Week 1 - Automation Using Shell Scripting & RedHat Linux

Administration
Session 1:

 Shell Scripting
o Basics of Shell Scripting
o Real-Time Scenarios in Shell Scripting

Session 2:

 Red Hat Linux Administration

o Introduction to Red Hat Linux
o File System Management
o User and Group Administration
o Package Management with Yum
o System Services and Systems
o Networking Configuration
o Networking Concepts - SNAT, DNAT, IP, Netmask
o Security and Permissions
o System Performance Monitoring
o Storage Management
o Backup and Restore

Week 2 - Cloud Services & AWS Fundamentals

Session 3:

 Overview of AWS Global Infrastructure

 Detailed Overview of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
 Setting Up Your First EC2 Instance
 In-Depth Guide to EC2 Instance Configuration
 Exploring EC2 Options in Detail
 Connecting to Cloud Instances

Session 4:

 Security Group Handling and Management

 Introduction to Amazon S3
 Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
 Understanding Cloud Formation and CloudWatch
 Exploring Simple Notification Service (SNS) and Simple Queue Service (SQS)
 Overview of Relational Database Service (RDS) and Identity and Access Management
(IAM)
 Project-Based Learning: ECS and ECR
 Serverless Architecture
 Utilizing CloudWatch for Monitoring and Setting Billing Alarms

Week 3 - Source Code Management & Networking Concepts

Session 5:

 Difference between CVCS and DVCS

 Importance of Git
 Installation of Git
  Git three-stage Architecture
 Detailed explanation of Repository, Commit, Tags, Snapshots, Push-Pull Mechanism,
and Branching Strategy
 Working with Git stash and Git pop
 Resolve Merge conflicts in Git
 Git Revert and Reset (Reset vs Revert)
 Git rebase
 Working with git Squash
 Git cherry pick
 What is Git fork?

Session 6:

 Git Integration on VScode, Git Authentication with Github via SSH and HTTPS Protocol
 Github Introduction, Creating Repositories, PR’s
 Networking Concepts in Detail
o How Systems Communicate
o LAN/WAN
o Switch, Router IP
o IP address and its types
o OSI Model
o Subnetting
o DNS Basics
o Switching + Routing

Week 4 - Package Management (Docker) Using Real-Time

Scenarios & Understanding SonarQube
Session 7:

 Conceptual Concepts of Dockers

o What is Virtualization before deep dive into Containerization
o O.S level virtualization
o Docker vs Virtual Machine
o What is Docker and its History
o Docker Architecture
o Advantages and limitations of Docker
o Components of Docker (Docker Daemon, Docker Client, Docker Host)
o Docker Image
o Docker lifecycle
o Docker Image TAR and Unarchive, Docker container states, Docker Networking
o (Create and Manage), Dockerfile and CD flow
o CD Tools with Docker (Integrating CD tools like Jenkins and Github action using
projects)
o Docker Networking
o Docker Security Introduction
o Docker volume

Session 8:

 SonarQube, Quality Gates, and Profiles:

o Understanding SonarQube's Role in Code Quality Assessment
o Implementing Quality Gates to Ensure Code Quality Standards
o Configuring and Managing SonarQube Profiles for Code Analysis
Week 5 - Minor Project Week
Session 9:

 Design and implement a minor DevOps project involving shell scripting and RedHat
Linux Administration:
o Develop a script to automate user and group administration on a RedHat Linux
system.
o Create a shell script to add, delete, and list users and groups.
o Implement file system management tasks using shell scripting, such as creating
directories, setting permissions, and managing disk usage.
o Write a script to monitor system performance (CPU, memory usage) and
generate periodic reports.

Session 10:

 Continue the project and integrate the use of Git and Docker:
o Initialize a Git repository for the project, commit the shell scripts, and push them
to a GitHub repository.
o Create a Dockerfile to containerize the shell scripting application.
o Build and run the Docker container, ensuring the shell scripts can be executed
within the container environment.
o Document the project setup, usage instructions, and any issues encountered
during the implementation

Week 6 - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

Session 11:

 Understanding aggregate functions (SUM, AVG, COUNT)

 Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Workflow Overview
o Understanding JenkinsFile: Exploring Jenkins Jobs, Jenkins Pipeline, and
Jenkins File
o Build Triggers in Jenkins: SCM Polling, GITScm Polling, Build Periodically -
Uncovering the What, Why, and How
o Groovy File Creation: Conceptualizing and Crafting Groovy Scripts for Jenkins
o Integrating GitHub with Jenkins: Establishing Webhooks for Seamless
Collaboration

Session 12:

