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This specialization is intended for aspiring DevOps professionals and IT enthusiasts. Through 8 comprehensive courses, you will cover essential topics including DevOps prerequisites, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, and Python. This curriculum will prepare you for mastering the tools and practices necessary to excel in a DevOps career, equipping you with the skills to automate, manage, and optimize IT infrastructure and workflows.
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The included projects are designed to provide hands-on experience, allowing learners to apply their newly acquired skills to real-world scenarios. By working on these projects, you will solve authentic problems by automating workflows, managing infrastructure, and deploying applications using DevOps tools and best practices.
Those new to the Cloud and DevOps world often find it difficult to start their journey due to missing basic prerequisites. For example, issues with setting up a basic lab environment using VirtualBox, networking issues, or working with the Linux CLI or text editors like vi editor. Sometimes, it's issues with applications – like getting a sample application to work, getting the dependencies to install properly, or getting a webserver to communicate with a database server. Or at other times, it's working with data formats like JSON or YAML.
So we have identified a gap, and we believe that this is because some of the basic prerequisites are missing, such as knowing the basics of Linux, the basics of tools like VirtualBox, the basics of the most commonly used applications like Java, Python, NodeJS, or web servers like Apache, NGINX, etc. As a DevOps or Cloud Engineer it is important to have these basics cleared. And that’s why we built this course to bridge that gap. With this course, anyone can kick start their DevOps or Cloud Journey. This is the course you must take before you start with any of the DevOps or Cloud courses out there. This course helps you get your basics right so the rest of the journey is smooth. What are the prerequisites to attend this course? - There are no pre-requisites for this pre-requisites course - Good to have (Not Mandatory) a laptop to practice by yourself
What is GIT?
What is the single most important tool that Developers and Operations teams must know alike today? Git! Git is a distributed version control system that allows developers and operations teams to collaborate and keep track of the changes made on a project. GIT, as a DevOps tool, empowers collaboration and faster release cycles. Anyone willing to start their DevOps career or level up should start from the basics, and GIT is the most fundamental requirement of all. Why You Should Use GIT Many of the most popular open-source projects today are developed on Github – Kubernetes, Ansible, Tensor Flow, Rust, Node.js, Go, Terraform, and Helm Charts being some of the top ones among the 100 million repositories. If you would like to learn and contribute to these projects, understanding Git is a must, and our GIT for beginners course is here to help! This is a beginner-level GIT tutorial course and is well structured with lectures and labs for those who are absolute beginners to GIT. System Administrators, Developers, or IT engineers without prior experience may go through this course to gain basic knowledge of GIT. GIT for Beginner’s Course – What You Will Learn In our GIT for beginners course, you’ll learn how to get up and running with Git, how to use it in your daily life, and get a deeper understanding of what Git actually is under the hood. This course consists of 19 sections that will familiarize you with Git and its possibilities. We’ll cover the possibilities of local and remote Git repositories, adding version control to your project by using branches and useful commands that make working with these branches even more powerful, such as fetching, pulling, rebasing, and cherry-picking. Besides some common Git commands, we’ll also cover the internals of Git and how it’s actually working under the hood! This course is project-based, so you will be working as part of a team, and you will learn how to share your work with your team members. Our embedded hands-on labs will ensure you gain enough practice right after learning each concept. We will test your work to ensure you have written them correctly and provide feedback. Pre-requisites 1. Linux command line basics 2. No programming/coding knowledge is required Git is a complex topic, especially for a beginner. We simplify complex concepts using the following: 1. Visualizations 2. Animations 3. Real-life project examples 4. Analogies 5. Demos 6. No more boring presentations! Hands-On Learning Learning by doing is the best way to learn. Our labs: 1. Opens right in your browser. No other setup is needed. 2. Pre-configured for you to learn the concepts in the previous lecture 3. Validate your work 4. Gives you instant feedback
Jenkins is one of the most popular tools used worldwide for continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Jenkins is a free and open-source automation server. It enables developers to build, integrate, and test code automatically as soon as it is committed to the source repository. This enables developers to detect errors and bugs at an early stage and deploy more swiftly. It helps in better collaboration between the developers as it takes the latest code and triggers a build as soon as it is added to the shared repository by any developer and notifies if the build was successful or not saving the time and effort by not wasting time looking for bugs. In this course, you will learn with demos at each step for better visualization of the concepts about what CI/CD is, why we should use Jenkins, how to create pipelines, use of different plugins, Jenkins security and much more along with the hands-on practice for these concepts to give you a solid foundation of Jenkins. Some of the concepts covered in this course are listed below: - What is CI/CD - Why Jenkins? - Installing Jenkins - Jenkins CLI - Plugins - Managing users and teams - Managing the system and credentials - Administering Jenkins - Backup Jenkins - Restore Jenkins - Jenkins Pipelines
Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications, whether on laptops, data center VMs, or the cloud.
