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Introduction

DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the systems development life cycle while delivering features, fixes, and updates frequently in close alignment with business objectives.

Core Concepts

1. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • Travis CI

2. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Puppet
  • Chef
  • CloudFormation

3. Containerization

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Compose
  • Podman

4. Monitoring and Logging

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • ELK Stack
  • New Relic
  • Datadog

Learning Path

Beginner Level

  1. Version Control (Git)
  2. Linux Basics
  3. Shell Scripting
  4. Basic Networking
  5. Introduction to CI/CD

Intermediate Level

  1. Containerization with Docker
  2. Kubernetes Fundamentals
  3. Infrastructure as Code
  4. Monitoring and Logging
  5. Security Basics

Advanced Level

  1. Advanced Kubernetes
  2. Service Mesh
  3. Chaos Engineering
  4. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  5. Advanced Security

Tools and Technologies

Version Control

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket

CI/CD Tools

  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • Travis CI

Container Orchestration

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Swarm
  • OpenShift
  • Rancher

Monitoring and Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • ELK Stack
  • Jaeger
  • OpenTelemetry

Certification Paths

  1. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  2. Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  3. Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer
  4. Docker Certified Associate
  5. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Online Courses

Recommended Books

  • "The DevOps Handbook" by Gene Kim
  • "Accelerate" by Nicole Forsgren
  • "Site Reliability Engineering" by Google
  • "Building Microservices" by Sam Newman
  • "Infrastructure as Code" by Kief Morris

Practice Resources

Community Resources