NAVER Cloud Platform Certified Associate study plan

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

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

NAVER Cloud Platform Fundamentals and Architecture

Explain how NAVER Cloud Platform organizes Regions, Zones, and availability boundaries, and state which services are region-scoped versus global
Draw the end-to-end request path for a typical three-tier workload (load balancer, server, storage, managed DB) and label the platform component at each hop
Classify the exam's eight domains by weight and write a personal score target per domain that sums to a passing margin
Create a glossary of 30 core platform terms (VPC, Subnet, ACG, Server, Object Storage, Sub Account, etc.) with a one-line definition each

A one-page architecture diagram of a three-tier NCP workload plus a weighted domain scorecard in a spreadsheet

Week 2

Map each platform-level identity concept (main account, Sub Account, role, policy) to the action it authorizes
Configure a mental model of VPC and Subnet design by sketching public and private subnets with their routing intent
Distinguish ACG rules from network ACL-style filtering and state where each is enforced
List the top five identity mistakes that break least-privilege access and the control that prevents each

A written least-privilege design note showing three Sub Accounts, their assigned roles, and the exact resources each may touch

Week 3

Compare Server (VM), Container, and Auto Scaling service options on the dimensions of control, scaling trigger, and operational overhead
Describe the lifecycle of a Server instance from creation through initialization script, image capture, and termination
Explain how an Auto Scaling group decides to scale out and scale in, and name the metrics commonly used as triggers
Identify when a container-based deployment is preferable to a plain VM and justify the choice in two sentences

A decision matrix comparing VM, container, and Auto Scaling options with a recommended choice for three sample scenarios

Week 4

Differentiate block storage, Object Storage, and NAS-style storage by access pattern, durability model, and typical workload
Design a VPC with public and private subnets, a NAT path for outbound traffic, and a load balancer in front of application servers
Explain how DNS and load balancing interact when a service scales horizontally
Describe how to protect Object Storage buckets with access policy, and when a CDN-style distribution is appropriate

A network and storage design document for a web application, including subnet CIDR plan, traffic flow arrows, and storage choice per tier

Week 5

Compare managed relational database options on engine choice, backup and restore behavior, and high-availability configuration
Explain how to reach a private database from an application server without exposing it to the internet
Describe the shared-responsibility split for database patching, backup retention, and credential management
Outline a security monitoring workflow from log collection through alert triage to response

A database and security runbook covering one primary DB, its backup schedule, its access path, and an alert-to-response checklist

Week 6

Interpret a billing breakdown by service and identify the three cost drivers most likely to surprise a new team
Configure a monitoring dashboard with at least four metrics and one alert threshold per metric
Explain how AI/Data services are consumed as managed APIs and what data-handling questions to ask before use
Describe the difference between platform monitoring and application-level logging, and where each lives

A monitoring dashboard specification with metric names, thresholds, and the alert owner for each, plus a cost-review checklist

Week 7

Plan a lift-and-shift migration of a small on-premises workload, listing the order of resource creation and the cutover steps
Identify which workloads should be re-architected rather than migrated as-is, with reasoning
Describe hybrid connectivity options at a conceptual level and when each is appropriate
Rehearse scaling and failover by describing the exact steps to add capacity and to recover from a zone failure

A migration and failover plan for one sample workload, including a numbered cutover checklist and a rollback path

Week 8

Re-derive the weighted domain scorecard from week 1 and close every gap below target
Answer 60 practice-style questions under timed conditions and log the reason for each miss by domain
Rewrite the weakest three glossary entries into full explanations without notes
Summarize the ten facts most likely to be tested and state each in one precise sentence

A timed practice-test log with per-domain accuracy, a list of corrected misconceptions, and a final one-page cheat sheet

Week 2: Can explain, without notes, how a Sub Account's role limits which resources it can act on and where ACG rules apply in the request path

Week 4: Can sketch a VPC with public and private subnets, a NAT path, and a load balancer, and justify the storage choice for each tier

Week 6: Can read a sample bill, name the top cost drivers, and specify a dashboard with thresholds and owners

Week 8: Scores at or above the personal target on all eight domains in a timed 60-question practice set, with no domain below its floor