Overview of the ACA Cloud Native Certification Exam Exam
The ACA Cloud Native Certification evaluates the proficiency of Cloud Engineers and DevOps practitioners in deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications within the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem. Candidates must demonstrate deep operational competence in Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK), including cluster lifecycle management, node pool configuration, and resource orchestration. Mastery encompasses image management via Container Registry (ACR), serverless execution using Elastic Container Instance (ECI), and microservices governance through Service Mesh. Technical focus extends to persistent storage integration, network load balancing, security policy enforcement, and Prometheus-based observability, ensuring candidates can architect, troubleshoot, and optimize high-availability cloud-native infrastructures effectively within the Alibaba Cloud environment.