DevOps Learning Path

Follow this roadmap to build your skills step-by-step.

Phase 1: Prerequisites & OS Concepts

• Understand Linux Basics (File system, Permissions, Shell Scripting)
• Networking Fundamentals (DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, Firewalls)
• Goal: Be comfortable using the terminal.

Phase 2: Version Control

• Git: Learn to track changes, branch, and merge.
• GitHub/GitLab: Collaborate with others.
• Goal: Contribute to a repository.

Phase 3: Containerization

• Docker: Learn to package applications.
• Understand Images, Containers, and Dockerfiles.
• Goal: Containerize a simple web application.

Phase 4: CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Deployment)

• Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Automate testing and deployment.
• Goal: Build a pipeline that deploys your app automatically.

Phase 5: Cloud Providers

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Learn EC2, S3, IAM, VPC.
• Goal: Deploy your app to the cloud manually.

Phase 6: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Terraform: Provision infrastructure using code.
• Ansible: Configuration management.
• Goal: Automate the creation of your cloud resources.

Phase 7: Container Orchestration

• Kubernetes: Manage containerized applications at scale.
• Helm: Kubernetes Package Manager to Easy Manage.
• Pods, Services, Deployments.
• Goal: Deploy your app to a Kubernetes cluster.

Phase 8: Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus & Grafana.
• ELK Stack.
• Goal: Monitor your application's health and logs.