PingDirectory Certified Expert

The Certified Expert - PingDirectory exam is targeted at IT professionals responsible for advanced administration and deployment of PingDirectory solutions.

The exam validates your ability to perform advanced PingDirectory configuration, troubleshooting, and more advanced instances of basic configuration operations covered in the Professional-level exam.

This exam is delivered as a proctored performance-based exam using a live environment, in which the candidate needs to perform system configuration and administration tasks. This exam consists of four main tasks with a number of subtasks in each main task. Once a candidate has moved on from a main task, they will not be able to return to a completed task. There is a time limit of 210 minutes (3.5 hours).

The exam environment is a CentOS 7 Linux-based desktop environment. All tools and information needed to complete the tasks are provided within the exam environment. Available tools in the environment include:

  • VSCode Text Editor
  • ApacheDirectoryStudio
  • PingDataConsole
  • PingDirectory Product Documentation

Instructions for the tasks are available when accessing the exam environment. There is also a shortcut on the Desktop to reopen the instructions if needed.

For more information about how our exams are delivered, please refer to the testing guide.

Prerequisites

  • Awarded the Certified Professional - PingDirectory certification.
  • Minimum two years of experience working with PingDirectory.
  • (Optional) Successfully completed the Advanced PingDirectory Administration instructor-led training course.

Objectives

The exam covers the following knowledge about PingDirectory version 9 or later:

Objective 1: Advanced Configuration

  • Create and/or manage an ACI.
  • Configure PingDirectoryProxy to balance entries between two instances of PingDirectory.
  • Configure PingDataSync to migrate data from another directory.
  • Update and manage certificates.
  • Manage setting up, purging, and restoring soft deletes.
  • Backup and restore data.
  • Configure and manage replication.
  • Configure a global index.
  • Use the makeldif command to generate an LDIF file based on a template.
  • Configure a mirrored subtree.
  • Add, initialize, and remove a server in a replication topology.

Objective 2: Basic Configuration

  • Create, edit, and delete a schema definition.
  • Create and use a sensitive attribute.
  • Create and use a virtual attribute.
  • Create and use a JSON attribute.
  • Apply constraints to a JSON attribute.
  • Create, export, and import encryption settings definitions.
  • Use an encrypted LDIF file.
  • Create a password validator.
  • Create a password policy.
  • Create a log retention policy.
  • Create a log rotation policy.
  • Create a basic access log publisher.
  • Create a filtered log publisher.
  • Create result criteria.
  • Create request criteria.
  • Create a client connection policy.
  • Configure uncached entries and/or attributes.
  • Configure PingDirectoryProxy as a load balancer.
  • Configure PingDirectoryProxy to transform requested data.

Objective 3: Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshoot common issues.
  • Interpret log entries to resolve a problem.
  • Use cn=monitor analysis to troubleshoot a problem.
  • Diagnose and resolve a configuration issue.
  • Diagnose and resolve a search issue.
  • Diagnose and resolve a schema issue.
  • Diagnose and resolve an ACI issue.
  • Diagnose and resolve a replication issue.