This course introduces Docker to an Absolute Beginner using really simple and easy-to-understand lectures. Lectures are followed by demos showing how to set up and get started with Docker. The coding exercises that accompany this course will help you practice Docker commands, develop your own images using Dockerfiles, and practice Docker Compose. You will be developing Docker files for different use cases right in your browser. This way, you don’t really need to have your own environment set up to get some hands-on practice. The coding exercises will validate your commands and Dockerfiles and ensure you have written them correctly. And finally, we have assignments to put your skills to the test. You will be given the challenge to solve using the skills you gained during this course. This is a great way to gain real-life project experience and work with the other students in the community to develop a Dockerfile and get feedback for your work. The assignment will push you to research and develop your own Docker images. Docker Course Requirements 1. Basic System Administrator Skills 2. Good to have (Not Mandatory) access to a Linux System to setup Docker to follow along
Why You Need To Learn Kubernetes?
Learning Kubernetes is essential for any DevOps professional. DevOps engineers are always in demand. The average Silicon Valley salary for a DevOps engineer is 20% higher than that of a software engineer. DevOps engineers make an average of $140,000 to $200,000 annually. And one of the most in-demand skills is Kubernetes Deployment. Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Kubernetes is at the cutting edge of application deployment. The best way to kick-start your DevOps career is by learning how to effectively deploy Kubernetes by taking our Kubernetes for Beginner course. How Our Beginner’s Course Will Help You Learn Kubernetes This course is for absolute Kubernetes beginners. With zero knowledge about Kubernetes, once you take this course and complete all of the hands-on coding exercises, you will be ready to deploy your applications on a Kubernetes platform. As a beginner, you will start your journey and go through 6 simple, step-by-step lectures. Each lecture and demo is designed to give you the time to grasp all the concepts fully. The most important part of the course is the series of hands-on coding exercises accompanying each central concept. Practice, Kubernetes!!! But lectures alone won’t give you the skills you need to succeed as a DevOps engineer. In this course, you will learn by doing. Each exercise will help you ensure that you have truly mastered the concepts and will give you the confidence to apply your Kubernetes knowledge in real-world situations. You will develop your own services using Kubernetes configuration files for different use cases right in your browser. The coding exercises will validate your commands to ensure they are written correctly. Start Mastering Kubernetes Today Don’t waste any more time wondering what course is best for you. You’ve already found it. Get started by developing the Kubernetes skills you need to succeed as a DevOps engineer with our Kubernetes for Beginner course. Legal Notice: Kubernetes and the Kubernetes logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Linux Foundation. in the United States and/or other countries. The Linux Foundation and other parties may also have trademark rights in other terms used herein. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by Kubernetes or The Linux Foundation. Course Update History - Feb 17, 2024 – Lab environment upgrade to 1.29v - June 15, 2023 – Lab environment upgrade to 1.27v - Feb 2, 2023 – Lab environment upgrade to 1.26v - Oct 10, 2022 – Lab environment upgrade to 1.24v - May 10, 2022 – Lab solutions added - May 1, 2022 – Lab environment upgrade to v1.23 - Oct 20, 2021 – Lab environment upgrade to v1.22 - May 10, 2021 – Lab environment upgrade to v1.20 - Aug 24, 2020 – Lab environment upgrade to v1.19 - Jun 16, 2020 – Lab environment upgrade to v1.18
What is Ansible?
