📑 DevOps for Cloud Engineers
Cloud Engineering and DevOps go hand in hand.
- CI/CD makes deployments faster & safer—no manual updates, no downtime.
- Version control prevents disasters—every change is tracked, and rollbacks are easy.
- Configuration management keeps things consistent—deploy on 100s on machines in a consistent manner.
If you master DevOps principles, you’ll stand out in interviews and work more efficiently in real-world cloud environments.
📖 Step 1: Understand CI/CD Fundamentals
📌 CI/CD Explained – GitLab & Red Hat Articles
- Why? These two guides provide the best explanations of CI/CD concepts.
- What You’ll Learn: What CI/CD is, why it matters, and how modern cloud companies implement it.
- Links:
🎓 Step 2: Learn Git & Version Control
📌 Interactive Git Learning – LearnGitBranching
- Why? Git is non-negotiable for DevOps—this interactive tool helps you visualize Git workflows.
- What You’ll Learn: Branching, merging, rebasing, and collaboration best practices.
- Link: Try Here
🛠️ Step 3: Hands-On DevOps Tools & Pipelines
📌 Jenkins – Open-Source CI/CD Tool
- Why? Jenkins automates builds, testing, and deployments—a must-know DevOps tool.
- What You’ll Learn: How to set up Jenkins, create pipelines, and automate deployments.
- Links:
📌 Configuration Management – Ansible Use Cases (GitHub Repo)
- Why? Ansible helps you automate configuration & infrastructure setup—essential for scaling cloud workloads.
- What You’ll Learn: Real-world Ansible playbooks for managing cloud environments.
- Link: Ansible Product Demos
🚀 Step 4: Build & Integrate Your Own CI/CD Pipeline
📌 Project: Build a CI/CD Pipeline Using Jenkins
- Why? Jenkins is an open source tool and it's easy to use.
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Task:
- Set up Jenkins (eg: you can deploy on AWS EC2)
- Create a simple CI/CD pipeline for your IaC project (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep).
- Add code coverage using tools like Cobertura
📌 Project: Deploy an App Using GitHub Actions + AWS Lambda
- Why? A serverless deployment pipeline is a great real-world cloud DevOps project.
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Task:
- Write a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically deploys an AWS Lambda function when code is pushed.
- Automate infrastructure creation with Terraform or CloudFormation.
💡 Bonus Resources (For Advanced Learning!)
📌 Terraform & Ansible Integration – Infrastructure as Code + Config Management
- Why? Combining Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for config management is a powerful DevOps pattern.
- Link: Terraform + Ansible Guide
🚀 How to Use This Guide?
1️⃣ Start by understanding CI/CD fundamentals—read the GitLab & Red Hat guides.
2️⃣ Learn Git inside out using LearnGitBranching.
3️⃣ Get hands-on with Jenkins—watch the tutorial & set up pipelines.
4️⃣ Explore config management—use Ansible’s GitHub repo for real-world examples.
5️⃣ Build your own CI/CD pipelines—whether in Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.
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