HashiCorp created the infrastructure-as-code movement and maintains the most widely deployed open-source DevOps tools: Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, Vault for secrets management, and Consul for service mesh and networking. HashiCorp certifications validate production-level expertise with tools used across all three major cloud providers and by the majority of organizations with mature DevOps practices.
Terraform has become the de-facto standard for cloud infrastructure provisioning, and Terraform Associate is one of the most sought-after DevOps credentials. HashiCorp certifications demonstrate cloud-agnostic infrastructure skills that transfer across AWS, Azure, and GCP — a significant advantage in multi-cloud environments and consulting roles.
HashiCorp · Consul-Associate
Validates knowledge of HashiCorp Consul for service networking, covering Consul architecture and deployment, service registration and discovery, health checking, service mesh with intentions and traffic management, and the key/value store for configuration management.
HashiCorp · Terraform-Associate
Terraform Associate 004 practice across Terraform 1.12 fundamentals, configuration, workflow, modules, state, troubleshooting, and HCP Terraform.
HashiCorp · Vault-Associate
Validates knowledge of HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and data protection, covering authentication methods, policies and tokens, lease management, static and dynamic secrets engines, encryption as a service, and Vault architecture including high availability.