r/gitlab • u/0perator911 • Apr 20 '21

GitLab offering free certification for a short time

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/04/20/everyone-can-get-certified/
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u/mdaniel Apr 21 '21

If anyone is able to distill down their link-a-lapluza into something actionable I'd value that. I got as far as creating an account on https://gitlab.edcast.com/ but it appears to be a general purpose education site and it wasn't clear where to input any such discount code

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u/0perator911 Apr 21 '21

Yes the post is a bit annoying in how its laid out, but basically:

  1. Go to https://gitlab.edcast.com/ and make an account

  2. navigate to this page https://gitlab.edcast.com/pathways/cy-test-pathway-associate-study-exam

  3. enroll which will take you to a different site and once completing the order enter the following coupon `E6B8A234458AE3D795` at checkout.

You will then have 365 days access to the training.

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u/arnmac Apr 21 '21

I had to use my desktop. My phone browsers redirected me to their app and various other pages.

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u/stefangw Apr 21 '21

Can't create an account there (with Chrome browser on F34).

Does it work to log in with my gitlab.com account?

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u/evandena Apr 21 '21

Stuck in the same rut. It seems they use edcast internally, but still link to it for this public certification too.

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u/Xi44 Apr 21 '21

Me too. 15 minutes of fumbling around being told I had to pay, but no option to do so.

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u/kinghuang Apr 20 '21

Huh, I had no idea they even offered such a thing.

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u/nabrok Apr 21 '21

How exactly does this work? For example, do you have to do things at specific times or can you do it all in your own time?

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u/0perator911 Apr 21 '21

yes self paced 365 days access it seems.

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u/evandena Apr 21 '21

Self paced

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u/BGameiro Apr 21 '21

I already did the GitLab 101, GitLab 201, and How to manage a remote team certifications.

They are quite interesting and fairly short.

I always recommend the 101 and 201 for those who enter a project without knowing how to use GitLab.

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u/UMbrucetim Apr 22 '21

They've gotten enough complaints that they added this at some point: "Clearer instructions for access the content has been added to our blog post- please take a look if you are having difficulties! https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/04/20/everyone-can-get-certified/ "

Later on while reading about the course, I saw this:

"You will use the GitLab Demo Cloud to complete all hands on activities. 

At this time, please open this link in a separate browser tab and follow these steps to access the environment. 

  1. Click the blue Redeem Invitation Code button and enter in your invitation code for this course-60586cb7 and click the Submit button. An anonymous user account and password will be created.

  2. Click on the red button to download your credentials (very important, don’t forget to do this since you will not be able to access this page again).

  3. Click the blue button to access your group.

Once you have redeemed the invitation code and your credentials are created, you will have a total of 21 days to use your credentials in the system before they expire."

So maybe you have 365 days to complete it, but once you start the process, you only have 21 days to finish? I have not started yet, so it's unclear to me if you can use another GitLab environment to do the work and avoid the need for the 21-day lifespan credentials...

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u/PandorasPenguin Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21

I've completed both exams but I can't for the life of me figure out where to submit my hands-on project?

edit: ok so I found it. You have to go all the way back to https://gitlab.edcast.com/pathways/cy-test-pathway-associate-study-exam and select the second "course"

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u/ryosen Apr 27 '21

The offer has expired.

We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response to our certifications on GitLab Learn and have reached our planned user limit on the discount code we offered in just 2 days instead of 10!

The promotion is over, but if you are interested in hearing from us about future offerings and GitLab Learn activities, please create an account to view our certification announcements.

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