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications— automate in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. For anyone in the IT automation or DevOps engineering fields, learning the basics of Ansible is important. What Are the Benefits to Learning Ansible Basics? - A free and open-source community project with a huge audience. - Battle-tested over many years as the preferred tool of IT wizards. - Easy to start and use from day one, without the need for any special coding skills. - Simple deployment workflow without any extra agents. - Includes some sophisticated features around modularity and reusability that come in handy as users become more proficient. - Extensive and comprehensive official documentation that is complemented by a plethora of online material produced by its community. Ansible Basics Course Details This course introduces a beginner to the basic fundamentals of Ansible with easy-to-do hands-on exercises that you can practice right in the browser. The course helps users learn Ansible’s basics, followed by an introduction to * Ansible Inventory: A list of managed nodes provided by one or more ‘inventory sources’. Your inventory can specify information specific to each node, like IP address. It is also used for assigning groups, that both allow for node selection in the Play and bulk variable assignment. * Ansible Playbooks: A playbook is composed of one or more ‘plays’ in an ordered list. The terms ‘playbook’ and ‘play’ are sports analogies. Each play executes part of the overall goal of the playbook, running one or more tasks. Each task is called an Ansible module. Playbooks are expressed in YAML format with a minimum of syntax. * Ansible Modules: The code or binaries that Ansible copies and executes on each managed node (when needed) to accomplish the action defined in each Task. Each module has a particular use, from administering users on a specific type of database to managing VLAN interfaces on a specific type of network device. You can invoke a single module with a task or invoke several different modules in a playbook. Ansible modules are grouped in collections. * Ansible Variables: Ansible uses variables to manage differences between systems. With Ansible, you can execute tasks and playbooks on multiple different systems with a single command. To represent the variations among those different systems, you can create variables with standard YAML syntax, including lists and dictionaries. You can define these variables in your playbooks, in your , in re-usable or , or at the command line. You can also create variables during a playbook run by registering the return value or values of a task as a new variable. * Ansible Conditionals: In a playbook, you may want to execute different tasks or have different goals depending on the value of a fact (data about the remote system), a variable, or the result of a previous task. You may want the value of some variables to depend on the value of other variables. Or you may want to create additional groups of hosts based on whether the hosts match other criteria. You can do all of these things with conditionals. * Ansible Loops : Ansible offers the , , and `` keywords to execute a task multiple times. * Ansible Roles: A limited distribution of reusable Ansible content (tasks, handlers, variables, plugins, templates, and files) for use inside of a Play. To use any Role resource, the Role itself must be imported into the Play.
What is this course about?
This course is an engaging and comprehensive introduction to Terraform, one of the most popular tools for implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It covers the fundamentals of Terraform, including its configuration and operations, to efficiently manage infrastructure. This course enables learners to automate the setup and maintenance of their infrastructure, making it a vital skill in cloud computing and DevOps. Who is the Target Audience? This course is ideal for: - Developers interested in automating infrastructure management. - DevOps professionals looking to enhance their automation toolset. - IT professionals transitioning to roles involving cloud infrastructure. What background knowledge do I need? A basic understanding of command-line interfaces and general infrastructure concepts is helpful but not required. The course starts from the basics, making it accessible to beginners. What will I learn? Learners will: - Understand the principles of Infrastructure as Code. - Set up and manage infrastructure using Terraform. - Master the basics of Terraform including modules, variables, and functions. - Learn to maintain and scale infrastructures with Terraform efficiently. What is unique about this course? This course stands out by offering: - Hands-on labs for practical experience. - Detailed walkthroughs of Terraform commands and configurations. - Insights into real-world applications of Terraform to manage diverse infrastructures.
Python has been the growing and most sought-after programming language of the past decade. In this course, you’ll start your journey as a Programmer with Python. This course requires zero experience in programming or coding. This course will teach foundational concepts such as data types, operators, functions, and basic Python internals. After each module, you’ll enjoy access to practice questions to better understand the concepts.
The Python Basics Course offers you. The most visualized Python course ever so that you can learn complex concepts in ways that are easy to understand Practice quizzes after each lecture to lock in the concepts and build on each module And much more. Python is an in-demand skill that can boost your career. Join us and the Python Institute in upgrading your skill set. Learn Python and prepare for a much sought-after Python Institute certificate. Who Should Take This Course: This Python Basics course is designed for: - Programming beginners seeking Python certification Start Your Python Basics Journey Today: If you’re new to programming and eager to earn a Python certification, seize this opportunity. Enroll with KodeKloud today and explore our Python Basics course along with other valuable offerings to fuel your programming aspirations.
At KodeKloud, we are driven by a singular vision – to revolutionize DevOps education by making it practical, accessible, and directly aligned with the real-world challenges of IT professionals. Our mission is to provide just-in-time learning solutions and foster career advancement in the ever-evolving landscape of DevOps and IT. KodeKloud is an innovative online learning platform dedicated to offering the most effective, hands-on experience in DevOps education. Founded by industry experts, we have quickly become a go-to resource for professionals looking to enhance their skills, solve immediate technical challenges, and accelerate their career growth.
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It typically takes 6-8 months to complete the Specialization.
No prerequisites are required; this Specialization is designed for beginners.
Yes, the courses should be taken in the following order: DevOps Prerequisites, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
Upon completing the Specialization, you will be equipped to start a professional career as a DevOps or SysAdmin early in your career, with the skills and knowledge to manage and optimize IT infrastructure and workflows.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
If you subscribed, you get a 7-day free trial during which you can cancel at no penalty. After that, we don’t give refunds, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. See our full refund policy.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more.
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