OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

As cloud native systems grow more complex, the demand for professionals who can leverage telemetry data is growing rapidly. Open new career paths – prove your expertise in OpenTelemetry – the industry standard for tracing, metrics & logs.

The OTCA certification lets you prove your observability expertise, allows you to take on key roles in modern DevOps or platform engineering, helps address the rising market demand for skilled observability specialists, demonstrates your capability to boost cross-team collaboration, and strengthens your capacity to drive performance optimization within your organization.

Fundamentals of Observability - 18%

Telemetry Data

Semantic Conventions

Instrumentation

Analysis and Outcomes

The OpenTelemetry API and SDK - 46%

Data Model

Composability and Extension

Configuration

Signals (Tracing, Metric, Log)

SDK Pipelines

Context Propagation

Agents

The OpenTelemetry Collector - 26%

Configuration

Deployment

Scaling

Pipelines

Transforming Data

Maintaining and Debugging Observability Pipelines - 10%

Context Propagation

Debugging Pipelines

Error Handling

Schema Management

Showing you have a solid foundation in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, DevOps & security are essential for any cloud pro. This includes earning LFCS, CKA, CKAD & CKS certifications.

How to register & take exam: TBC (Link to FAQ pages of the website)

Linux Foundation Global Certification & Confidentiality Agreement: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/lf-cert-agreement/

Candidate Handbook: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/go/LFCA-candidate-handbook

Important Instructions: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/important-instructions-mc

Frequently Asked Questions: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/faq-mc