A lab exam for running Vault in production: cluster deployment and high availability, replication and disaster recovery, auto-unseal, monitoring and upgrade operations.
HashiCorp does not publish numeric exam codes — VO-PRO is the common abbreviation.
HashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professional is HashiCorp's professional-level cybersecurity certification, referred to across the industry by the shorthand VO-PRO. The exam runs for 4 hours, with a pass mark of not published by HashiCorp. It costs US$295 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.
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Standard rate, before local taxes
The published exam guide for VO-PRO, in the vendor's own order.
01Create a Working Vault Server Configuration
02Monitor a Vault Environment
03Employ the Vault Security Model
04Build Fault-tolerant Vault Environments
05Understand Vault Replication
06Scale Vault for Performance
Vault Associate plus production operations experience.
Professional level — Advanced credentials covering design, scale and trade-off decisions.
VO-PRO is assessed through work performed on live systems rather than a standard multiple-choice paper. Use the weighted domains above as a lab checklist and practise each task in a realistic environment.
The syllabus breakdown above is the most useful study plan available either way: work through the domains in weight order.
The exam is scheduled for 4 hours. HashiCorp does not publish a fixed question count for this exam.
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$295. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Vault Associate plus production operations experience.
The exam guide covers Create a Working Vault Server Configuration, Monitor a Vault Environment, Employ the Vault Security Model, Build Fault-tolerant Vault Environments and Understand Vault Replication, plus 1 further domain. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.