Knowledge, scenarios, and defense
Exams
Mission quizzes test local understanding; weekly quizzes and Boss Fights gate progression; final practice is split into manageable exam sections.
Final mock exam blueprint
50
Theory
20
Troubleshooting
10
Architecture
5
Docker incidents
5
Keycloak incidents
5
SV1–SV2 integration
5
AI infrastructure
PRACTICAL
Fresh-machine · change request · oral defense
Week 1
Foundation
M1 · Linux Orientation80%M2 · Files, Permissions & Environment5 QM3 · Processes, Logs & Resources5 QM4 · Networking Fundamentals5 QM5 · HTTP, curl & Local Server5 QM6 · Git, GitHub & Open Source5 QM7 · Docker & Compose Operational Baseline5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 70%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 2
Data/API Core
M1 · Docker Image, Container & Dockerfile5 QM2 · Compose Service Contracts5 QM3 · Docker Network, Service DNS & localhost Trap5 QM4 · Volumes, Bind Mounts & Persistence5 QM5 · Environment Contracts, Secrets & Validation5 QM6 · Healthchecks, Logs & Dependency Readiness5 QM7 · HTTP, REST, JSON & OpenAPI Support5 QM8 · PostgreSQL, SQL, Migration & Seed Support5 QM9 · Reverse Proxy & Multi-layer API Integration5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 75%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 3
Human / Identity
M1 · Identity: Authentication, Authorization & OIDC Map5 QM2 · Keycloak Realm, Client, Users & Roles5 QM3 · Authorization Code + PKCE & SSO5 QM4 · JWT Claims, JWKS & Backend Validation5 QM5 · RBAC: Roles, Claims, Mappers & Backend Guard5 QM6 · Identity Incident Triage: 401, 403 & Expiry5 QM7 · Realm Export/Import, Security Review & Reproducibility5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 75%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 4
Process / Integration
M1 · System Integration Contracts & Ownership Map5 QM2 · n8n Workflow Foundations & Backend Boundary5 QM3 · Webhooks, Reverse Proxy, CORS & Browser-vs-curl5 QM4 · Correlation IDs, Business IDs & Audit Trace5 QM5 · Retry, Timeout, Idempotency & Duplicate Safety5 QM6 · Human-in-the-Loop Approval & State Boundaries5 QM7 · Workflow E2E, Export & Integration Incident5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 75%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 5
Operations / Data II
M1 · Operations: Service Health Matrix, Logs & Resources5 QM2 · Metabase, Read-only Reporting & KPI Boundary5 QM3 · KPI Data Validation & Reporting Incident Triage5 QM4 · Database Backup, Checksum & Protection5 QM5 · Restore Drill on a Separate Target5 QM6 · Operations Failure Drills: DB, Keycloak & n8n5 QM7 · Operations Runbook, Recovery Review & Weekly Gate5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 75%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 6
RAG / AI Infra
M1 · RAG Architecture & SV1/SV3 Boundary5 QM2 · Qdrant Deployment, Collections & Persistence5 QM3 · Ollama Service, Models & Resource Awareness5 QM4 · RAG Service Configuration, Health & Dependency Contract5 QM5 · RAG Infrastructure Incident & SV3 Handoff5 QM6 · Corpus Safety, RAG Evaluation & Infrastructure Release Evidence5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 75%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 7
Agent + HITL
M1 · Agent, Tool Calling & Security Architecture5 QM2 · Read Tools: Schema, Limits, Auth & Audit5 QM3 · Write Tools: Pending-only State & HITL5 QM4 · Agent Service Authentication, RBAC & Permission Boundary5 QM5 · Agent Audit, Limits, Timeout & Resilience5 QM6 · Agent Red-team: Injection, Privilege & Secret Defenses5 QM7 · Agent E2E, Security Closure & Configuration Freeze Prep5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 80%
Boss Fight · OPENWeek 8
Integration & Mock OLP
M1 · Regression Strategy & Quality Gates5 QM2 · Configuration Freeze & Change Impact Analysis5 QM3 · Fresh-machine Installation & Reproducible Bootstrap5 QM4 · Release Package, Integrity & Rollback5 QM5 · Documentation Governance, Handoff & Peer Verification5 QM6 · Timed Demo, Oral Defense & Operations Q&A5 QM7 · Final Go/No-Go, Team Readiness & Unknown Incident5 Q
Weekly quiz: not attempted · PASS ≥ 80%
Boss Fight · OPEN