Learning Plan

The learning plan is broken down into 6 stages, with each stage covering a specific set of concepts and skills. The stages are designed to build on one another, so it is important to complete them in order.

Stage 1: Introduction to DevOps

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • What is DevOps and why is it important

  • The benefits of a DevOps culture and approach

  • The different tools and technologies used in DevOps

• Resources:

  • DevOps Institute's Introduction to DevOps

  • The DevOps Handbook

Stage 2: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • The CI/CD pipeline and its role in DevOps

  • Tools for automating the build, test, and deployment process (e.g. Jenkins, TravisCI, CircleCI)

• Resources:

  • CI/CD with Jenkins X

  • Travis CI documentation

Stage 3: Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • Configuration management and IaC concepts and tools

  • Automating the provisioning and management of infrastructure using IaC (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Terraform)

• Resources:

  • Introduction to Ansible

  • Terraform documentation

Stage 4: Monitoring and Logging

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • The importance of monitoring and logging in DevOps

  • Tools for collecting, storing, and analyzing log data (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

• Resources:

  • Monitoring with Prometheus

  • Getting started with Grafana

Stage 5: Containerization and Microservices

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • Containerization and microservices concepts and benefits

  • Tools for building and deploying containerized applications (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)

• Resources:

  • Docker documentation

  • Kubernetes documentation

Stage 6: Security and Compliance

• Duration: 1 week

• Concepts:

  • The importance of security and compliance in DevOps

  • Tools and best practices for securing infrastructure and applications

• Resources:

  • [DevOps Institute's Security and Compliance course](devopsinstitute.com/courses/security-compli..)

• The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)