Exoscale Certified Cloud Professional study guide
Exoscale Certified Cloud Professional · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Exoscale Certified Cloud Professional credential is an independent, vendor-focused certification for cloud engineers, DevOps practitioners, and architects who design, deploy, and operate workloads on Exoscale's European cloud platform. This study page is maintained by an independent learning platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Exoscale; the exam name is used only to describe the scope of the material. The Exoscale Certified Cloud Professional study guide has 7 sections and about 3,337 words.
01Compute: instance families, zones, lifecycle and instance pools
The Compute domain checks that you can size and place Elastic Compute instances in Exoscale's zone model, automate their first boot, and scale them without breaking stateful assumptions. Every instance lives in exactly one zone (for example CH-GVA-2, CH-DK-2, DE-FRA-1, DE-MUC-1 or AT-VIE-1).
428 words, about 2 min02Storage: block volumes, snapshots and S3-compatible Object Storage
Storage questions test whether you choose block or object storage for the right reason, and whether you respect the zone boundary when planning durability. Block volumes are network-attached disks that live in one zone and attach to one instance at a time.
436 words, about 2 min03DBaaS: managed engines, plans, zone scoping and access control
The DBaaS domain tests managed-service reasoning: which engines Exoscale offers, how a service is scoped and reached, and what you still own once backups and patching are handled for you. Exoscale's managed catalogue covers relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL), streaming (Kafka), search and analytics (OpenSearch), observability (Grafana) and a Redis-compatible key-value store (Valkey).
398 words, about 2 min04Networking: private networks, security groups, Elastic IPs, NLB and DNS
The Networking domain tests whether you can connect instances privately, control traffic precisely, and expose services without exposing everything. A private network is an isolated L2 segment inside one zone.
456 words, about 2 min05Security: IAM, API keys, hardening and the shared responsibility line
The Security domain tests identity, least privilege, key hygiene and the shared responsibility boundary: what Exoscale protects and what remains yours. IAM gives you users, roles and API keys.
408 words, about 2 min06Concrete AI: GPU workloads on Exoscale with residency and cost control
The Concrete AI domain tests whether you can stand up AI workloads on Exoscale's GPU compute and data services, and whether you keep the same residency, security and cost discipline you would apply anywhere else. AI workloads assemble from parts you already know: GPU instance types for training and inference, templates with drivers and CUDA preinstalled, block volumes for checkpoints and model weights, Object Storage for datasets and artefacts, private networks for multi-node traffic, and the NLB in front of inference endpoints.
444 words, about 2 min07Trust: assurance, attestations and the shared responsibility line
The Trust domain is about assurance: what Exoscale can evidence about its own operations, and how you turn that evidence into answers for a customer, auditor or procurement team. It is distinct from compliance, which is about which regimes you meet - Trust is about whether the claims are verifiable and how the provider behaves when things go wrong.
767 words, about 4 min