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NAVER Cloud Platform Certified Professional study plan

NAVER Cloud Platform Certified Professional · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

NAVER Cloud Platform Fundamentals and Architecture & Compute (Server, Kubernetes Service, Container Registry)

  • Map the NAVER Cloud Platform global footprint and explain how Region, Zone, and the platform's account model differ from other major clouds

  • Create a free-tier account and provision a Server (VM) instance end to end, recording each parameter and its effect

  • Compare the Server, Kubernetes Service, and Container Registry product boundaries and describe when each is the right compute choice

  • Diagram the shared responsibility split for a Server instance, including hypervisor, guest OS, and account-level controls

Your checkpoint

A one-page architecture and comparison sheet listing at least 10 platform services with their category, scope, and one use case each, plus a screenshot-free written record of your first Server deployment parameters

Week 2

Compute (Server, Kubernetes Service, Container Registry)

  • Deploy a containerized application to Kubernetes Service and explain the roles of the cluster, node pool, and namespace

  • Push and pull an image through Container Registry, including tag immutability and vulnerability scan settings

  • Configure a Server autoscaling policy and verify scale-out and scale-in behavior under a synthetic load

  • Troubleshoot a failed pod scheduling event using node conditions, resource requests, and event logs

Your checkpoint

A working Kubernetes Service cluster running your application behind a Service object, with a written runbook of the exact commands and a short incident note on the scheduling failure you resolved

Week 3

Storage and Database Services

  • Select the correct block storage type for a given IOPS and durability requirement and justify the choice in writing

  • Create and restore an Object Storage bucket with versioning and lifecycle rules that expire objects after a set number of days

  • Provision a managed relational database and demonstrate a point-in-time restore to a separate instance

  • Compare managed versus self-managed database trade-offs on patching, failover, and backup ownership

Your checkpoint

A storage and database decision matrix covering at least four storage services and two database engines, each with cost driver, durability model, and a restore test result

Week 4

Networking (VPC, Load Balancer, DNS, CDN, VPN)

  • Design a VPC with public and private subnets, then apply security groups and network ACLs that enforce least privilege

  • Deploy a Load Balancer across two zones and verify health-check failover by stopping one target

  • Configure a DNS record set and a CDN distribution in front of an origin, then measure cache hit ratio

  • Establish a site-to-site VPN tunnel and explain the IPSec parameters and routing that make it work

Your checkpoint

A network diagram plus a verified failover test report showing request success during target removal, with DNS and CDN configuration values listed

Week 5

Security and Identity (IAM, Security Monitoring, Key Management)

  • Create IAM sub-accounts, groups, and custom policies that grant only the permissions needed for a specific deployment task

  • Enable Security Monitoring and interpret at least three alert types with their recommended response steps

  • Use Key Management to create a key, encrypt a secret, and rotate the key while confirming dependent workloads still decrypt

  • Audit an account for over-privileged identities and document the remediation for each finding

Your checkpoint

A least-privilege IAM policy set and an audit report listing every over-privileged identity found, the risk, and the exact policy change applied

Week 6

Management, Monitoring, and Automation & Storage and Database Services

  • Build a monitoring dashboard that tracks CPU, memory, disk, and network for at least two compute services

  • Create alert rules with thresholds and notification channels, then trigger one alert deliberately

  • Automate a recurring task with a script or template that provisions and tears down a test environment

  • Review storage lifecycle and snapshot retention settings and reduce at least one source of unnecessary cost

Your checkpoint

An exported dashboard definition, a triggered alert with its notification evidence, and a short automation script that creates and deletes a test resource without manual steps

Week 7

Application Services and AI/Data Platform

  • Deploy a serverless or managed application service and connect it to a managed database and object storage

  • Invoke an AI or data platform API and describe its input, output, quota, and pricing model

  • Configure a data pipeline that ingests, transforms, and stores a sample dataset

  • Compare two application hosting options on cold start, scaling, and operational overhead

Your checkpoint

A working end-to-end sample application with a written architecture note covering request flow, data store, AI API usage, and the two hosting options compared

Week 8

Migration, Hybrid, and Cost/Operational Excellence & NAVER Cloud Platform Fundamentals and Architecture & Compute (Server, Kubernetes Service, Container Registry) & Storage and Database Services & Networking (VPC, Load Balancer, DNS, CDN, VPN) & Security and Identity (IAM, Security Monitoring, Key Management) & Management, Monitoring, and Automation & Application Services and AI/Data Platform

  • Plan a migration of a small workload using a documented assessment, cutover, and rollback sequence

  • Identify the top five cost drivers in a sample architecture and propose a concrete optimization for each

  • Complete two timed full-length practice sets and score every missed item by domain

  • Re-study the two weakest domains using your own notes and close each gap with a verified lab

Your checkpoint

A migration and cost-optimization brief plus a scored practice-exam log showing domain-level accuracy before and after targeted review

Milestones

Week 2: You can deploy a Server instance and a Kubernetes Service workload from scratch without notes, and explain every parameter you set

Week 4: You can draw the full network path from internet client to Load Balancer to private subnet target, and you have proven failover with a live test

Week 6: You can write a least-privilege IAM policy for a named task and show a dashboard and alert that fired as configured

Week 8: You score at least 80 percent on two timed practice sets, with no domain below 70 percent, and you can explain each missed item in your own words