This course is designed to help learners understand how modern cloud-native applications are designed, containerized, deployed, secured, monitored, and integrated using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The course follows the major domains and objectives of the certification exam and emphasizes practical understanding through explanations, examples, scenarios, and exam-focused questions.

What You Will Learn

Cloud-Native Fundamentals

Understand the foundations of cloud-native development, including cloud-native principles, key architectural pillars, and the benefits of modern application architectures.

You will explore:

• Cloud-native concepts and principles

• Key pillars of cloud-native development

• Microservices architecture

• Microservices design methodologies

• Cloud-native application characteristics

• Challenges and considerations when designing distributed applications

Cloud-Native Applications and Containerization

Learn the core concepts required to work with containerized cloud-native applications and OCI container services.

Topics include:

• Docker architecture and components

• Container images and containers

• Container registries

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR)

• Pushing and pulling container images

• Container orchestration concepts

• Kubernetes fundamentals

• Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)

• Deploying containerized applications on OKE

• Understanding the relationship between Docker, OCIR, Kubernetes, and OKE

Serverless Technologies for Cloud-Native Development

Explore OCI serverless technologies and learn how they support scalable, event-driven, and loosely coupled applications.

Topics include:

• Oracle Functions

• Serverless application concepts

• Function development and deployment concepts

• OCI API Gateway

• API traffic management and routing

• OCI Streaming

• Streaming and asynchronous data processing

• OCI Events

• Event-driven application architectures

• OCI Queue

• Asynchronous messaging for microservices

• Integrating OCI serverless services to build cloud-native architectures

Testing and Securing Cloud-Native Applications

Understand the challenges of testing and securing distributed cloud-native applications.

Topics include:

• Cloud-native testing methodologies

• Testing strategies for distributed applications

• Security considerations for microservices

• Managing sensitive configuration information

• OCI Vault

• Encryption keys

• Secrets management

• Security best practices for cloud-native applications

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cloud-Native Applications

Learn how OCI observability services can be used to monitor application health, analyze operational data, and troubleshoot cloud-native workloads.

Topics include:

• OCI Monitoring

• Metrics and monitoring concepts

• OCI Logging

• Enabling and managing logs

• Searching and analyzing logs

• Application troubleshooting

• Monitoring, logging, and tracing

• Understanding observability in distributed applications

Certification Exam Preparation

The course is structured around the key objectives of the 1Z0-1084-26 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Professional certification.

Students will develop an understanding of the OCI services and cloud-native concepts covered by the exam, with particular emphasis on:

• Containerization and OKE

• Docker and OCIR

• Oracle Functions

• API Gateway

• Streaming

• Events

• Queue

• OCI Vault

• Monitoring and Logging

• Microservices and cloud-native architecture

• Testing and security concepts

The course also focuses on recognizing the appropriate OCI service for a given technical requirement and understanding common architectural scenarios that may appear in certification questions.

Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for:

• Developers preparing for the OCI Developer Professional certification

• Cloud developers working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• Software developers interested in cloud-native application development

• DevOps and cloud engineers who want to strengthen their OCI knowledge

• IT professionals preparing for the 1Z0-1084-26 certification

• Learners who want to understand OCI containerization and serverless technologies

Requirements

Students should have:

• A basic understanding of cloud computing concepts

• Basic knowledge of software development and application architecture

• Familiarity with APIs and microservices is recommended

• Basic understanding of containers and Docker is helpful

• Basic familiarity with networking concepts is beneficial

• No previous OCI certification is required

  
  

Course Outcome

By completing this course, students will have a structured understanding of the major technologies and concepts required for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer Professional (1Z0-1084-26) certification and will be better prepared to analyze cloud-native development scenarios and select the appropriate OCI services and solutions.