SUSE Certified Administrator in Longhorn
The SUSE Certified Administrator (SCA) in Longhorn certification is designed for administrators responsible for managing cloud-native storage solutions using Longhorn. This certification validates fundamental knowledge of Longhorn, including installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting of Longhorn clusters. It tests the candidate's ability to utilize Longhorn's features such as automated backups, disaster recovery, and volume snapshots to ensure high availability and data protection in Kubernetes environments.
How to Earn the Certification
To earn the SCA in Longhorn, you need to pass the core exam. There are no prerequisites or alternative ways to earn the certification.
Core Exam Information
Study Options
The following course helps prepare you for the exam:
As with all SUSE certifications, course work is not required. You need to pass this certification exam and meet the prerequisites in order to achieve the certification. We highly recommend you study the objectives and prepare for the exam.
Detailed Objectives
- Longhorn Features
- Longhorn Architecture
- Installation Requirements
- Installation with Helm
- Installation as a Rancher Application
- Longhorn Web UI Features
- Enabling and Disabling Nodes
- Adding a new Node in Cluster
- Node Maintenance
- Removing a Node from Cluster
- Adding Individual Disk Partitions
- Removing Disk Storage
- Adding LVM Storage
- Creating a Volume
- Using Trim to Reclaim Storage Space
- Resizing a Volume
- Tuning Storage Performance by Data Locality
- Defining Replica Counts and Location
- Replica Balancing for even Distribution of Resources
- Installation of Prometheus and Grafana for Monitoring Longhorn’s Vital Metrics
- Integration of Longhorn Metrics with the Rancher Monitoring System
- Configuration of Longhorn Alert Rules
- Recovering from Failures
- Manually Creating a Snapshot of a Volume
- Restoring a Volume from a Snapshot Manually
- Deleting a Volume Snapshot
- Working with Recurring Volume Snapshots
- Manually Creating a Backup of a Volume
- Restoring a Volume from a Backup
- Working with Recurring Volume Backups
- Working with Disaster Recovery Volumes
- Upgrading Longhorn Manager
- Upgrading Longhorn Engine