DevOps Core - Skills, Tools & Platform E-Learning

Master the fundamentals of DevOps and unify development with operations for better, faster software delivery.

DevOps bridges the gap between software developers and IT operations to promote seamless collaboration, automation, and transparency. In this foundational training, you’ll explore the essential skills, tools, and platforms that power modern DevOps practices. Learn how DevOps enables faster, more reliable software delivery while improving communication across teams.

Gain hands-on knowledge in version control, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and popular tools like Git, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.

This course is part of an Agile Learning Kit featuring e-learning, practice labs, assessments, mentor support, and 365-day access to all content.

Why Choose This Training?

• Grasp the core principles of DevOps: collaboration, automation, agility
• Work with industry-standard tools such as Git, Jenkins, Docker, and more
• Understand CI/CD pipelines and their impact on software delivery
• Gain insights into DevOps platforms and cloud-based infrastructure
• 365-day access to all materials, labs, and mentoring included

Who Should Enroll?

This training is ideal for:

• Software developers and system administrators
• IT professionals transitioning into DevOps roles
• Project leads and product owners in agile environments
• Cloud engineers applying DevOps to their development lifecycle

This Learning Kit with more than 30 hours of learning is divided into three tracks:

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Course content

Track 1: Core DevOps Skills

Courses (9 hour +):

Core DevOps Skills: Moving toward DevOps

Course: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Software Deployment Management
• The Waterfall Deployment Model
• The Iterative Deployment Model
• The Spiral Deployment Model
• The V Deployment Model
• The Big Bang Deployment Model
• The Agile Deployment Model
• The Evolution of Where Software Lives
• The Definition of DevOps
• DevOps Benefits
• Automated Build System Leveraging
• DevOps vs. Its Predecessors
• DevOps Challenge Management
• Course Summary

Core DevOps Skills: DevOps Principles & Practices

Course: 1 Hour, 37 Minutes

• Course Overview
• DevOps Principles
• DevOps Culture and Practices
• DevOps Components
• Life Cycle and Pipeline Management in DevOps
• Continuous Development
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Testing
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Monitoring
• Continuous Feedback
• Continuous Operations
• Configuration Management
• Apply Infrastructure-as-Code in DevOps
• Apply Content-as-Code in DevOps
• Apply DevOps-as-Code and Pipeline-as-Code
• Maturing into DevOps
• Course Summary

Core DevOps Skills: Agile & DevOps

Course: 1 Hour, 5 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Agile Development Practices
• DevOps vs. Agile Methodologies
• The Processes of DevOps and Agile
• DevOps vs. Agile Teams
• The Testing Principles of DevOps and Agile
• The Goals and Key Target Areas of DevOps and Agile
• DevOps vs. Agile Requirements
• The Synergy between DevOps and Agile
• Course Summary

Core DevOps Skills: Continuous Principles

Course: 1 Hour, 28 Minutes

• Course Overview
• DevOps Pipelines
• DevOps Pipeline Automation
• Operational Efficiency with CI/CD Pipelines
• The Source Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Build Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Test Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Deploy Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Validating Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Monitoring Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• The Improvement Stage of the CI/CD Pipeline
• Containers and Software Development
• Containerization in CI/CD Pipelines
• DevOps vs. SRE
• Course Summary

Core DevOps Skills: Case Studies in DevOps

Course: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Finding the Value in the DevOps Journeys of Others
• Examining a Hospitality Company's DevOps Journey
• Examining Capital One's DevOps Journey
• Examining IG Group’s DevOps Journey
• Examining Just Eat’s DevOps Journey
• Examining HMRC DevOps Journey
• Examining The Daily Telegraph's DevOps Journey
• Examining the U.S. Government's DevOps Journey5
• Examining Etsy's DevOps Journey
• Examining Netflix's DevOps Journey
• Course Summary

Working with Containers: Container Theory & Operational Models

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Classic Server Computing
• The Challenges of Classic Server Deployment
• Virtual Computing
• The Pros and Cons of Virtual Computing
• Container Computing
• The Pros and Cons of Container Computing7
• Docker vs. Kubernetes
• Major Containers
• Course Summary

