Course Outline
Introduction to DevOps and Platform Engineering
- Defining DevOps and its core principles
- Understanding platform engineering
- The synergy between DevOps and platform engineering
Culture and Collaboration
- Building a collaborative culture
- Communication strategies for teams
- Overcoming silos in IT departments
Tools and Technologies
- Essential tools for DevOps and platform engineering
- Automation and orchestration platforms
- Monitoring and analytics for continuous improvement
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Principles of IaC
- Implementing IaC with configuration management tools
- Best practices for managing infrastructure
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
- The CI/CD pipeline: From code to deployment
- Integrating platform engineering into CI/CD
- Case studies: Successful CI/CD implementations
Microservices and Containerization
- Microservices architecture and its benefits
- Containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
- Managing services at scale
Security and Compliance
- DevSecOps: Integrating security into the pipeline
- Compliance as code
- Security best practices for platform engineering
Observability and Reliability
- The pillars of observability
- Ensuring system reliability
- Incident response and postmortems
Platform as a Product
- Treating platforms as products
- User-centric design for internal platforms
- Measuring success and ROI
Hands-On Workshops
- Setting up a basic DevOps pipeline
- Building and deploying a microservice
- Implementing IaC for cloud infrastructure
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- An understanding of software development and operations
- Experience with basic system administration
- Familiarity with command-line interfaces and version control systems
Audience
- Software developers
- System administrators
- IT project managers
Delivery Options
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- Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience
Private Group Prices RRP from £3800 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, £1200 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.
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