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Course Description

Intensive training in DevOps practices: deployment automation, CI/CD, continuous integration, observability/monitoring, and a culture of collaboration.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand DevOps fundamentals and culture.
  • Automate development and deployment processes (CI/CD).
  • Master Git, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes.
  • Describe and provision infrastructure with Terraform, configure with Ansible (IaC).
  • Integrate security from the start (DevSecOps) and improve quality.
  • Implement monitoring/observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Who Is This Course For?

  • Developers/engineers looking to adopt DevOps.
  • System/network admins aiming for automation.
  • IT leaders/CTOs driving DevOps transformation.
  • Project managers & IT consultants.
  • Career changers/recent graduates.

Prerequisites

No strict prerequisites. Basics in systems and development are an asset.

Course Outline

Introduction & DevOps Culture

  • DevOps principles/values, organizational impacts, and value-stream flow.
  • Workshop: define a DevOps workflow tailored to your context.

Git & Automation

  • Branches, merges, Gitflow, and best practices.
  • Workshop: basic CI (build + tests) with Jenkins/GitLab CI.

IaC & Configuration Management

  • Terraform (AWS/Azure/GCP): modules, state, workspaces.
  • Ansible: inventories, roles, idempotency.
  • Workshop: deploy infrastructure with Terraform then configure via Ansible.

Containers & Kubernetes

  • Dockerfiles, images, Compose; registry.
  • Kubernetes: Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMap/Secret.
  • Workshop: deploy an app on K8s and manage resources.

Advanced CI/CD

  • Multi-environment pipelines, artifacts, caching, parallelization.
  • Deployment strategies: Blue/Green, Canary, Rolling.
  • Workshop: end-to-end pipeline to staging then prod.

DevSecOps

  • SAST/DAST analysis (SonarQube, OWASP ZAP), SBOM, dependencies (Snyk).
  • Secrets management, hardening images and clusters.
  • Workshop: integrate security tests into the CI/CD pipeline.

Observability & Logs

  • Prometheus/Grafana, alerting; ELK for logs.
  • Workshop: dashboards + alerts on a containerized app.

Cloud & Production Readiness

  • Managing cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) with Terraform/K8s.
  • Workshop: automated deployment to the Cloud with a CI/CD pipeline.

Course Benefits

  • Blend of theory/practice.
  • Instructors specialized in Cloud/DevOps.
  • Real case studies.
  • Accessible without advanced prerequisites.

Teaching Methods & Tools

  • Live demonstrations (Cloud & DevOps tooling).
  • Hands-on workshops across industries.
  • Lessons learned & anti-patterns.
  • Sandbox/simulator environments.

Assessment

  • End-of-course multiple-choice quiz.
  • Practical case studies.
  • Continuous assessment with feedback.

Normative References

  • Well-Architected Cloud Framework
  • GDPR
  • ISO 27001, SOC 2
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework

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