🧭 Beginner Essentials
What is DevOps?
DevOps vs Traditional IT
SDLC & CI/CD Overview
Agile, Scrum, and Kanban Basics
Basics of System Administration
Common DevOps Tools Overview (Git, Docker, Jenkins, etc.)
💡 DevOps isn't a tool — it's a culture and a set of practices.
🛠️ Version Control
Git Basics (clone, commit, branch, merge)
Git Workflows (Feature Branch, Git Flow)
Remote Repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
Pull Requests and Code Review
Git Tags and Releases
🚢 Continuous Integration / Delivery (CI/CD)
What is CI/CD?
Building Pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
Linting, Testing, and Building in CI
Deployment Automation
Notifications and Status Checks
🛠 Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
🧳 Containers & Docker
What is a Container?
Docker vs Virtual Machines
Docker CLI Basics
Writing a Dockerfile
Docker Compose
Managing Images & Volumes
Pushing Images to Docker Hub
☸️ Container Orchestration – Kubernetes
Kubernetes Basics (Pods, Nodes, Clusters)
Deployments & Services
Helm Charts
ConfigMaps and Secrets
Scaling & Rolling Updates
Monitoring with kubectl
Minikube for Local Development
💡 Start with Docker, then move to Kubernetes.
☁️ Cloud Fundamentals
What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP
Cloud Services: Compute, Storage, Networking
Setting up VMs and Containers
IAM (Identity & Access Management) Basics
Cost Management & Billing Insights
🌐 Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
What is IaC?
Terraform Basics
Provisioning Cloud Resources
Writing and Organizing Terraform Files
Terraform State Management
CloudFormation (AWS)
🛡️ Monitoring & Logging
Importance of Observability
Metrics, Logs, Tracing
Centralized Logging Tools (ELK, Fluentd)
Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Alerting Systems (PagerDuty, Opsgenie)
🔐 Security in DevOps (DevSecOps)
Secure Secrets Management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
Static Code Analysis
Dependency Scanning
Least Privilege IAM Policies
Secure CI/CD Pipelines
Security Best Practices for Containers
🧪 Testing in DevOps
Unit Testing in CI
Integration & E2E Testing
Smoke Tests
Load & Stress Testing (Locust, JMeter)
Test Reporting in Pipelines
📁 Real-World Projects & Practice
Build and Deploy a Static Website
Create a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions
Dockerize a Node.js or .NET App
Deploy to AWS with Terraform
Monitor a Kubernetes App with Prometheus
Build a Kubernetes Cluster with Minikube
🧠 Advanced DevOps Concepts
GitOps (e.g. ArgoCD, Flux)
Blue-Green & Canary Deployments
Feature Toggles
Chaos Engineering
Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
Distributed Tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin)
🎯 DevOps Interview Preparation
DevOps Principles & Scenarios
Describe Your CI/CD Workflow
Troubleshooting Real-World Incidents
YAML & Bash Questions
System Design for Deployment Architecture
🤝 Community & Resources
DevOps Roadmaps (GitHub)
Awesome DevOps Repos
DevOps YouTube Channels (TechWorld with Nana, etc.)
Join DevOps Discord/Slack communities
Follow CNCF and Kelsey Hightower