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C1000 142 Cloud Advocate
The IBM Certified Advocate – Cloud (C1000-142) exam validates a professional’s ability to grasp cloud fundamentals, navigate IBM Cloud infrastructure, and apply core services, networking, security, and compliance concepts.
90
Minutes
60
Questions
62/100
Passing Score
$200
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is ideal for cloud engineers, solution architects, and IT consultants with at least six months of exposure to IBM Cloud who seek to prove their foundational knowledge. Candidates aim to enhance credibility, support client engagements, and prepare for advanced IBM Cloud specializations.
What's Covered
1
Domain 1: Cloud Computing Fundamentals
2
Domain 2: IBM Cloud Infrastructure
3
Domain 3: Networking
4
Domain 4: IBM Cloud Services
5
Domain 5: Security and Compliance
6
Domain 6: Account Management and Billing
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Course Outline
55 learning goals
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Domain 1: Cloud Computing Fundamentals
2 topics
Cloud Concepts
- Identify cloud computing service models including Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service, and Function as a Service with their characteristics.
- Describe cloud deployment models including public, private, hybrid, and multicloud strategies and their business use cases for enterprise workloads.
- Explain the benefits of cloud computing including elasticity, scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, global availability, and disaster recovery.
- Analyze workload characteristics to recommend appropriate cloud service models and deployment strategies for enterprise scenarios.
IBM Cloud Platform Overview
- Identify IBM Cloud global infrastructure including regions, availability zones, data centers, and points of presence for workload deployment.
- Describe IBM Cloud console navigation, resource catalog, CLI tools, and Terraform provider for platform management and provisioning.
- Explain the relationship between IBM Cloud Paks, Red Hat OpenShift, and Kubernetes for containerized application deployment.
- Describe IBM Cloud Satellite for extending cloud services to on-premises, edge, and third-party cloud environments.
- Explain IBM Cloud VMware Solutions for running VMware workloads with automated deployment and management capabilities.
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Domain 2: IBM Cloud Infrastructure
2 topics
Compute Services
- Identify IBM Cloud compute options including virtual servers, bare metal servers, dedicated hosts, and Power Virtual Servers with their specifications.
- Explain virtual server instance profiles, CPU and memory configurations, instance storage, and lifecycle management on IBM Cloud VPC.
- Describe IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud for container orchestration with cluster provisioning.
- Explain IBM Cloud Code Engine and Cloud Functions for serverless computing with event-driven execution and automatic scaling.
- Analyze compute requirements to recommend appropriate IBM Cloud compute services based on performance, cost, and management tradeoffs.
Storage Services
- Identify IBM Cloud storage types including block storage, file storage, object storage, and their performance tiers and IOPS configurations.
- Explain IBM Cloud Object Storage with buckets, storage classes, lifecycle policies, encryption, and cross-region replication for data durability.
- Describe block and file storage provisioning in VPC including volume profiles, snapshots, and attachment to virtual server instances.
- Analyze data storage requirements to select appropriate IBM Cloud storage services based on access patterns, durability, and cost.
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Domain 3: Networking
2 topics
VPC Networking
- Identify VPC networking components including subnets, public gateways, floating IPs, routing tables, and network interfaces.
- Explain VPC security groups and network ACLs for controlling inbound and outbound traffic with stateful and stateless filtering.
- Describe IBM Cloud load balancer types including application and network load balancers with listener and pool configuration.
- Analyze network requirements to design VPC topologies with appropriate subnet placement, security controls, and load distribution.
Connectivity Services
- Describe IBM Cloud VPN for VPC including site-to-site and client-to-site configurations for secure on-premises connectivity.
- Explain IBM Cloud Direct Link for dedicated private connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and IBM Cloud.
- Describe Transit Gateway for interconnecting VPCs, classic infrastructure, and Direct Link connections across regions.
- Explain IBM Cloud Internet Services with DNS, global load balancing, DDoS protection, and WAF for internet-facing workloads.
- Analyze hybrid connectivity requirements to recommend appropriate combinations of VPN, Direct Link, and Transit Gateway.
