DevOps Engineering

• Instructor: GKP
• Duration: 60 hours

This 60-hour course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of DevOps principles, tools, practices, and methodologies. By the end of the course, students will be well-equipped to implement and manage DevOps pipelines, automate processes, and integrate DevOps practices into their organizations.

Introduction to DevOps

• Understanding DevOps: What is DevOps? History and Evolution of DevOps, The DevOps Culture and Mindset, Benefits of DevOps.
• DevOps Lifecycle: Overview of the DevOps Lifecycle (Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Monitoring), Key Principles of DevOps (CALMS – Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing).
• DevOps vs. Traditional IT: Differences between DevOps and traditional software development models, DevOps best practices and industry trends.

Version Control with Git

• Introduction to Git: Basics of Version Control, Installing and Configuring Git, Git Architecture (Working Directory, Staging Area, Repository).
• Working with Git: Git Commands (clone, commit, push, pull, merge, branch), Branching and Merging Strategies, Handling Merge Conflicts.
• Collaboration with Git: Using Git for Collaboration, Git Workflows (Centralized, Feature Branch, Forking), Best Practices for Git Usage.

Continuous Integration with Jenkins

• Introduction to Continuous Integration: What is Continuous Integration (CI)? Benefits of CI.
• Jenkins Overview: Introduction to Jenkins, Setting Up Jenkins.
• Building CI Pipelines: Creating and Configuring Jenkins Jobs, Understanding Jenkins Pipeline as Code, Integrating Git with Jenkins.
• Automating Builds and Tests: Configuring Automated Builds, Integrating Automated Testing in CI, Generating Test Reports.

Configuration Management with Ansible

• Introduction to Configuration Management: The Need for Configuration Management, Overview of Ansible.
• Ansible Basics: Installing and Configuring Ansible, Ansible Architecture (Inventories, Playbooks, Modules).
• Writing Ansible Playbooks: Introduction to YAML, Writing and Running Playbooks, Ansible Roles and Variables.
• Advanced Ansible: Ansible Galaxy and Community Roles, Ansible Best Practices, Troubleshooting Ansible Issues.

Containerization with Docker

• Introduction to Containerization: What is Containerization? Virtualization vs. Containerization.
• Docker Basics: Docker Architecture, Installing Docker, Working with Docker Images and Containers.
• Docker Networking and Storage: Managing Docker Networks, Docker Volumes and Persistent Storage.
• Docker Compose and Swarm: Introduction to Docker Compose, Defining Multi-Container Applications, Introduction to Docker Swarm for Orchestration.
• Best Practices and Security: Securing Docker Containers, Docker Best Practices.

Continuous Deployment with Kubernetes

• Introduction to Kubernetes: Understanding Container Orchestration, Overview of Kubernetes Architecture.
• Setting Up Kubernetes: Installing Kubernetes (Minikube, Kubernetes Cluster), Key Kubernetes Components (Nodes, Pods, Services).
• Kubernetes Operations: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes, Managing Kubernetes Deployments, Kubernetes Networking.
• Advanced Kubernetes: Kubernetes Persistent Storage, Managing Secrets and ConfigMaps, Scaling and Auto-scaling Applications.
• Continuous Deployment: Integrating CI/CD with Kubernetes, Rolling Updates and Rollbacks, Monitoring and Logging in Kubernetes.

Monitoring and Logging

• Importance of Monitoring and Logging: Monitoring in DevOps, Key Metrics to Monitor.
• Prometheus and Grafana: Introduction to Prometheus for Monitoring, Setting Up Prometheus, Visualizing Metrics with Grafana.
• Centralized Logging with ELK Stack: Introduction to the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Setting Up ELK Stack, Log Collection and Analysis.
• Alerting and Notifications: Setting Up Alerts, Integrating Alerts with Communication Tools.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform

• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code: What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? Benefits of IaC in DevOps.
• Getting Started with Terraform: Terraform Basics, Writing and Running Terraform Scripts, Managing Terraform State.
• Terraform Modules and Workspaces: Creating and Using Terraform Modules, Working with Terraform Workspaces.
• Advanced Terraform: Integrating Terraform with Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Best Practices for Terraform, Managing Infrastructure Changes and Versioning.

DevOps Security

• Understanding DevSecOps: Introduction to DevSecOps, Shifting Security Left in the DevOps Pipeline.
• Security Best Practices: Securing CI/CD Pipelines, Container Security Best Practices.
• Implementing Security Scanning: Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Vulnerability Scanning Tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, SonarQube).

DevOps in the Cloud

• Introduction to Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Benefits of Using Cloud for DevOps.
• DevOps on AWS/Azure/GCP: Overview of DevOps Services on AWS, Azure, and GCP, CI/CD in the Cloud, Managing Cloud Resources with IaC.
• Cloud-Native DevOps: Integrating Cloud Services with DevOps, Leveraging Serverless Architecture, Monitoring and Scaling Cloud Applications.