ICA - Istio Certified Associate
The Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam demonstrates a candidate's knowledge of Istio service mesh concepts and practical skills.
Exam Overview
| Detail | Information |
| Exam Format | Multiple Choice |
| Number of Questions | 60 |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Passing Score | 75% |
| Certification Validity | 3 years |
| Cost | $250 USD |
| Retake Policy | 1 free retake |
Exam Domains & Weights
| Domain | Weight |
| Istio Installation, Upgrade & Configuration | 7% |
| Traffic Management | 40% |
| Resiliency and Fault Injection | 10% |
| Securing Workloads | 20% |
| Advanced Scenarios | 13% |
| Observability | 10% |
Key Topics
Traffic Management
- Virtual Services and Destination Rules
- Gateways (Ingress/Egress)
- Traffic shifting and mirroring
- Request routing
Security
- mTLS configuration
- Authorization policies
- Peer and request authentication
- Certificate management
Observability
- Metrics with Prometheus
- Distributed tracing
- Access logging
- Kiali dashboard
Study Resources
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