DevOps

**Objectives:**

– Understand the DevOps culture and principles

– Learn about the DevOps lifecycle and its benefits

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to DevOps:**

  – Definition and history of DevOps

  – Key principles and practices

  – Benefits of adopting DevOps

– **DevOps Lifecycle:**

  – Continuous Integration (CI)

  – Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD)

  – Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  – Monitoring and Logging

– **DevOps Culture:**

  – Collaboration between Development and Operations

  – The importance of communication and teamwork

**Practical Exercises:**

– Discussion and case studies on successful DevOps implementations

– Set up a collaborative environment using a chat platform (e.g., Slack or Microsoft Teams)

**Objectives:**

– Gain proficiency in using version control systems

– Understand the role of VCS in DevOps

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to Git:**

  – Basic concepts: repositories, branches, commits

  – Key commands: git init, git clone, git add, git commit, git push, git pull

– **Branching Strategies:**

  – Feature branches

  – Release branches

  – Hotfix branches

– **Collaboration and Workflow:**

  – Pull requests and code reviews

  – Conflict resolution

**Practical Exercises:**

– Create a repository and perform basic Git operations

– Collaborate on a project using branches and pull requests

**Objectives:**

– Understand CI concepts and practices

– Set up a CI pipeline

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to CI:**

  – Purpose and benefits of Continuous Integration

  – Key components of a CI pipeline

– **CI Tools:**

  – Overview of popular CI tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis CI

**Objectives:**

– Learn about CD practices and tools

– Implement a basic CD pipeline

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to CD:**

  – Difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment

  – Benefits of automated deployment

– **CD Tools:**

  – Overview of tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, and CircleCI for CD

– **Implementing CD Pipelines:**

  – Automated deployment strategies

  – Rollback strategies

**Practical Exercises:**

– Extend the CI pipeline to include Continuous Delivery

– Deploy a sample application to a staging environment

– Importance and benefits

  – Key concepts and practices

– **Configuration Management Tools:**

  – Overview of tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef

– **Automation with Configuration Management:**

  – Writing playbooks/recipes

  – Managing application configuration

**Practical Exercises:**

– Use Ansible/Puppet/Chef to automate the configuration of servers

– Implement configuration changes and rollbacks

**Objectives:**

– Understand IaC principles and tools

– Implement IaC for environment provisioning

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to IaC:**

  – Definition and benefits

  – Key concepts: declarative vs. imperative

– **IaC Tools:**

  – Overview of tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible

– **Implementing IaC:**

  – Writing and applying Terraform configurations

  – Managing infrastructure using Ansible playbooks

**Practical Exercises:**

– Write Terraform scripts to provision infrastructure on a cloud provider

– Create Ansible playbooks for configuring servers

**Objectives:**

– Learn about configuration management and automation

– Apply configuration management tools

**Topics:**

Analyzing logs for troubleshooting

**Practical Exercises:**

– Set up a Prometheus/Grafana monitoring stack

– Implement centralized logging using ELK Stack

– **Configuration Management:**

**Objectives:**

– Understand the importance of monitoring and logging

– Implement basic monitoring and logging solutions

**Topics:**

– **Introduction to Monitoring:**

  – Purpose and benefits

  – Key metrics and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

– **Introduction to Logging:**

  – Importance of logging

  – Tools for centralized logging (e.g., ELK Stack – Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

– **Integrating Monitoring and Logging:**

  – Setting up alerts and dashboards

**Objectives:**

– Learn about security practices in DevOps

– Understand best practices for maintaining a DevOps environment

**Topics:**

– **Security in DevOps:**

  – Key security considerations (e.g., secrets management, vulnerability scanning)

  – Tools for security (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, Snyk)

– **Best Practices:**

  – DevOps best practices for CI/CD, IaC, and monitoring

  – Continuous improvement and iteration

**Practical Exercises:**

– Implement secrets management using HashiCorp Vault

– Perform a security audit on the developed pipeline and infrastructure

### Conclusion

– **Review of Key Concepts**

– **Final Project Presentation:** Students present a project that incorporates CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, and security

– **Q&A and Feedback**