CNCF-CNPE Exam Information and Outline
Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer
Syllabus Update Checked on: October 30, 2026
CNCF-CNPE Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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official CNCF-CNPE exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
CNCF.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Performance-based, hands-on exam in live environments
- Platform Architecture and Infrastructure
- Designing internal developer platforms on Kubernetes
- Multi-tenancy, namespaces and resource management
- GitOps and Continuous Delivery
- Implementing GitOps with Argo CD/Flux
- Progressive delivery and release automation
- Platform APIs and Self-Service
- Custom resources, operators and Crossplane-style provisioning
- Golden paths and software templates
- Observability and Reliability
- Metrics, logs, traces and SLOs for platforms
- Security and Policy
- Policy as code (Kyverno/OPA), RBAC, secrets and supply chain security
- Developer Experience and Measurement
- Internal developer portals and platform metrics