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DevOps for Architects

This course teaches Architects how to use DevOps for continuous integration, application development, and maintenance. Attendees master configuration, automation, monitoring, measuring, and...

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$2,090 USD

Course Code WA2542

Duration 3 days

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This course teaches Architects how to use DevOps for continuous integration, application development, and maintenance. Attendees master configuration, automation, monitoring, measuring, and governance. They also learn to construct a stable, scalable, and reliable build and implement an effective configuration management process.

Skills Gained

Confidently design a DevOps framework for their organization.
Understand the various key components.
Implement DevOps in their organization.
Create automation through scripting
Compare the different tools available for applicability to their environment
Apply the knowledge to improve reliability of build & release processes
Utilize the various tools covered in the course in the real world

Who Can Benefit

Architects and Development leads that need to design and implement DevOps in their organization.

Prerequisites

An understanding of the basic concepts in version control, release management, automation, governance, and infrastructure.

Course Details

Introduction to DevOps

Why and How
Modern DevOps Practices
Key Components of Successful DevOps (CALMS Framework: Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing)
Driving Business Outcomes with DevOps
DevOps at the Core: Aligning DevOps with Business Goals
Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and Continuous Deployment
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Continuous Integration & Delivery

What is Continuous Delivery (CD)?
Deployment Pipelines with Modern CI/CD Tools (GitLab, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins)
Best Practices for CI/CD Pipeline Design
Measuring Organizational DevOps Maturity (DORA Metrics)
Automated Testing and Feedback Loops

Build & Release Management

Version Control with Git: Branching Strategies (GitFlow, Trunk-Based Development)
Repository Management: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Feature Flags for Controlled Releases
Release Monitoring and Rollbacks

Cloud Computing and Containerization

Evolution from Virtualization to Containers
Cloud-Native Applications and Microservices Architecture
Kubernetes Orchestration and Management: Deploying and Scaling Applications
Kubernetes Best Practices (High Availability, Security, Networking)
Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd) for Advanced Networking and Observability
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and their DevOps Toolchains
Serverless Architectures: AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions

Monitoring & Observability

Modern Monitoring Strategies: Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools: Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace
Observability: Tracing, Logging, Metrics with OpenTelemetry
Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters: Prometheus, Thanos, Loki
Cloud Monitoring: AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Monitoring, Azure Monitor
Alerting and Incident Management

Measurement and Metrics

Key DevOps Metrics: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery)
DORA Metrics: Four Key Metrics for Measuring DevOps Success
Continuous Improvement through Data-Driven Insights
Tools for Measuring DevOps Performance: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog

Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Why Automate Infrastructure?
Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, OpenTofu, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM
Automated Configuration Management with Ansible, Chef, Puppet
Continuous Testing and Automated Rollbacks
Automating Security in CI/CD (DevSecOps): Tools like Snyk, ZAP

Servers and Serverless Architectures

Application Servers vs. Serverless Architectures: Key Differences
Kubernetes-based Server Management
Introduction to Serverless Technologies (AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
Managing Microservices in Serverless Architectures

Agile & Lean Practices

Modern Agile in DevOps: Continuous Feedback and Iteration
Scrum and Kanban: Integrating Agile with DevOps
Value Stream Mapping in DevOps
Managing Backlogs and Sprints in a DevOps Environment
Tools for Agile and DevOps: Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab Issues

Continuous Code Quality and Security

Code Quality Tools: SonarQube, Linting Tools
Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
Continuous Security Testing: OWASP, Snyk
Shifting Security Left in the Development Process (DevSecOps)
Best Practices for Security Automation in CI/CD Pipelines

Configuration Management & Containerization

Configuration Management with Ansible, Puppet, Chef
Managing Docker and Kubernetes Configurations
Helm for Kubernetes Package Management
Docker and Kubernetes Security: Best Practices

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Lunch is normally an hour long and begins at noon. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and juice are available all day in the kitchen. Fruit, muffins and bagels are served each morning. There are numerous restaurants near each of our centers, and some popular ones are indicated on the Area Map in the Student Welcome Handbooks - these can be picked up in the lobby or requested from one of our ExitCertified staff.

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ExitCertified instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience. They have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay up to date, instructors will at least spend 25 percent of their time learning new emerging technologies and courses.

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Concise and good to follow along. Although it is a lot to take in under a short period of time.

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The training was great . But i expected some of the Networking concepts would be covered in this certification .

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The class was very vast paced however the teacher was very good at checking in on us while giving us time to complete the labs.

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The format of the class was concise. I learned new skills to use at my workplace.

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Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.

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