Working with Containers: Introduction to Docker

Course: 50 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Overview
• The Docker Workflow
• How to Provision Docker Resources
• Elements of Docker Images
• Dockerfiles
• Docker Build Commands
• How to Manage Docker Resources
• Docker Use Cases
• Course Summary

Working with Containers: Introduction to Kubernetes

Course: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Kubernetes Foundation
• Kubernetes Terms
• The Kubernetes Workflow
• Desired State in Kubernetes
• Kubernetes Resource Provisioning
• Application Deployment in Kubernetes
• Kubernetes Cluster Security
• Kubernetes Use Cases
• Kubernetes vs. Docker
• Course Summary

Assessment:
• Final Exam: Core DevOps Skills

Track 2: Core DevOps Tools

Courses (8 hours +)

Chef for DevOps: The Basics of Chef

Course: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Chef Platform
• Use Cases for Chef
• Prerequisites for Chef
• Ruby for Chef
• Chef Automate
• Chef Habitat
• Chef Infra
• Chef InSpec
• Chef Security, Compliance, and Auditing Solutions
• Infrastructure Management with Chef
• Application Delivery Solutions from Chef
• Chef vs. Ansible
• Course Summary

Chef for DevOps: Practical Uses of Chef

Course: 1 Hour, 35 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Chef Infrastructure
• Chef Recipes and Cookbooks
• Installing Chef Infra Server
• Provisioning a Cloud-hosted Chef Server
• Using the Chef Automate Web Tool
• Deploying Chef Workstation
• Configuring Chef Nodes
• Managing Windows Recipes and Cookbooks
• Creating Linux Recipes and Cookbooks
• Verifying Node Configuration Compliance with InSpec
• Troubleshoot Chef Platform Issues
• Chef Best Practices
• Course Summary

Jenkins for DevOps: The Basics of Jenkins

Course: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Role of Jenkins
• Jenkins for DevOps Support
• Jenkins and CI/CD
• Use Docker with Jenkins
• Utilize Ansible and Jenkins
• Jenkins Deployments in AWS and Azure
• Integrate Git and Jenkins6
• Email Integrations with Jenkins
• Use Maven in Jenkins5
• The Job-building Process in Jenkins
• Course Summary

Jenkins for DevOps: Practical Uses of Jenkins

Course: 57 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Jenkins Installation Needs
• Installing Jenkins
• Jenkins Jobs and Builds
• Creating a Jenkins Build
• Jenkins and Security
• Securing a Jenkins Environment
• Jenkins Build Distribution
• Distributing Jenkins Builds
• Jenkins Fingerprints and Artifacts
• Managing Jenkins Fingerprints and Artifacts
• Course Summary

Ansible for DevOps: Ansible Basics

Course: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Ansible Overview
• Ansible Anatomy
• Automation and Integrations
• Network Automation
• Ansible Engine
• Ansible Tower
• Commands and Tools for Ansible
• Patterns, Hosts, and Groups
• Ansible Orchestration
• Ansible Vault
• YAML Playbooks
• Ansible Use Cases
• Course Summary

Ansible for DevOps: Practical Uses of Ansible

Course: 1 Hour, 29 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Installing Ansible
• Configuring Ansible
• Ansible Inventory
• Creating Inventories
• Writing Playbooks
• Running Commands and Playbooks
• Troubleshooting Playbooks
• Working with Variables
• Using the Command Line Interface
• Debugging Tasks
• Working with Ansible Plugins
• Ansible Best Practices
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Final Exam: Core DevOps Tools

Track 3: DevOps Platforms and Operations

Courses (13 hours +

Practical AWS for DevOps: DevOps Features & Services

Course: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes

• Course Overview
• DevOps and AWS
• CI/CD Developer Tools in AWS
• AWS CodePipeline
• AWS Code Build
• AWS Code Deploy
• AWS Code Star
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
• AWS Lambda
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) AWS Services
• Monitoring and Logging with AWS Services
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Elastic Beanstalk
• Version Control with AWS Code Commit
• Course Summary

