CloudBees CJE Exam Syllabus

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CloudBees CJE Exam Objectives

Section	Weight	Objectives
1. Key CI/CD/Jenkins Concepts	18%	This topic comprises approximately 18% of the exam. Questions cover the following topics: •Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration Concepts Define continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous deployment Difference between CI and CD Stages of CI and CD Continuous delivery versus continuous deployment •Jobs What are jobs in Jenkins? Types of jobs Scope of jobs •Builds?What are builds in Jenkins? What are build steps, triggers, artifacts, and repositories? Build tools configuration •Source What are source code management systems and how are they used? Cloud-based SCMs Jenkins changelogs Incremental updates v clean check out Checking in code Infrastructure-as-Code Branch and Merge Strategies •Testing Benefits of testing with Jenkins Define unit test, smoke test, acceptance test, automated verification/functional tests •Notifications Types of notifications in Jenkins Importance of notifications •Distributed Builds What are distributed builds? Functions of masters and agents •Plugins What are plugins? What is the plugin manager? •Jenkins Rest API How to interact with it Why use it? •Security Authentication versus authorization Matrix security Definition of auditing, credentials, and other key security concepts •Fingerprints What are fingerprints? How do fingerprints work? •Artifacts How to use artifacts in Jenkins Storing artifacts •Using 3rd party tools How to use 3rd party tools •Installation Wizard What is the Jenkins Installation Wizard? How to use the Wizard? Which configurations are covered by the Installation Wizard?
2. Jenkins usage (features and functionality)	23%	This topic comprises approximately 23% of the exam. Questions cover the following topics: •Jobs Organizing jobs in Jenkins Parameterized jobs Usage of Freestyle/Pipeline/Matrix jobs •Builds Setting up build steps and triggers Configuring build tools Running scripts as part of build steps •Source Code Management Polling source code management Creating hooks Including version control tags and version information •Testing Testing for code coverage Test reports in Jenkins Displaying test results Integrating with test automation tools Breaking builds •Notifications Setup and usage Email notifications, instant messaging Alarming on notifications •Distributed Builds Setting up and running builds in parallel Setting up and using SSH agents, JNLP agents, cloud agents Monitoring nodes •Plugins Setting up and using Plugin Manager Finding and configuring required plugins •CI/CD Using Pipeline (formerly known as “Workflow”) Integrating automated deployment Release management process Pipeline stage behavior •Jenkins Rest API Using REST API to trigger jobs remotely, access job status, create/delete jobs •Security Setting up and using security realms User database, project security, Matrix security Setting up and using auditing Setting up and using credentials •Fingerprints Fingerprinting jobs shared or copied between jobs •Artifacts Copying artifacts Using artifacts in Jenkins Artifact retention policy •Alerts Making basic updates to jobs and build scripts Troubleshooting specific problems from build and test failure alerts
3. Building Continuous Delivery (CD) Pipelines	16%	This topic comprises approximately 16% of the exam. Questions cover the following topics: •Pipeline Concepts Value stream mapping for CD pipelines Why create a pipeline? Gates within a CD pipeline How to protect centralized pipelines when multiple groups use same tools Definition of binary reuse, automated deployment, multiple environments Elements of your ideal CI/CD pipeline - tools?Key concepts in building scripts (including security/password, environment information, etc.) •Upstream and downstream?Triggering jobs from other jobs Setting up the Parameterized Trigger plugin Upstream/downstreamjobs •Triggering Triggering Jenkins on code changes Difference between push and pull When to use push vs. pull •Pipeline (formerly known as “Workflow”) Benefits of Pipeline vs linked jobs Functionalities offered by Pipeline How to use Pipeline Pipeline stage view •Folders How to control access to items in Jenkins with folders Referencing jobs in folders •Parameters Setting up test automation in Jenkins against an uploaded executable Passing parameters between jobs Identifying parameters and how to use them: file parameter, string parameter Jenkins CLI parameters •Promotions Promotion of a job Why promote jobs? How to use the Promoted Builds plugin •Notifications How to radiate information on CD pipelines to teams •Pipeline Multibranch and Repository Scanning Usage of Multibranch jobs Scanning GitHub and BitBucket Organization ScanningbasicSCMrepositories •Pipeline Global Libraries How to share code across Pipelines Usages of the Shared Libraries Interaction with Folders and Repository scanning Security and Groovy sandbox
4. CD-as-Code Best Practices	10%	This topic comprises approximately 10% of the exam. Questions cover the following topics: •Distributed builds architecture •Fungible (replaceable) agents •Master-agent connectors and protocol •Tool installations on agents •Cloud agents •Traceability •High availability
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