Here's a comprehensive DevOps syllabus with suggested projects to provide hands-on experience. The syllabus is divided into modules covering core concepts, tools, and practices essential for a DevOps role.
1. Introduction to DevOps
- What is DevOps?
- Benefits of DevOps
- DevOps lifecycle
- DevOps tools overview
- Agile vs. DevOps
Project: Create a presentation or blog explaining the DevOps lifecycle and its benefits in real-world scenarios.
2. Version Control Systems (VCS)
- Introduction to Git
- Installing and configuring Git
- Git workflows (branching, merging, rebasing)
- GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- Pull requests and code reviews
Project: Set up a Git repository, manage branches, and demonstrate collaborative code management using GitHub.
3. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- CI/CD concepts
- Jenkins setup and configuration
- Pipeline creation (declarative and scripted)
- Integration with Git, Docker, and testing tools
- Popular alternatives: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
Project: Build a CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins for a sample Java or Node.js application.
4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Introduction to IaC
- Basics of Terraform
- Writing Terraform configurations
- Managing state and modules
- AWS/GCP/Azure provisioning with Terraform
Project: Use Terraform to provision a multi-tier application infrastructure on AWS.
5. Configuration Management
- Introduction to Ansible
- Playbooks and roles
- Configuration of web servers, databases, and load balancers
- Ansible Vault for secret management
Project: Write Ansible playbooks to automate the deployment of a web application (e.g., WordPress).
6. Containerization
- What are containers?
- Introduction to Docker
- Dockerfile, Docker Compose
- Docker Hub and private registries
- Container orchestration basics
Project: Containerize a sample application (e.g., Flask or Spring Boot) and deploy it using Docker Compose.
7. Container Orchestration
- Introduction to Kubernetes
- Kubernetes architecture (pods, services, deployments)
- Setting up a Kubernetes cluster (Minikube/MicroK8s/managed service)
- Helm charts for deployment
Project: Deploy a multi-container application on Kubernetes using Helm.
8. Cloud Computing
- Overview of cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Core services: Compute, Storage, Networking
- Cloud CLI and SDKs
- Monitoring and cost management
Project: Deploy a scalable application on AWS EC2 instances with load balancing and auto-scaling.
9. Monitoring and Logging
- Importance of monitoring in DevOps
- Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
- Setting up alerts and dashboards
- Log aggregation and analysis
Project: Monitor system metrics and application logs using Prometheus and Grafana.
10. Security in DevOps (DevSecOps)
- Secure coding practices
- Vulnerability scanning with tools (e.g., Snyk, Trivy)
- Secrets management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault)
- Setting up secure CI/CD pipelines
Project: Integrate a security scan in a CI/CD pipeline using Snyk.
11. Advanced DevOps Concepts
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) basics
- Chaos engineering and fault tolerance
- Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
- Advanced Kubernetes (Operators, Network Policies)
Project: Implement Chaos Engineering using LitmusChaos to test application resilience.
12. Soft Skills for DevOps
- Collaboration tools (Slack, Microsoft Teams)
- Effective communication with teams
- Managing incident response
Project: Conduct a mock incident response drill and create a postmortem report.
Capstone Project
Develop an end-to-end DevOps pipeline for a real-world application:
- Code version control using GitHub
- CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Infrastructure provisioning with Terraform
- Configuration management with Ansible
- Deploy a containerized application on Kubernetes
- Set up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
- Secure the pipeline with vulnerability scans
AWS Cloud
GitHub
Jenkins
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
ArgoCD
Helm
Prometheus
Grafana