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Infrastructure as Code Management

Learn Infrastructure as Code Management through Harness University

Efficiently and securely scale your Terraform / OpenTofu Infrastructure as Code.

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Free self-paced courses that you can consume on your own time.

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Intensive two-day courses are designed for engineers looking to deepen their understanding and expertise in Harness.

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Test and validate your knowledge of Harness by becoming a Harness Certified Expert.

Infrastucture as Code Management - Developer

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Product version: Harness IaCM Free Plans

Assesses the fundamental skills to manage your infrastructure with IaCM projects.

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Topic
Material

1. Introduction to Harness IaCM

Integration points with other Harness services

2. Getting Started with IaCM

Setting up Git repositories with Terraform or OpenTofu configurations

Configuring Workspace Connectors for Cloud Providers

Exploring the Harness IaCM UI

3. Managing Workspaces

Creating and configuring Workspaces

Understanding Workspace statuses

Practical management of Infrastructure States

4. IaCM Pipelines

Introduction to IaCM Pipelines

Configuring stages for infrastructure provisioning

Using the step library to manage infrastructure lifecycles

5. Drift Management

Identifying configuration drift and understanding its causes

Setting up drift detection pipelines

Analyzing and remediating drift issues

6. Governance and Security

Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Configuring Audit Trails and Monitoring for compliance

Using security scanners and custom plugins

7. State Migration and Remote Backends

Migrating existing infrastructure state into Harness IaCM

Configuring and managing remote backends

Using Harness migration utilities and API for state migration

8. Cost Management and Optimization

Tracking cost using policy-as-code

Using perspectives and cost estimation tools

Setting up alerts and cost thresholds

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Exam Details

The Infrastructure as Code Management Developer exam tests your knowledge and skills of the Harness Infrastructure as Code Management module.

Prerequisites

  • Basic terminal skills

  • Basic understanding of the Harness Platform and IACM basics.

Exam Details

Exam Type
Duration

Knowledge Exam

90 minutes

Covered Domain

% of Coverage

1. Introduction to Harness IaCM

15%

2. Getting Started with IaCM

15%

3. Managing Workspaces

15%

4. IaCM Pipelines

15%

5. Drift Management

15%

6. Governance and Security

10%

7. State Migration and Remote Backends

10%

8. Cost Management and Optimization

5%

Exam Objectives

List of Objectives

The following is a detailed list of exam objectives:

#

Objective

1

Introduction to Harness IaCM

1.1

Overview of Harness IaCM capabilities

1.2

Understanding the key concepts and terminology

1.3

Integration points with other Harness services

2

Getting Started with IaCM

2.1

Setting up Git repositories with Terraform or OpenTofu configurations

2.2

Configuring Workspace Connectors for Cloud Providers

2.3

Exploring the Harness IaCM UI

3

Managing Workspaces

3.1

Creating and configuring Workspaces

3.2

Understanding Workspace statuses

3.3

Practical management of Infrastructure States

4

IaCM Pipelines

4.1

Introduction to IaCM Pipelines

4.2

Configuring stages for infrastructure provisioning

4.3

Using the step library to manage infrastructure lifecycles

5

Drift Management

5.1

Identifying configuration drift and understanding its causes

5.2

Setting up drift detection pipelines

5.3

Analyzing and remediating drift issues

6

Governance and Security

6.1

Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

6.2

Configuring Audit Trails and Monitoring for compliance

6.3

Using security scanners and custom plugins

7

State Migration and Remote Backends

7.1

Migrating existing infrastructure state into Harness IaCM

7.2

Configuring and managing remote backends

7.3

Using Harness migration utilities and API for state migration

8

Cost Management and Optimization

8.1

Tracking cost using policy-as-code

8.2

Using perspectives and cost estimation tools

8.3

Setting up alerts and cost thresholds

Next Steps

The Infrastructure as Code Management Developer exam can start immediately after registering. Please allow up to 90 mins for the knowledge exam.

  1. Create an account in Harness University

  2. Register for an exam.

  3. Take the exams

    1. There will be a knowledge and hands-on portion.

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Infrastucture as Code Management - Administrator (BETA COMING SOON)

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Product version: Harness IaCM Paid Plans

Coming soon

This certification is in beta and not yet open for registration.

Assesses the fundamental skills to deploy and maintain IaCM projects and the overall Harness Platform.

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Product version: Harness IaCM Paid Plans

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This certification is in beta and not yet open for registration.

Assess key technical job functions and advanced skills in design, implementation and management of IaCM.

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