewed.

Learn more about eligibility and CPDs on the PeopleCert website: Keep your certifications current| (peoplecert.org)

Attendee Process for Renewing PeopleCert Certifications with Learning Tree
Once an attendee successfully earns a PeopleCert certification from the same product suite they're trying to renew, their other certifications in that product suite will automatically renew.

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Site Reliability Engineering Foundation® (SREF) Certification Training

SRE Foundation Training Delivery Methods

SRE Foundation Class Information

SRE Foundation Certification Training Outline

Course Introduction

Module 1: SRE Principles & Practices

Module 2: Service Level Objectives & Error Budgets

Module 3: Reducing Toil

Module 4: Monitoring & Service Level Indicators

Module 5: SRE Tools & Automation

Module 6: Anti-Fragility & Learning from Failure

Module 7: Organizational Impact of SRE

Module 8: SRE, Other Frameworks, The Future

Exam Preparations

SRE Foundation Class FAQs

Is the exam open book?

Do I need CEUs (Continuing Education Units) to keep my certification current?

Do I have to meet any prerequisites before taking the course or exam?

How do I maintain my DevOps Institute certification?

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