Ping Identity Certified Professional
The Ping Identity Certified Professional – PingDirectory certification measures the candidate’s ability to describe how to perform basic installation and configuration tasks.

This exam covers the following knowledge about PingDirectory version 8 or later:

Product Overview

o   Describe the product's features, functionality and basic use cases.

o   Describe the product's data storage engine.
 

Installation and Initial Configuration

o   Outline the system requirements.

o   Explain how to perform interactive and non-interactive installations on Windows and Linux.

o   Describe the product's file system structure.

o   Describe how to perform an upgrade of the product.
 

User Interface

o   Describe the functionality of the administrative console.

o   Describe the purpose of various command-line utilities included with the product.

o   Describe how to use the dsconfig command and its options to configure the PingDirectory server.

o   Describe how to review configuration changes.
 

General Configuration and Maintenance

o   Describe how to perform management tasks for entries.

o   Describe different data types and their uses, sensitive attributes, virtual attributes and JSON attributes.

o   Describe how to enable logging and create retention/rotation policies for logs.

o   Describe how to create, export or import encryption settings definitions.

o   Explain how to create password validators and define policies.

o   Identify how to install an updated PingDirectory license.

o   Define the purpose and use of the collect-support-data command to generate a report for support purposes.

o   Explain how to configure backup/restore backends manually for both full and incremental backups.

o   Define the purpose of lockdown mode and describe how to enter/exit it.

o   Explain how to use the manage-account command to manipulate and view password and account policy properties for users.

o   Describe how to import and export data into/from the backend database using the import-ldif and export-ldif commands.

o   Explain the use of the make-ldif template.

o   Demonstrate knowledge of how root and topology users and privileges are managed.

o   Describe how to create and manage indexes.

o   Describe how to configure additional attributes for SCIM.

o   Describe how to configure replication and define topologies.

o   Describe the purpose and use case for PingProxy.

o   Describe the purpose and use case for PingDataSync.

o   Describe the different group types and their uses.

Exam Delivery

This exam is delivered as a remotely proctored, multiple-choice exam. There are roughly 60 items on the exam and a time limit of approximately 90 minutes. For more information about how remotely proctored exams are delivered, please refer to our testing guide.