HashiCorp Nomad Practice Exam
HashiCorp Nomad Practice Exam
About HashiCorp Nomad Exam
The HashiCorp Certified: Nomad Associate exam validates foundational knowledge and skills related to deploying and managing workloads using HashiCorp Nomad. This certification demonstrates an individual's ability to install, configure, and operate Nomad for workload orchestration, making it a valuable credential for DevOps professionals, cloud engineers, and system administrators working with containerized and non-containerized applications.
Skills Evaluated
The Nomad Associate certification exam assesses a candidate's ability to use HashiCorp Nomad to schedule, deploy, and manage workloads efficiently across multiple environments. The exam focuses on key Nomad concepts, including job specification syntax, workload scheduling, service discovery, access control, and integration with other HashiCorp tools like Vault and Consul.
Nomad is a lightweight, flexible orchestrator that supports both containerized applications (e.g., Docker) and non-containerized workloads (e.g., Java applications, batch jobs, and Windows services). This certification ensures that candidates have a strong understanding of how Nomad fits into a DevOps workflow and can be used for scalable workload automation.
Skills Required
Candidates should have a foundational understanding of Nomad's core features and capabilities, including:
- Understanding Nomad’s architecture (Clients, Servers, Regions, Datacenters)
- How Nomad interacts with HashiCorp Vault and Consul
- Understanding Nomad’s job scheduling lifecycle
- Nomad deployment models and multi-region support
- Writing and deploying Nomad job specifications
- Different job types: Service, Batch, System, and Parameterized jobs
- Using constraints, affinities, and spread strategies
- Handling updates and rolling deployments
- Understanding Nomad’s scheduling algorithms
- How Nomad allocates resources and schedules tasks
- Auto-scaling and workload balancing
- Implementing ACLs (Access Control Lists) for fine-grained permissions
- Securing workloads with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management
- Enabling TLS for encrypted communication
- Connecting Nomad with Consul for service discovery
- Managing logs and monitoring Nomad clusters
- Using Nomad with Docker, Kubernetes, and other runtimes
- Debugging failed jobs and resolving scheduling conflicts
- Understanding Nomad logs and error messages
- High availability and disaster recovery strategies
Who should take the Exam?
The HashiCorp Certified: Nomad Associate exam is ideal for professionals who work with infrastructure automation and workload orchestration. It is recommended for:
- DevOps Engineers
- Cloud Engineers & Platform Engineers
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
- System Administrators & IT Professionals
- Developers & Application Architects
Course Outline
The HashiCorp Nomad Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Overview of HashiCorp Nomad
- Fundamentals of Nomad and Its Capabilities
- Core Components and Their Roles
- Architectural Insights of Nomad
- Nomad vs. Kubernetes: A Comparative Analysis
Domain 2 - Setting Up Nomad
- Step-by-Step Installation Guide
- Initializing and Running Nomad
- Configuring a Nomad Server Cluster
- Understanding Nomad Client Nodes
- Managing and Scaling Cluster Members
Domain 3 - Enhancing Nomad Security
- Implementing Security Measures in Nomad
- Enabling TLS for Secure Communication
- Configuring Gossip Encryption for Secure Node Communication
- Applying ACLs for Access Control
Domain 4 - Engaging with Nomad
- Using the CLI for Nomad Operations
- Navigating the Nomad Web Interface
- Exploring the Nomad API for Automation
Domain 5 - Handling Nomad Jobs
- Defining and Managing Nomad Jobs
- Writing Job Specifications for Workload Deployment
- Executing and Monitoring the First Job in Nomad
Domain 6 - Advanced Job Management
- Optimizing Job Scheduling and Placement
- Defining Constraints for Job Execution
- Configuring Network Settings for Workloads
- Managing Persistent Storage with Volumes
Domain 7 - Operating and Maintaining Nomad Clusters
- Best Practices for Day-2 Operations
- Performance Monitoring and Cluster Health Checks
- Analyzing Application Logs for Debugging
- Rotating Encryption Keys for Secure Operations
- Upgrading Nomad Versions Seamlessly
