DevOps Fundamentals – From Infrastructure to Automated Delivery

Module 1: IT Infrastructure Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Servers

   • What is a server

   • Physical vs virtual servers

   • Traditional infrastructure challenges

2. Introduction to Virtualization

   • Virtual machines & hypervisors

   • Benefits of virtualization

   • VM vs bare-metal

Module 2: Cloud Computing Basics

3. Introduction to Cloud Computing

   • Why cloud

   • Evolution from on-prem to cloud

4. Cloud Service Models

   • IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (use cases & examples)

5. Cloud Deployment Models

   • Public cloud

   • Private cloud

   • Hybrid cloud

   • Multi-cloud overview

Module 3: Core AWS Services for DevOps

6. Introduction to AWS

   • AWS global infrastructure

   • Shared Responsibility Model

   • Pricing basics

7. Core AWS Services Overview

   • EC2 (compute)

   • S3 (storage)

   • IAM (identity & access)

   • VPC (networking)

   • Lambda (serverless)

   • CloudWatch (monitoring & logs)

8. Hands-on: AWS Basics

   • Launching EC2

   • S3 bucket operations

   • IAM users & roles

   • CloudWatch metrics & logs

Module 4: Version Control with Git & GitHub

9. Introduction to Version Control

   • Why version control

   • Git vs GitHub

10. Git & GitHub Fundamentals

    • Repository creation

    • git clone, add, commit

    • git push & pull

    • Basic branching workflow

Module 5: Linux Fundamentals

11. Introduction to Linux

    • Linux architecture

    • Filesystem basics

12. Essential Linux Commands

    • File & directory operations

    • Permissions & ownership

    • Process management

    • Networking basics

Module 6: Configuration Management with Ansible

13. Introduction to Configuration Management

    • Why configuration management

    • Agent vs agentless tools

14. Introduction to Ansible

    • Ansible architecture

    • Inventory & modules

15. Ansible Playbooks

    • Playbook structure

    • Variables, handlers

    • Hands-on: Automating server setup

Module 7: Containerization

16. Introduction to Containerization

    • Containers vs virtual machines

    • Container lifecycle

17. Docker Fundamentals

    • Docker architecture

    • Images & containers

    • Dockerfile basics

18. Docker Advanced Concepts

    • Volumes

    • Networks

    • Docker Compose

19. Hands-on: Containerizing an Application

Module 8: Container Orchestration with Kubernetes

20. Introduction to Kubernetes

    • Kubernetes architecture

    • Control plane & worker nodes

21. Kubernetes Core Objects

    • Pods

    • Deployments

    • Services

22. Kubernetes Advanced Concepts

    • ConfigMaps

    • Secrets

    • RBAC

    • Ingress

23. Managed Kubernetes: Amazon EKS

    • EKS architecture

    • Deploying workloads on EKS

Module 9: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

24. Introduction to Infrastructure as Code

    • Why IaC

    • Mutable vs immutable infrastructure

25. Terraform Fundamentals

    • Providers

    • Resources

    • Variables & outputs

26. Terraform Advanced Concepts

    • Workspaces

    • Modules

    • Provisioners

    • Remote backend & state locking

27. Hands-on: Provisioning AWS Infrastructure Using Terraform

Module 10: CI/CD Pipelines

28. Introduction to CI/CD

    • CI vs CD

    • DevOps lifecycle

29. Jenkins Fundamentals

    • Jenkins architecture

    • Jobs & pipelines

30. Building CI/CD Pipelines

    • Build

    • Test

    • Deploy

31. CI/CD Security & Quality

    • Code quality with SonarQube

    • Artifact management using Nexus

    • Container security with Trivy

    • Docker registry usage

32. Deployment Strategies

    • Deploying to EC2

    • Deploying to Kubernetes (EKS)

Module 11: Monitoring, Logging & Observability

33. Introduction to Monitoring & Observability

    • Metrics, logs & traces

34. Monitoring Stack

    • Prometheus

    • Grafana

35. Logging Stack

    • Fluent Bit

    • OpenSearch

    • OpenSearch Dashboards

36. Hands-on: Monitoring & Logging for Applications

Module 12: Projects & Real-World Use Cases

37. Project 1: End-to-End CI/CD Pipeline

    • GitHub → Jenkins → Docker → EKS

38. Project 2: Serverless Monitoring Project

    • AWS Lambda

    • CloudWatch metrics & alarms

39. Additional Mini Projects

    • Infrastructure provisioning with Terraform

    • Kubernetes application deployment

    • Secure CI/CD pipeline

Module 13: Course Wrap-Up

40. Wrap-Up & Next Steps

    • DevOps best practices

    • Tool recap

    • Career roadmap & certifications

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will:

• Understand DevOps principles & workflows

• Automate infrastructure and deployments

• Build secure CI/CD pipelines

• Deploy and monitor applications on AWS & Kubernetes

• Work confidently with modern DevOps tools