Accelerate with Cloud DevOps and Agility #259014

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.

2. Automate infrastructure provisioning and management with IaC tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

3. Containerize applications and manage them using Kubernetes or Docker Swarm.

4. Apply DevOps principles to improve collaboration between development and operations teams.

5. Monitor and optimize cloud-native applications for performance, cost, and reliability.

6. Foster a culture of continuous improvement through feedback loops and agile practices.

This course is ideal for:

• DevOps Engineers and SREs (Site Reliability Engineers)

• Software Developers and Cloud Engineers

• System Administrators and IT Operations Staff

• Technical Leads and Product Managers

• IT Professionals seeking to adopt DevOps and cloud automation

• Pre-assessment
• Live group instruction
• Use of real-world examples, case studies and exercises
• Interactive participation and discussion
• Power point presentation, LCD and flip chart
• Group activities and tests
• Each participant receives a binder containing a copy of the presentation
• slides and handouts
• Post-assessment

Day 1: Foundations of DevOps and Cloud Integration

• Module 1: Introduction to DevOps: Culture, Principles, and Benefits

• Module 2: Cloud-Native Fundamentals: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Cloud Service Models

• Module 3: Version Control with Git: Branching Strategies and Collaborative Workflows

• Hands-On Lab: Setting Up a Git Repository and Managing CI Triggers

• Case Study: How DevOps Transformed a Traditional Workflow

Day 2: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Automation

• Module 4: Introduction to IaC: Terraform vs. CloudFormation vs. Ansible

• Module 5: Writing and Managing Terraform Modules

• Module 6: Automating Configuration Management

• Hands-On Lab: Provisioning a Cloud Environment Using Terraform

• Workshop: Replicating Infrastructure Across Staging and Production

Day 3: CI/CD Pipelines and Containerization

• Module 7: Designing CI/CD Pipelines: From Code to Deployment

• Module 8: Containerization with Docker: Images, Registries, and Best Practices

• Module 9: Orchestration with Kubernetes: Pods, Deployments, and Services

• Hands-On Lab: Building a CI/CD Pipeline with Jenkins and Kubernetes

• Group Exercise: Deploying a Microservices Application

Day 4: Monitoring, Logging, and Optimization

• Module 10: Observability in DevOps: Metrics, Logs, and Traces

• Module 11: Implementing Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

• Module 12: Cost and Performance Optimization in the Cloud

• Hands-On Lab: Setting Up Alerts and Dashboards for a Live Application

• Simulation: Diagnosing and Resolving a Performance Bottleneck

Day 5: DevOps Culture and Capstone Project

• Module 13: Agile and DevOps: Integrating Feedback Loops and Iterative Development

• Module 14: Security in DevOps: DevSecOps Principles and Tools

• Module 15: Leading DevOps Transformation: Strategies for Organizational Change

• Capstone Project: Building a Fully Automated DevOps Pipeline from Scratch

• Course Wrap-Up: Certifications, Q&A, and Next Steps