Decoding DevOps – From Basics to Advanced Projects with AI

<div>This course is designed for anyone who wants to start or advance their DevOps career through hands-on, project-based learning.</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll begin with Linux, networking, and scripting fundamentals, then progress through key DevOps tools — Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS Cloud.</div><div><br></div><div>Each step builds on the last with real projects, like setting up the Vprofile application across multiple DevOps stages — from on-premise to AWS to Kubernetes.</div><div><br></div><div>The course also introduces AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and AI-integrated Helm, helping you automate faster, code smarter, and build intelligent DevOps pipelines.</div><div><br></div><div>And now — introducing the brand-new Monitoring &amp; Observability section, where you’ll learn how to collect, visualize, and analyze metrics, logs, and traces using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Alloy.</div><div><br></div><div>By the end, you’ll master both the core DevOps practices and modern AI-driven workflows, preparing you for real-world cloud and automation environments.</div><div><br></div><div>Step-by-Step Learning Path</div><div><br></div><div>Step 1</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Basics of Linux</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Server Management in Linux</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Vagrant</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Basics of Networking</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project: VProfile Project Intro &amp; Setup on VMs</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 2</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">YAML &amp; JSON</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bash Scripting (Variables, Conditions, Loops)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Automating Admin Tasks</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">GitHub Copilot as AI Assistant for Scripting</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 3</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud Computing Intro</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">IAM, EC2, EBS, ELB</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">SSM &amp; CloudShell Intro</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS CLI, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, Auto Scaling, Route53</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project: Lift &amp; Shift Web App to AWS</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Re-Architecting Web App on AWS (PaaS &amp; SaaS)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 4</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Git &amp; GitHub</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Maven Build Tools</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Jenkins (CI/CD Pipelines, Master/Slave, Nexus, SonarQube)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">GitHub Actions (Workflows, Runners, Security Scans)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">GitLab CI/CD (Pipelines, Stages, Docker Integration)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 5</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Python Scripting</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Automating OS Tasks</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Python for AWS using Amazon Q (AI)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 6</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Terraform Fundamentals (Variables, Modules, Backends)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Infrastructure as Code for VPC Setup</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 7 – Monitoring &amp; Observability</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Introduction to Monitoring &amp; Observability</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Why Monitoring is Essential for DevOps</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Setting up Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Alloy</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Writing Queries with PromQL</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Connecting Grafana Data Sources</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Building Dashboards and Alerts</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Slack Integrations for Real-Time Notifications</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Integrating Loki and Alloy for Logs and Metrics</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 8</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ansible Intro</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ad Hoc Commands, Modules, YAML Basics</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Playbooks, Variables, Conditions, Loops</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Handlers, Templates, Roles</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ansible for AWS Automation</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 9</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS (VPC Deep Dive, Lambda, Logging, Custom Metrics)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project: CI/CD on AWS – Beanstalk, RDS, CodePipeline</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 10</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project: Google cloud platform for multi tier app setup</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">GCP Cloud shell</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">VPC</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Firewalls</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">VMs</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud SQL &amp; Memorystore</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud DNS</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Managed Instance groups</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Secure HTTPS Load Balancers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Certificate Manager</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 11</span></div><div><ul><li>Docker (Containers, Images, Volumes, Networks)</li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Kubernetes (Setup, Objects, Autoscaling, Ingress, ConfigMaps)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Helm with AI, Lens</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project: VProfile Deployment on Kubernetes</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Step 12</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Project on GitOps</span></li></ul></div>

What you'll learn:

• Learn DevOps from total scratch
• Linux and Server Management (Gemini CLI)
• Networking fundamentals & Vagrant setup
• YAML, JSON, and Bash scripting with GitHub Copilot (AI)
• AWS Cloud (IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, ELB, Systems Manager, Lambda, VPC, Amazon Q, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, Route 53)
• Build & Test Automation using Git, Maven, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI/CD
• CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps Projects with Nexus, SonarQube & Slack integration
• Python scripting Basics and for Automation and AWS tasks with Amazon Q (AI code assistant)
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (VPC, modules, backends)
• Configuration Management using Ansible
• Monitoring & Observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alert manager & Alloy
• Docker and Kubernetes (production-grade setup, Helm with AI, Lens)
• AWS DevOps Services: CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, Beanstalk, Lambda
• GitOps Project — end-to-end CI/CD workflow with Git as the single source of truth