CNCF recognizes a select group of Kubernetes and Cloud Native Training Partners (KCNTP). This is a tier of vetted training providers who have deep experience in cloud native technology training.
The requirements for becoming a KCNTP are as follows:
- Ability to demonstrate your training capabilities by meeting strict benchmarks for experience and quality, including the ability to provide references from students who have completed your training courses and from major organizations that have used your training services.
- Be an existing KCSP, including deep knowledge of Kubernetes and Cloud Native projects, including involvement in the community.
- Be a CNCF member.
- Have a landing page that includes information on your Kubernetes and Cloud Native training offering.
- If you are teaching instructor-led courses that also map to any of the CNCF exams, all instructors must pass the exam in question before teaching the course.
- Have at least one active Kubestronaut in your organization
The main benefits of becoming a KCNTP are:
- Placement on our KCNTP listing
- Placement on the CNCF landscape panel under the training category (in addition to others existing categories you are eligible for)
- Increase awareness of your brand when end users are searching for training partners
- Being aware before the public of the beta phase for each of the new CNCF certification (and thus having more chance to be part of them)
- Having access 1 month before the public disclose to any evolution of the blueprints of CNCF exams
- 10 vouchers with a 50% discount for any new exams from the CNCF. To be used for your team or your customers
- As pilot phase being eligible to be part of the “Cloud Native Computing Foundation Endorsed Content” that CNCF launched and the associated benefits
- Being able to participate in a meeting every 3 months with CNCF staff member(s) to discuss the evolution of new certifications, and get exclusive information to help you build training materials before anyone else.
Interested in becoming a KCNTP?
Curriculum
If you are interested in creating your own Kubernetes training courses, CNCF has open sourced the curriculum around which that exam has been created for the benefit of companies offering training.
If you don’t want to build your own course from scratch, the instructor-led version of Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS458) is already available and can be re-sold by Authorized Training Partners (ATP). LFS458 is updated for each Kubernetes release and already maps directly to the CKA exam.
If you are interested in becoming an exam reseller, we also offer wholesale pricing on our exams to training companies purchasing in bulk.
Contact
For questions on the KTP program or becoming an exam reseller, please email training@cncf.io.