DevOps and Platform Engineering: A Collaborative Approach

Prerequisites:

• 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

Overview:

DevOps and Platform Engineering are collaborative disciplines that streamline software delivery and operations.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level software developers, system administrators, and IT project managers who wish to enhance their skills in building and managing automated, scalable, and collaborative IT environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core principles and benefits of DevOps and Platform Engineering.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate the provisioning of IT infrastructure.
• Build and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Deploy and manage microservices using containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle with DevSecOps.
• Apply observability techniques to monitor and improve system reliability.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

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

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