🚀 DevOps Introduction Course: Principles, Practices & Tooling

Welcome to the DevOps Introduction Course, where you will gain a solid foundation in DevOps principles and practical skills.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of DevOps and its key components.

Through hands-on labs and lectures, you’ll explore version control, software distribution, CI/CD, containerization, cloud computing, and beyond — the same workflows used by modern engineering teams.

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📚 Course Roadmap

Practical modules designed for incremental skill development:

#	Module	Key Topics & Technologies
1	Introduction to DevOps	Core principles, essential tools, DevOps concepts
2	Version Control	Collaborative development workflows, Git tooling
3	CI/CD	Continuous integration/deployment practices
4	Networking & OS for DevOps	IP/DNS, firewalls, Linux fundamentals (shell/systemd/logs), permissions, troubleshooting, DevOps-friendly distros
5	Virtualization	Virtualization concepts, benefits in modern IT infrastructures
6	Containers	Docker containerization, Kubernetes orchestration
7	GitOps & Progressive Delivery	Git as source of truth, Argo CD, canary/blue-green deployments, feature flags, rollbacks
8	SRE & Resilience	SLOs/SLAs/SLIs, error budgets, incident management, chaos engineering, postmortems
9	Security in DevOps (DevSecOps)	Shift-left security, SAST/DAST, SBOM, container/image scanning (Trivy/Snyk), secret management
10	Cloud Fundamentals	AWS/Azure/GCP basics, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, regions/zones, pricing, core services (EC2/S3/IAM/VPC), cloud-native patterns
11	Bonus	Web3 Infrastructure, decentralized storage, IPFS, Fleek

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🖼 Module Flow Diagram

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    A[Intro to DevOps] --> B[Version Control]
    B --> C[CI/CD]
    C --> D[Networking & OS]
    D --> E[Virtualization]
    E --> F[Containers]
    F --> G[GitOps & Progressive Delivery]
    G --> H[SRE & Resilience]
    H --> I[Security in DevOps]
    I --> J[Cloud Fundamentals]
    J --> K[Bonus: Web3 Infrastructure]

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🛠 Lab-Based Learning Experience

80% of your grade comes from hands-on labs — each designed to build real-world skills:

1. Lab Structure

   • Task-oriented challenges with clear objectives
   • Safe environments using containers or local VMs

2. Submission Workflow

   • Fork course repository → Create lab branch → Complete tasks
   • Push to fork → Open Pull Request → Receive feedback & evaluation

3. Grading Advantage

   • Perfect Lab Submissions (10/10): Exam exemption + bonus points
   • On-Time Submissions (≥6/10): Guaranteed pass (C or higher)
   • Late Submissions: Maximum 6/10

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📊 Evaluation Framework

Transparent assessment for skill validation

Grade Composition

• Labs (10 × 8 points each): 80%
• Final Exam (comprehensive): 20%

Performance Tiers

• A (90-100): Mastery of core concepts, innovative solutions
• B (75-89): Consistent completion, minor improvements needed
• C (60-74): Basic competency, needs reinforcement
• D (0-59): Fundamental gaps, re-attempt required

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✅ Success Path

"Complete all labs with ≥6/10 to pass. Perfect lab submissions grant exam exemption and bonus points toward an A."

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