 Grasping Merge Request Concepts in the CI/CD Process

 Jenkins Master-Slave Configuration: Optimizing Resource Utilization in CI/CD
o Triggering Pipelines Directly from JenkinsFile: Streamlining Automation
o GitLab Branching Strategy: Best Practices for Code Collaboration and Version
Control
o Hands-On Experience: Building a Jenkins CI Pipeline with Groovy,
Incorporating Various Stages
o Configuring Docker Engineer as the Jenkins Slave - Jenkins Dynamic Slave
Configuration
o Jenkins Plugins - Docker, Git, Maven, and other commonly used plugins
 Integrating Kubernetes with Jenkins

Week 7 - Deep Dive Kubernetes

Session 13:
  Introduction to Kubernetes
o Defining Kubernetes and its Role in Container Orchestration
o Exploring the Features and History of Kubernetes
 Kubernetes Architecture
o In-Depth Analysis of Kubernetes Architecture
o Understanding Node Components, Manifest File Components, and Service
Components
o Overview of Node and Pod Fundamentals
o Role of Master Node and Components of the Control Plane
o Installing and Configuring kubectl and minikube

Session 14:

 Kubernetes Basics
o Kubernetes Commands: Navigating and Interacting with Kubernetes
o Creation and Deletion of Pods
o Managing Kubernetes YAML Configurations
o Higher-Level Kubernetes Objects and Object Management
o Labels and Selectors in Kubernetes
o Kubernetes Networking, Services, and NodePort
o Understanding Namespaces in Kubernetes
o Multi Container Pod Setup
o Pods Design pattern - Sidecar, Ambassador

Week 8 - Working with Applications in Kubernetes

Session 15:

 Installing Kubernetes on AWS

 Deploying Microservices Applications to Kubernetes Cluster
 ConfigMap and Secret Usage in Kubernetes
 Exploring Volumes in Kubernetes
 Persistent Volume and LivenessProbe in Kubernetes
 Replication, Auto-Healing, and Deployment in Kubernetes

Session 16:

 Advanced Kubernetes Topics

o Helm And Istio Service mesh
o Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Service Accounts
o Helm and Istio Integration in Kubernetes
o Kubernetes Interview Questions
o Differences Between Monolithic and Microservices Architecture
o HPA, Ingress, Taint, and toleration

Week 9 - Ansible
Session 17:

 Defining Ansible and Understanding the Need for Configuration Management

o In-Depth Exploration of Ansible Architecture
o Analyzing the Architecture of Ansible for Efficient Configuration Management.
o Detailed Steps for Installing and Setting Up Ansible.
o Exploring Essential Components such as Ansible Roles, Ansible Collections,
Ad-hoc Commands, and Playbooks Setup.

Session 18:
  Automation with Ansible Playbooks
o Creating Playbooks for Automation.
o Building Playbooks to Copy Files with Special Variables.
o Utilizing Ansible Handlers and Notifiers for Effective Automation.
o Implementing Playbooks for Downloading Artifacts and Unzipping Files.
 Advanced Automation Scenarios with Ansible
o Leveraging Ansible Tags for Targeted Deployment to Servers.
o Automating the Installation of Apache and Configuring the Corresponding
Configuration Files
o Configure Multi-node k8s cluster with Ansible
o Manage Variable and Ansible Facts

Week 10 - Infrastructure As Code using Terraform

Session 19:

 Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

 Getting Started with Terraform
 Terraform Basics: Variables, Resources, Attributes, and Dependencies
 Terraform State Management

Session 20:

 Advanced Terraform Concepts: for-each and module

 Terraform Project Development
 AWS Infrastructure Security with Terraform
 CIDR Setup Example with /16
 Subnet Configuration with Terraform
 Terraform State Locking
 Terraform Modules

Week 11 - Monitoring And Logging

Session 1:

 Installation Of Grafana
 Database Installation MySQL
 Grafana Setup with My SQL

Session 2:

 Installation of Prometheus
 Setting Up Prometheus on Kubernetes cluster
 Monitoring K8 Cluster with Prometheus
 Alerts in Grafana
 Grafana Plugins

Week 12 - Major Projects - Mentor and Self Guided

Session 1:

 Mentor Guided Project: Design and implement a robust DevOps project involving the
deployment of Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) on EC2 instances,
incorporating CloudWatch for monitoring, and integrating load balancers for optimal
application scaling
  Mentor Guided Project: Amazon EKS, incorporating the Nginx Ingress Controller for
efficient traffic routing, and integrating Cert-Manager for SSL certificate management.

Session 2:

 Self Guided Projects:

o GitHub action to add a node as a self-hosted runner and run a specific docker
image and expose it to a particular port using Nginx
o System Monitoring Script via Shell Scripting - Write a script to monitor system
resources (CPU, memory, disk usage