https://rudimartinsen.com/categories/prometheus/ Recent content in Prometheus on rudimartinsen.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en Tue, 12 May 2026 20:17:05 +0200 https://rudimartinsen.com/2026/05/12/pca-exam-review/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:17:05 +0200 https://rudimartinsen.com/2026/05/12/pca-exam-review/ <p>Last week I sat, and passed, the Prometheus Certified Associate exam. The <a href="https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/prometheus-certified-associate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">certification from the Linux Foundation</a> is testing foundational knowledge in observability in general and Prometheus in particular.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>&quot;A certified PCA will confirm foundational knowledge for building or scraping observability data in the application stack whether or not it is cloud native&quot; ~ From the Linux Foundation website</em></p></blockquote> <h2 id="preparations-and-resources">Preparations and resources</h2> <p>I've worked with Prometheus for quite some time, although not all the functionality and the most complex queries, but I had a solid base and with this I passed the exam without issues</p>