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

1. After purchase the exam voucher, please log into your portal LFOSSA website, your exam voucher will be available under "Exam & Learning Voucher" (password-protected).

2. You need an LFID to register for and take Linux Foundation (LF) certification exams. If you already have a Linux Foundation ID (LFID), you can redeem your exam voucher at https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/redeem . If you do not have a LFID, click here (https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/access/saml/login) to create one.

3. Log in to your LF Education portal,  enter your exam voucher code in the Enter Registration Code field and click Validate, then check the box: " I agree to The Linux Foundation Training Terms, Conditions & Policies and the Thought Industries Terms & Conditions." 

4. A confirmation message “Congrats, your code has been validated” will appear upon successful validation, confirming your voucher is valid. Click Register to complete the exam voucher registration.

5. Log in to LF Education global website with your LFID.   After the registration process, the certification exam will be available in the learner's portal within 24 hours, then the candidate will be available to take and schedule exam. 

Linux Foundation Global Certification & Confidentiality Agreement

Candidate Handbook

Important Instructions

Frequently Asked Questions

The Exam Voucher is non-refundable upon purchase.

Exam Voucher is redeemable within 90 days post-purchase; Exam eligibility will be valid for 1 year from your registration date. You now have 90 days + 365 days for exam preparation!