Service networking with Consul: service discovery and health checking, the key-value store, service mesh with sidecar proxies, and securing communication between services.
HashiCorp does not publish numeric exam codes — CA-003 is the common abbreviation.
HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (003) is HashiCorp's associate-level networking certification, referred to across the industry by the shorthand CA-003. The exam runs for 1 hour and presents up to 57 questions, with a pass mark of not published by HashiCorp. It costs US$70 at the standard rate.
The published exam guide lists 6 sections but does not assign public weightings, so plan to cover each in similar depth rather than betting on one being dominant.
Confirm these details on the official HashiCorp page before booking — vendors adjust format and pricing without notice.
Some forms include unscored trial questions
Standard rate, before local taxes
The published exam guide for CA-003, in the vendor's own order.
01Explain Consul Architecture
02Deploy a Single Datacenter
03Register Services and Health Checks
04Use Consul Service Mesh
05Secure Consul with ACLs and TLS
06Use the Key-Value Store
Hands-on Consul experience.
Associate level — Role-based credentials for practitioners with hands-on experience.
This is a complete CA-003 exam guide, but a practice bank is not available yet. We keep the guide published because the format, weighted domains and official sources remain useful when planning your study.
The syllabus breakdown above is the most useful study plan available either way: work through the domains in weight order.
HashiCorp lists up to 57 questions, to be completed in 1 hour. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
Not published by HashiCorp. Confirm the current figure on the official exam page before booking, as vendors adjust cut scores when an exam form is refreshed.
The standard price is US$70. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Hands-on Consul experience.
The exam guide covers Explain Consul Architecture, Deploy a Single Datacenter, Register Services and Health Checks, Use Consul Service Mesh and Secure Consul with ACLs and TLS, plus 1 further domain. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.