Cisco - Certified DevNet Specialist – Core Kurs | 350-901 DEVCOR

Lehrplan

Module 1: Software developments and design

• 1.1 Describe distributed applications related to the concepts of front-end, back-end, and load balancing
• 1.2 Evaluate an application design considering scalability and modularity
• 1.3 Evaluate an application design considering high-availability and resiliency (including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud)
• 1.4 Evaluate an application design considering latency and rate limiting
• 1.5 Evaluate an application design and implementation considering maintainability
• 1.6 Evaluate an application design and implementation considering observability
• 1.7 Diagnose problems with an application given logs related to an event
• 1.8 Evaluate choice of database types with respect to application requirements (such as relational, document, graph, columnar, and Time Series)
• 1.9 Explain architectural patterns (monolithic, services oriented, microservices, and event driven)
• 1.10 Utilise advanced version control operations with Git
• 1.10.a Merge a branch
• 1.10.b Resolve conflicts
• 1.10.c git reset
• 1.10.d git checkout
• 1.10.e git revert
• 1.11 Explain the concepts of release packaging and dependency management
• 1.12 Construct a sequence diagram that includes API calls

Module 2: Understanding and using APIs

• 2.1 Implement robust REST API error handling for time outs and rate limits
• 2.2 Implement control flow of consumer code for unrecoverable REST API errors
• 2.3 Identify ways to optimise API usage through HTTP cache controls
• 2.4 Construct an application that consumes a REST API that supports pagination
• 2.5 Describe the steps in the OAuth2 three-legged authorisation code grant flow

Module 3: Cisco platforms and development

• 3.1 Construct API requests to implement chatops with Webex Teams API
• 3.2 Construct API requests to create and delete objects using Firepower device management (FDM)
• 3.3 Construct API requests using the Meraki platform to accomplish these tasks
• 3.3.a Use Meraki Dashboard APIs to enable an SSID
• 3.3.b Use Meraki location APIs to retrieve location data

Module 4: Application deployment and security

• 4.1 Diagnose a CI/CD pipeline failure (such as missing dependency, incompatible versions of components, and failed tests)
• 4.2 Integrate an application into a prebuilt CD environment leveraging Docker and Kubernetes
• 4.3 Describe the benefits of continuous testing and static code analysis in a CI pipeline
• 4.4 Utilise Docker to containerise an application
• 4.5 Describe the tenets of the "12-factor app"
• 4.6 Describe an effective logging strategy for an application
• 4.7 Explain data privacy concerns related to storage and transmission of data
• 4.8 Identify the secret storage approach relevant to a given scenario
• 4.9 Configure application specific SSL certificates
• 4.10 Implement mitigation strategies for OWASP threats (such as XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection)
• 4.11 Describe how end-to-end encryption principles apply to APIs

Module 5: Infrastructure and automation

• 5.1 Explain considerations of model-driven telemetry (including data consumption and data storage)
• 5.2 Utilise RESTCONF to configure a network device including interfaces, static routes, and VLANs (IOS XE only)
• 5.3 Construct a workflow to configure network parameters with:
• 5.3.a Ansible playbook
• 5.3.b Puppet manifest
• 5.4 Identify a configuration management solution to achieve technical and business requirements
• 5.5 Describe how to host an application on a network device (including Catalyst 9000 and Cisco IOx-enabled devices)