MuleSoft Certified Developer - Level 2

2 hours
Virtual

Summary

Note: The MuleSoft certification program will be moved over to the Salesforce Certification program, available through Webassessor starting May 6, 2024. For additional information, please visit our FAQ.

A MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 2 should be able to independently work on production-ready Mule applications – applications that are ready to be used in a DevOps environment in professional software development projects and address and balance critical non-functional requirements including monitoring, performance, maintainability, reliability, and security. The MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 2 exam validates that a developer has the required knowledge and skills to:

Expose production-ready Anypoint Platform-managed APIs from Mule applications.
Implement maintainable and modular Mule applications and their Maven builds.
Implement monitorable Mule applications.
Implement performant and reliable Mule applications.
Secure data at rest and in transit.

Prerequisites

To purchase and take this exam, you must have a current MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1 certification.

Format

Format: Multiple-choice, closed book, proctored, online
Length: 60 questions
Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
Pass score: 70%
Language: English

You can take the exam a maximum of 5 times, with a 24-hour wait between each attempt.

Cost

This exam is no longer available for purchase on this site. It will be available again for purchase on Webassessor on May 6, 2024. For additional information, please visit our FAQ.

Students with a current MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1 certification can also get two exam attempts after successfully completing both the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Development Practices course and the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Integrations course. The courses must be completed on/by April 26, 2024.

Validity

The certification expires two years from the date you pass the exam. To extend the certification validity after this date, you can take this exam again.

Passing the exam also makes you eligible to renew your MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1 certification for two years from the date you pass the Level 2 exam. You will be sent a form that you need to submit to confirm the extension.

Preparation

You can best prepare for the exam by taking the instructor-led Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Development Practices and Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Integrations courses. Candidates should be familiar with all of the content in the courses and be able to apply the concepts in actual project without assistance.

The following resources are available to help you prepare:

Instructor-led training: Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Development Practices
- 3-day class
- Private, public, onsite, and online classes available
- Two attempts for this exam are granted after completion of this course and the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Integrations course
Instructor-led training: Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Integrations
- 4-day class
- Private, public, onsite, and online classes available
- Two attempts for this exam are granted after completion of this course and the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Development Practices
Practice exam
- Same format, length, and duration as the certification exam
- Questions are the same style and degree of difficulty as the exam

Topics

The exam validates that you can perform the following tasks.

Note: DEV:PRD is the acronym for the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Development Practices course. DEV:INT is the acronym for the Anypoint Platform Development: Production-Ready Integrations course.

Expose production-ready Anypoint Platform-managed APIs from Mule applications	Implement versioning of specific API-related artifacts Configure custom or out-of-the-box (OOTB) API policies Implement server-side caching of API invocations using API policies Request access to APIs while honoring environment-specific scoping Implement HTTP callbacks (webhooks) Code API implementations to perform API auto-discovery Resources DEV:PRD Module 1 DEV:INT Module 1 Enhancing Security with Gatekeeper
Implement maintainable and modular Mule applications and their Maven builds	Modularize and optimize Mule application Maven build configurations Implement Maven-based automated deployment to Mule runtimes Execute MUnit tests with Maven Implement unit tests with the MUnit framework and tooling Build custom API policies Encapsulate common Mule application functionality in libraries Implement custom message processors using the Mule SDK or XML SDK Resources DEV:PRD Module 1 DEV:PRD Module 2 DEV:PRD Module 3 DEV:INT Module 6 Building a Mule Application Mule Maven Plugin for Deploying Mulesoft Applications MUnit Test Structure Fundamentals Custom Policy Development Designing Reusable Libraries in MuleSoft XML-SDK
Implement monitorable Mule applications	Expose healthcheck endpoints from a Mule application Implement effective logging Change log levels and aggregate and analyze logs Monitor Mule applications and Mule runtimes using Anypoint Platform or external tools Implement message correlation, including persistence and propagation of correlation IDs over HTTP Resources DEV:PRD Module 1 DEV:PRD Module 2 API Functional Monitoring Github: Mule Correlation Custom Policy Correlation ID
Implement performant and reliable Mule applications	Implement ObjectStore persistence for all Mule deployment options Implement fault-tolerant, performant, and traceable message passing with the VM and AnypointMQ connectors Implement fault-tolerant invocations of HTTP-based APIs, reacting correctly to HTTP status codes Validate assertions using the Validation module Validate messages against XML- or JSON-Schema documents Parallelize integration logic using scatter-gather Implement compensating transactions for partially failed scatter-gather Implement client-side caching of API invocations for performance Resources DEV:INT Module 2 DEV:INT Module 3 DEV:INT Module 4 DEV:INT Module 5 VM Connector - Mule 4 4 simple steps to improve your application network’s fault-tolerance JSON Schema Validator Scatter-Gather Router Scatter-Gather Integration
Secure data at rest and in transit	Implement secure, environment-dependent properties management Create, package, and distribute keys and certificates Expose and invoke APIs over HTTPS Implement TLS mutual authentication on the client and server side Implement API invocations authenticated by Basic Auth or OAuth2 with HTTP or REST connectors Resources DEV:PRD Module 1 DEV:INT Module 1 Safely Hide Application Properties Converting a JKS keystore to PKCS12 Build HTTPS API Proxies What happens in a TLS handshake? One-way and 2-way SSL Support for Cloudhub Applications Through SLB/DLB Approve or Reject Access Requests Rest Connect Connector Generation Configure HTTP Request