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DevOps Foundations

7 courses
9 hours
Skill IQ

The DevOps Foundations Learning Path is designed to introduce you to the basics of DevOps, a way to help teams work together to build and deliver applications and infrastructure faster and more efficiently. You’ll learn about key tools like version control, automation, troubleshooting, and security as well as how to use containers and manage infrastructure. This learning path is perfect for beginners, with simple explanations and hands-on labs to help you build skills step by step. By the end, you’ll have a solid understanding of how DevOps works and how it’s used in the real world.

Courses in this path

DevOps Introduction

An introduction to DevOps foundations and concepts.

DevOps Foundations: Core Concepts and Fundamentals

by Chris Behrens
2h 14m 9s
4.4 (557)

DevOps Version Control Concepts and Practices

These courses and labs introduces the essential concepts and practices of version control in DevOps. You'll learn how version control systems help teams collaborate, track changes, and manage code effectively.

DevOps Version Control Concepts and Practices: Introduction to Version Control

by Matt Allford
34m 7s

DevOps Containerization and Orchestration

These courses and labs provide a foundational understanding of containerization and orchestration in DevOps. You’ll learn how containers package applications and dependencies for consistent deployment across environments. You will also explore orchestration tools which automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containers.

DevOps Containerization and Orchestration: Deploying Containers

by Wes Higbee
29m 34s

DevOps Continuous Integration and Delivery

These courses and labs provide an introduction to Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD), key practices in DevOps that streamline software development and deployment.

DevOps Continuous Integration and Delivery: Operational Strategies

by Matt Conran
2h 36m 31s
4.0 (45)

DevOps Continuous Integration and Delivery: Setting up a CI/CD Pipeline

by Andy Thielking
33m 52s
3.9 (10)

DevOps Troubleshooting

These courses and labs equip you with the essential skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues in DevOps environments. You’ll learn systematic approaches to identify and fix problems across various stages of the DevOps lifecycle, including code, infrastructure, pipelines, and deployments using various tools and techniques.

DevOps Troubleshooting: Planning and Implementing a DevOps Strategy

by Richard Seroter
1h 38m 45s
4.7 (35)

DevOps Security

These courses and labs introduce the foundational principles of integrating security into DevOps practices, often called DevSecOps. You’ll learn how to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle, from coding and version control to deployment and monitoring.

DevOps Troubleshooting: Security and DevSecOps

by David Clinton
44m 25s
4.4 (46)

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What you will learn:

Explain the core concepts of DevOps
Explain test-driven development and its value
Explain continuous integration and continuous delivery
Explore the security aspects of DevOps
Explain modern operations with DevOps
Plan and implement a DevOps strategy within an organization

Experience

There are no hard prerequisites though you should be familiar with IT principles.

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Chris Behrens

Chris B. Behrens is a writer, speaker and software developer, specializing in DevOps. He has been a developer and architect for more than twenty years focusing on small to medium size companies and the development changes they face. He focuses on his flavor of Fear Based Development, whereby a developer ranks their tasks in descending order of anxiety, and how to tackle them in that order. Chief among these anxiety-inducing processes is software deployment, a topic that Behrens focuses upon. He ... more

Matt Allford

Matt is a DevOps engineer and solution architect with over 10 years of experience in systems administration, architecture and design, primarily in the on-premises data center. He has a new found passion for Cloud and DevOps processes, tools and techniques and enjoys helping customers and the community realize value from technology. Over the past several years Matt has experienced first-hand the power of the communities within the wider IT industry and enjoys learning from others and, where possi... more

Wes Higbee

Wes Higbee is passionate about helping companies achieve remarkable results with technology and software. He’s had extensive experience developing software and working with teams to improve how software is developed to meet business objectives. Wes launched Full City Tech to leverage his expertise to help companies delight customers. Although his primary focus is on outcomes, implementation often includes technical competency. Wes frequently speaks about impactful aspects of software developm... more

Matt Conran

Matt Conran has more than 24 years of networking industry with entrepreneurial start-ups, government organizations and others. He is a lead Network & Security Architect and successfully delivered major global greenfield service provider and data center networks. Core skill set includes advanced data center, service provider, security, and virtualization technologies. He loves to travel and has a passion for landscape photography.

Andy Thielking

Andy is a highly experienced developer, architect, and DevOps enthusiast with over 13 years of industry experience. Andy has deep expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem of C#, .NET and Azure, as well as DevOps technologies such as Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Andy also possesses a breadth of knowledge across the web development ecosystem with other technologies such as Flutter, Node and Golang. Andy has a passion for learning and enjoys sharing that knowledge with others.

Richard Seroter

Richard Seroter is currently the Chief Evangelist at Google Cloud and leads the Developer Relations program. He's also an instructor at Pluralsight, a frequent public speaker, the author of multiple books on software design and development, and a former InfoQ.com editor plus former 12-time Microsoft MVP for cloud. As Chief Evangelist at Google Cloud, Richard leads the team of developer advocates, developer engineers, outbound product managers, and technical writers who ensure that people find, u... more

David Clinton

David Clinton is a data analyst, an AWS Solutions Architect and a Linux server administrator. He's written books on cloud and Linux administration, IT security, and data analytics.