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Domain 4: IBM Cloud Services
3 topics
Database Services
- Identify IBM Cloud database services including Db2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, and etcd with use cases.
- Explain IBM Cloud Databases provisioning, scaling, backup, and high availability configurations for managed deployments.
- Describe Cloudant NoSQL database service with document storage, replication, indexing, and query capabilities.
- Analyze application data requirements to recommend appropriate IBM Cloud database services based on data model and scalability.
AI and Analytics
- Identify watsonx platform components including watsonx.ai for foundation models, watsonx.data for lakehouse, and watsonx.governance.
- Describe Watson AI services including NLU, Speech to Text, Text to Speech, Discovery, and Assistant for application integration.
- Explain IBM Cloud analytics services including Analytics Engine, SQL Query, and Streaming Analytics for data processing.
- Analyze AI and analytics requirements to recommend appropriate IBM Cloud services for ML, NLP, and data analysis workloads.
Integration and DevOps
- Describe Continuous Delivery toolchains, Delivery Pipeline, and DevOps Insights for automated build, test, and deployment.
- Explain integration services including Event Streams, MQ, API Connect, and App Connect for event-driven application integration.
- Describe monitoring and logging services including IBM Cloud Monitoring, Log Analysis, and Activity Tracker for observability.
- Explain IBM Cloud Schematics for Terraform-based infrastructure as code provisioning and configuration management.
5
Domain 5: Security and Compliance
2 topics
Identity and Access Management
- Identify IBM Cloud IAM components including users, service IDs, access groups, policies, roles, and API keys for access control.
- Explain IAM access policies with platform roles, service roles, and resource-level permissions for granular access control.
- Describe trusted profiles and identity federation with SAML and AppID for enterprise single sign-on integration.
- Analyze access management requirements to design IAM policies with least-privilege patterns across accounts and resource groups.
Data Security
- Describe Key Protect and Hyper Protect Crypto Services for encryption key management with BYOK and KYOK models.
- Explain Secrets Manager for centralized management of API keys, credentials, and certificates across applications.
- Describe Security and Compliance Center for continuous compliance monitoring, posture management, and regulatory enforcement.
- Explain data encryption at rest and in transit including provider-managed keys, customer-managed keys, and TLS certificates.
- Analyze security requirements to recommend appropriate IBM Cloud security services and configurations for regulated workloads.
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Domain 6: Account Management and Billing
2 topics
Account Organization
- Identify IBM Cloud account types including Lite, Pay-As-You-Go, and Subscription with service limits and billing models.
- Explain resource groups for organizing resources with access control boundaries and billing aggregation across services.
- Describe enterprise accounts for centralized management of multiple accounts with consolidated billing and usage reporting.
- Explain tagging and resource management for cost allocation, automation, and governance across cloud resources.
Billing and Support
- Describe cost estimation tools, pricing calculator, and billing dashboard for understanding and forecasting cloud costs.
- Explain support plans including Basic, Advanced, and Premium with response times, escalation paths, and included services.
- Analyze spending patterns and resource utilization to recommend cost optimization strategies including reserved capacity.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains of the IBM Cloud Advocate (C1000-142) exam: IBM Cloud platform overview, cloud computing concepts, IBM Cloud services, infrastructure, networking, security, and account management.
- Cloud computing fundamentals: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, serverless, containers, and hybrid cloud deployment models on IBM Cloud.
- IBM Cloud infrastructure: VPC, bare metal servers, virtual servers, block and file storage, object storage, and content delivery.
- IBM Cloud networking: VPC networking, subnets, security groups, ACLs, load balancers, VPN, Transit Gateway, and Direct Link.
- IBM Cloud services: databases, AI/ML (Watson/watsonx), Kubernetes (IKS), Red Hat OpenShift (ROKS), and serverless.
- IBM Cloud security and compliance: IAM, access groups, Key Protect, Secrets Manager, and Security and Compliance Center.
- IBM Cloud account management: resource groups, billing, cost estimation, tagging, and support plans.
Not Covered
- Advanced multi-region architecture design.
- Deep Kubernetes internals.
- IBM Cloud Paks detailed configuration.
- Application development and programming.
- Third-party cloud provider feature comparisons.
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