OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

About OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

The OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) is a Linux Foundation and CNCF certification designed to validate foundational knowledge of OpenTelemetry and modern observability practices. It covers key concepts such as telemetry data, metrics, logs, traces, instrumentation, collectors, context propagation, and observability pipelines. The certification helps professionals understand how OpenTelemetry can be used to collect and manage telemetry data across cloud native applications and distributed systems. It is suitable for developers, DevOps engineers, SREs, cloud professionals, and IT practitioners seeking to build expertise in observability. The OTCA provides a vendor-neutral credential for demonstrating foundational skills in OpenTelemetry and cloud native observability.

Course Outline

The OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) Exam covers the following topics - 

• Domain 1 - Fundamentals of Observability 18%
• Domain 2 - The OpenTelemetry API and SDK 46%
• Domain 3 - The OpenTelemetry Collector 26%
• Domain 4 - Maintaining and Debugging Observability Pipelines 10%