#Phase 4: DevOps Fundamentals
⏱️ Estimated time: 4-5 weeks
Welcome to Phase 4! This phase covers DevOps fundamentals - the practices and tools that enable teams to deliver software faster and more reliably. You'll learn containerization, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring.
#🎯 Objectives
By the end of this phase, you will:
- Understand core DevOps practices and their benefits
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
- Create infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Build and manage containers with Docker
- Set up monitoring and observability for applications
- Use AI tools to optimize DevOps tasks and workflows
- Complete a capstone project demonstrating DevOps skills
#📋 Prerequisites
- Completed Phase 2: Programming & AI Integration (capstone)
- Completed Phase 3: Cloud Platform Fundamentals (capstone)
- This phase builds on the project from previous phases
#📚 Topics
| No. | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Containers | Docker and containerization fundamentals |
| 2 | CI/CD | Continuous integration and deployment pipelines |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | Terraform and automated provisioning |
| 4 | Container Orchestration | Kubernetes basics |
| 5 | Monitoring & Observability | Logging, metrics, and alerting |
| 6 | Capstone Project | Complete DevOps implementation |
#✅ Phase Checklist
Before moving on, make sure you can answer "yes" to these:
- I can build and manage Docker containers
- I can set up CI/CD pipelines
- I can write Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- I understand container orchestration concepts
- I can implement basic monitoring and alerting
- I completed the capstone project