Coming soon
Level 1 · For everyone
Foundations
Install, pair, read the dashboards and understand costs.
- Install and activation
- Servers and clients
- Pairing
- Dashboards
- The model proxy
- Costs
- Time
- About 5 hours
- Certificate
- Does not expire
SpanDock Academy · Coming soon
Learn SpanDock. Get certified.
Self-paced courses, hands-on labs and assessments that take you from your first install to designing SpanDock for a whole company. Earn a certificate you can add to LinkedIn, and anyone can verify.
- levels, from first install to architect
- 3
- levels, from first install to architect
- modules in the first two courses
- 14
- modules in the first two courses
- hands-on labs
- 10
- hands-on labs
SpanDock Academy
Certificate of achievement
This certifies that
Alex Rivera
has passed the assessment for
SpanDock Foundations Certificate
- Certificate ID
- SDA-L1-7K3M-Q9TF
- Verify at
- spandock.com/academy/verify
Your path
Three levels, one certificate each
Start where you are. Each level builds on the one before and ends with a certificate.
- Coming soon
Level 2 · For administrators
Administration
Run it for a team: scale, route, govern and stay informed.
- Satellites and scaling
- Relays and networks
- Routing and budgets
- The MCP gateway
- Guardrails and skills
- Notifications and the phone app
- Time
- About 7.5 hours
- Certificate
- Valid for 2 years
- Later
Level 3 · For architects and security teams
Architect
Design clusters, meet compliance needs and automate everything.
- Cluster design
- Security and compliance
- Secure SpanRoute
- Observability
- Troubleshooting
- The API and automation
- Time
- About 16 hours
- Certificate
- Valid for 2 years
Courses
Start with the two flagship courses
Foundations for everyone who uses SpanDock; Administration for the people who run it for a team.
Level 1 · Coming soon
SpanDock Foundations
From install to your first cost report
Install SpanDock, pair your team's computers, connect your AI coding tools and read what they cost. The course for everyone who runs or uses SpanDock.
- hours
- 5
- hours
- modules
- 7
- modules
- lessons
- 25
- lessons
- labs
- 4
- labs
You'll be able to
- Explain how servers, satellites and clients fit together, and where telemetry is stored
- Install and activate a server on macOS, Linux or Windows
- Pair clients and connect Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other tools
- Find any session, tool call or model call on the dashboards
Level 2 · Coming soon
SpanDock Administration
Run it for a whole team
Scale SpanDock across a team: satellites and failover, networks and relays, routing and budgets, the MCP gateway, guardrails, skills, notifications and the phone app.
- hours
- 7.5
- hours
- modules
- 7
- modules
- lessons
- 27
- lessons
- labs
- 6
- labs
You'll be able to
- Add satellites, plan fallback lists and test failover
- Choose between the built-in tunnel, relays, your existing private network and a public endpoint
- Write routing rules and set budgets per person
- Give every AI tool one governed MCP server with per-person access and approvals
Level 3: Architect tracks
Four tracks after Level 2. Later.
- LaterAbout 4 hoursCluster designHubs, satellites and edges for hundreds of developers: sizing, high availability, upgrades and recovery.
- LaterAbout 5 hoursSecurity and complianceChange management, just-in-time access, the audit log, IP allowlists, SSO and SCIM.
- LaterAbout 3 hoursSecure SpanRoute and networksRoute a computer's traffic through your own servers, with destination checks, caps and records.
- LaterAbout 4 hoursObservability, troubleshooting and automationDestinations at scale, diagnosing problems end to end, and automating with the API and service keys.
How it works
From your first lesson to a certificate anyone can check
Learn
Short video lessons and readings, one topic at a time, at your own pace.
Practise in a lab
Hands-on labs on a demo server we run for you. Nothing to install to start.
Pass the assessment
A timed exam drawn from a large question bank; Level 2 and 3 add a practical task.
Get your certificate
A certificate with your name and a unique ID, as a PDF and an image.
Share it
Add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click, or share its link anywhere.
Anyone can verify
Employers and clients check it on our verification page by its ID.
When do the courses open?
We're building Level 1, Foundations, first, then Level 2, Administration. Level 3 follows. Leave your email and we'll tell you the day each one opens.
Do I need a paid plan or my own server?
No. The labs run on a demo server we provide, so you can learn without a paid plan. If you already run SpanDock, you can do the labs on your own server too.
What does it cost?
We'll announce pricing before each level opens. Everyone on the list hears first.
How long is a certificate valid?
Level 1 doesn't expire. Level 2 and Level 3 certificates are valid for two years, because the product moves quickly; you renew with a shorter assessment on what changed.
How do I add a certificate to LinkedIn?
Your certificate page has an “Add to LinkedIn” button. It opens LinkedIn's “Add license or certification” form with the name, issuer, dates, ID and link filled in; you check it and save.
How does someone verify my certificate?
They enter its ID (it looks like SDA-L1-XXXX-XXXX) on the verification page, or open the link you shared. They see your name, the level and course, the dates and whether it's valid. Your certificate is listed only if you agree.
Can my whole team take it?
Yes. We're planning team enrolment, progress reports and private sessions for larger teams. Tell us what your team needs.
What do you do with my email?
We keep it, with the courses you chose, only to tell you when the Academy opens. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing deletes your address from the list.
Be first in
One email when the first course opens. No newsletter.