Becoming a Kubernetes and Cloud Native Training Partner (KCNTP) | CNCF

Enroll your company as a CNCF End User and save more than $10K in training and conference costs
CNCF recognizes a select group of Kubernetes and Cloud Native Training Partners (KCNTP). This is a tier of vetted training providers who have deep experience in cloud native technology training.
The requirements for becoming a KCNTP are as follows:
The main benefits of becoming a KCNTP are:
If you are interested in creating your own Kubernetes training courses, CNCF has open sourced the curriculum around which that exam has been created for the benefit of companies offering training.
If you don’t want to build your own course from scratch, the instructor-led version of Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS458) is already available and can be re-sold by Authorized Training Partners (ATP). LFS458 is updated for each Kubernetes release and already maps directly to the CKA exam.
For questions on the KCNTP program, please email kcntp@cncf.io.
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