Cloud & DevOps Foundations

Overview

Writing code is only half the job; running it reliably is the other half. This program covers the practices modern teams use to deploy often and sleep well.

You'll containerise applications, build delivery pipelines, define infrastructure as code and set up the monitoring that tells you something is wrong before your users do.

What you'll be able to do

• Package applications as containers
• Build automated test and deployment pipelines
• Define cloud infrastructure as code
• Set up monitoring, logging and alerting
• Respond to incidents calmly and learn from them

1. 01Linux and networking essentialsThe operating system and networks your software runs on.2 weeks

   • The Linux shell
   • Processes and permissions
   • DNS, HTTP and TLS
2. 02ContainersBuild, run and optimise container images.2 weeks

   • Images and containers
   • Dockerfiles
   • Compose for local stacks

   Project: Containerise a web application

3. 03Continuous deliveryAutomate testing and deployment.2 weeks

   • Pipeline design
   • Environments and secrets
   • Safe rollouts

   Project: A CI/CD pipeline with automatic deploys

4. 04Infrastructure as codeReproducible cloud environments.2 weeks

   • Terraform basics
   • State and modules
   • Reviewing infrastructure changes

   Project: Provision a cloud environment from code

5. 05Observability and operationsKnow what your system is doing.2 weeks

   • Metrics and dashboards
   • Logs and traces
   • Incident response

Tools you'll use

• Linux
• Docker
• GitHub Actions
• Terraform
• Prometheus
• Grafana

• BA

  Bilal Ahmed

  Instructor, Cloud & Security

  Site reliability and security engineer.

  • Linux
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Application security

Questions about this program

More answers in our general FAQ.