Practical AWS for DevOps: Exploring AWS DevOps Services

Course: 2 Hours, 14 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Creating and Building a Project with AWS Code Build
• Configuring Amazon EC2 and AWS Code Deploy
• Creating an Application with AWS Code Deploy
• Working with AWS Code Pipeline
• Working with AWS Code Star
• Building a Microservices Architecture with AWS
• Working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Working with Cloud Monitoring
• Deploying a Web Application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Working with Version Control Using AWS Code Commit
• Ansible on AWS
• Installing and Using Ansible on an AWS EC2 Instance
• Jenkins on AWS
• Installing and Using Jenkins in AWS
• Chef Automate with AWS
• Course Summary
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Practical Azure for DevOps: Azure DevOps Services

Course: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes

• Course Overview
• DevOps and Azure
• Azure DevOps Server
• Azure-hosted DevOps vs. Onsite DevOps
• Azure Boards
• Azure Pipelines
• Azure Repos
• Azure Test Plans
• Azure Artifacts
• Azure Extensions Marketplace
• Azure DevTest Labs
• Azure Monitor
• DevOps Tools Integration
• Course Summary

Practical Azure for DevOps: Implementing Azure DevOps Practices

Course: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Planning with Azure Boards
• Building a Pipeline in Azure DevOps
• Connecting to a Project in Azure DevOps
• Working with Pipelines in Azure DevOps
• Working with Repos in Azure DevOps
• Creating and Executing Test Plans in Azure DevOps
• Working with Azure Artifacts
• Ansible on Azure
• Working with Ansible and Microsoft Azure
• Jenkins on Azure
• Working with Jenkins and Microsoft Azure
• Chef Automate with Azure
• Course Summary

Practical GCP for DevOps: Google Cloud Platform Basics

Course: 2 Hours, 9 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1
• GCP vs. AWS and Azure
• GCP vs. Azure
• Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Cloud Storage in GCP
• GCP Networking
• GCP VPC and Subnets
• Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Databases in GCP
• Google Analytics
• Google Cloud Data Services
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in GCP
• Containers and GCP
• Ansible Integration with GCP
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• CI/CD with Jenkins and Google Cloud Databricks
• Course Summary

Practical GCP for DevOps: Google Cloud DevOps Components

Course: 2 Hours, 42 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Using Google App Engine Compute Services
• Using Google Compute Engine Compute Services
• Using Google Cloud VMware Engine Compute Services
• Using Cloud Storage
• Enabling and Managing Storage with Filestore
• Enabling and Managing Storage with Firebase
• Creating and Using Databases with Bigtable
• Creating and Using Databases with Datastore
• Creating and Using Databases with Firestore
• Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Using Cloud Router for Networking
• Using Cloud Composer for Analytics
• Using BigQuery for Analytics
• Using Cloud Debugger for Pipeline Management
• Using Cloud Profiler for Pipeline Management
• Using Cloud Logging for Pipeline Management
• Using Developer Tools
• Monitoring for Google Cloud Platform
• Course Summary

DevOps Platforms and Operations: DataOps Principles

Course: 1 Hour, 21 Minutes

• Course Overview
• DataOps
• The DataOps Manifesto
• Key Principles of DataOps
• DataOps Platform Selection
• DataOps Tools
• Best Practices for DataOps
• DataOps Implementation
• Challenges of DataOps
• Data Governance Automation
• DataOps Team Roles
• Components of DataOps Architecture
  Course Summary

DevOps Platforms and Operations: AIOps & MLOps Basics

Course: 1 Hour, 25 Minutes

• Course Overview-
• Artificial Intelligence for Operations (AIOps)
• AIOps Use Cases
• AIOps Implementation
• AIOps Tools
• AIOps Best Practices
• Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
• MLOps for the Data Scientist
• MLOps Implementation
• MLOps Tools Evaluation
• Challenges in MLOps
• MLOps Best Practices
• AIOps vs. MLOps vs DevOps6
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Final Exam: DevOps Platform & Operations