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$2,685USD
Duration 3 days
Course Code 8H504G
Available Formats Classroom, Virtual
Next Class: Oct 26, 2026

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Overview

Course Description

Boundary Enterprise is a comprehensive 3-day instructor-led course that teaches participants how to design, deploy, secure, operate, and scale HashiCorp Boundary Enterprise. Through a combination of expert-led instruction and hands-on labs, attendees learn Zero Trust access principles, platform administration, credential management, Vault integration, observability, and enterprise-scale automation. Designed for SREs, DevOps engineers, security teams, and platform operators, the course provides practical skills and proven best practices for implementing secure identity-based access across modern infrastructure.

Skills Gained

After completion of this course, learners will be able to:

 

  1. Design, deploy, and operate HashiCorp Boundary Enterprise using proven enterprise architecture patterns and best practices. 
  2. Configure secure access through authentication, identity provider integration, scopes, projects, and role-based access controls (RBAC). 
  3. Manage targets, host catalogs, credentials, and connection workflows to deliver secure infrastructure access. 
  4. Implement advanced security capabilities, including credential injection, credential brokering, dynamic secrets with Vault, and session monitoring. 
  5. Monitor, scale, automate, and troubleshoot Boundary deployments to meet enterprise security, availability, and compliance requirements.

Who Can Benefit

  • Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Platform Engineers
  • Cloud Engineers and Cloud Architects
  • Systems Administrators
  • Infrastructure Engineers
  • Security Engineers

Prerequisites

Recommended Prerequisites

  • Basic experience using a command-line interface (CLI) in Linux, macOS, or Windows.
  • Foundational understanding of cloud and infrastructure concepts, including servers, networking, and environments.
  • Familiarity with identity and access management concepts such as users, groups, authentication, and authorization.
  • Basic knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Understanding of security concepts such as least privilege and Zero Trust principles.

Nice-to-Have 

  • Experience with HashiCorp Vault.
  • Experience administering cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Familiarity with RBAC, IAM, or PAM solutions.
  • Experience with DevOps, platform engineering, or security operations practices.
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Course Details

Course Details

Course Outline

  • Boundary introduction, architecture, and core concepts
  • Zero Trust security model and identity-based access
  • Scopes, projects, roles, and access management
  • Connection workflows (UI, CLI, API)
  • Identity provider (IdP) integration
  • Host discovery and resource management labs 
  • Deploying and configuring Boundary Enterprise
  • Platform architecture, HA, and disaster recovery
  • Authentication, RBAC, users, groups, and projects
  • Managing targets, host catalogs, and host sets
  • Platform operations, monitoring, and observability
  • Session recording and lifecycle management
  • Credential management and credential brokering
  • Credential injection and secretless access
  • Vault integration for dynamic secrets
  • Client agents and advanced connectivity workflows
  • Multi-hop and transparent sessions
  • Security hardening, compliance, and enterprise automation with Terraform

Schedule

FAQ

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.

What languages are used to deliver training?

Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.

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GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.

Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?

Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.

What does vendor-authorized training mean?

As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.

Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?

It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.

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We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.

Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?

Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.

Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?

Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.

Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?

We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth.  We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.

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Reviews

Great instructor, clear and concise course. Labs were easy to follow and worked perfectly.

Course was great and the instructor had an answer for anything that was asked during the course.

Exit certified was great as it is very in depth and hands on learning which made it very easy to learn this type of work.

I was very pleased with the course setup by ExitCertified and the instructor.

The labs and course material gave me valuable insights into cloud security architecture