📚 DevOps Full Syllabus (Structured as Units/Phases)

🧑‍🏫 Designed for Freshers | 🎯 Beginner to Advanced | Tools + Projects + Deployment

✅ UNIT 1: DevOps Fundamentals & Linux Basics

⏳ Duration: 2 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 What is DevOps? Why DevOps?

 SDLC vs Agile vs DevOps

 DevOps Lifecycle Stages

 DevOps Culture & Collaboration

 Introduction to Linux

 Linux Command Line Basics

 File Permissions, Processes, Package Managers

🛠 Tools/Concepts:

 Linux (Ubuntu)

 Terminal/Bash

 VS Code (Editor)

✅ UNIT 2: Git & Version Control

⏳ Duration: 1 Week

📘 Topics:

 Introduction to Git

 Git Workflow (clone, add, commit, push, pull)

 Branching and Merging

 Git Rebase, Git Stash

 Working with Remote Repositories (GitHub/GitLab)

 Pull Requests, Forking, Issue Tracking

🛠 Tools:

 Git

 GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket

⏳ Duration: 2 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 What is Continuous Integration (CI)?

 CI/CD Pipeline Overview

 Jenkins Installation & Setup

 Creating Freestyle Projects

 Jenkins Pipelines (Scripted & Declarative)

 Integrating Jenkins with GitHub

 Webhooks & Automation Triggers

🛠 Tools:

 Jenkins

 GitHub Actions (Optional)

 Maven (Java projects)

 SonarQube (Code Quality)

✅ UNIT 4: Configuration Management with Ansible

⏳ Duration: 1–1.5 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 What is Configuration Management?

 Introduction to Ansible

 Ansible Architecture: Inventory, Playbooks, Modules

 Writing Ansible Playbooks (YAML)

 Running Tasks & Roles

 Idempotency and Error Handling

 Use Cases: Installing NGINX, Setting Up Servers

🛠 Tools:

 Ansible

 YAML

✅ UNIT 5: Containerization with Docker

📘 Topics:

 Introduction to Containers & Docker

 Docker Architecture

 Docker Images & Containers

 Dockerfile, Docker Compose

 Docker Volumes & Networking

 Container Lifecycle Management

 Running Multi-Container Apps

🛠 Tools:

 Docker

 DockerHub

 Docker Compose

✅ UNIT 6: Container Orchestration with Kubernetes (K8s)

⏳ Duration: 2.5–3 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 Why Kubernetes? Need for Orchestration

 Kubernetes Architecture (Master, Nodes, Kubelet, etc.)

 Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments

 Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer)

 ConfigMaps, Secrets, Volumes

 Helm (Kubernetes Package Manager)

 Setting Up Local K8s (Minikube/Kind)

🛠 Tools:

 Kubernetes (kubectl)

 Minikube or Kind (Local K8s)

 Helm

✅ UNIT 7: Continuous Deployment (CD) Strategies

⏳ Duration: 1 Week
📘 Topics:

 What is Continuous Deployment?

 CI vs CD vs Continuous Delivery

 Deployment Strategies: Blue/Green, Canary, Rolling

 Building a CD Pipeline in Jenkins

 Automating Deployments to Cloud

🛠 Tools:

 Jenkins Pipelines

 Spinnaker / ArgoCD (Optional)

 AWS for deployment

✅ UNIT 8: Monitoring & Logging

⏳ Duration: 2 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 Importance of Monitoring in DevOps

 Types: Metrics, Logging, Tracing, Alerts

 Introduction to Prometheus (Monitoring)

 Introduction to Grafana (Visualization)

 Working with Exporters (Node, cAdvisor)

 ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana

🛠 Tools:

 Prometheus

 Grafana

 ELK Stack (Optional)

✅ UNIT 9: Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

⏳ Duration: 2.5 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 Introduction to Cloud Computing

 AWS Overview: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS

 Setting Up EC2 Servers for DevOps Projects

 Basics of Terraform: Providers, Resources, State Files

 Writing Terraform Scripts to Launch EC2

🛠 Tools:

 AWS (Free Tier)

 AWS CLI

 Terraform

 IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC

✅ UNIT 10: Capstone Project + DevOps Resume Building

⏳ Duration: 2 Weeks

📘 Topics:

 Build Full CI/CD DevOps Pipeline:

o Code → GitHub → Jenkins → Docker → Kubernetes → AWS

 Monitor App with Prometheus & Grafana

 Create Resume + GitHub Project Portfolio

 Mock Interviews & Scenario-Based Q&A

🛠 Project Stack:

 Node.js or Java app

 Jenkins + Docker + Kubernetes + AWS

 Prometheus/Grafana

 Ansible for provisioning

📌 Suggested Duration: 5 to 6 Months

✅ Practice daily for 1–2 hours

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📘 DevOps Full Course Syllabus (Structured by Units)

🧑‍🏫 Designed for Absolute Beginners | 💼 Industry-Ready | 📆 Duration: ~6 Months

🧩 Unit 1: DevOps Fundamentals & Linux Basics

🎯 Objective:

Understand the DevOps mindset, workflow, and basic Linux OS concepts.

📚 Topics:

 What is DevOps?

 DevOps Lifecycle & Phases

 Agile vs DevOps vs Waterfall

 Introduction to Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)

 Basic Linux Commands (file handling, navigation, permissions)

 Bash scripting basics

🔧 Tools:

 Linux (Ubuntu)

 Terminal / Bash

 Visual Studio Code

🧩 Unit 2: Version Control with Git & GitHub

🎯 Objective:

Learn collaborative source code management.

📚 Topics:

 Introduction to Git and GitHub

 Git Installation & Setup

 Git Commands (clone, add, commit, push, pull, merge, branch)

 GitHub Pull Requests and Issues

🔧 Tools:

 Git

 GitHub

 Git Bash

🧩 Unit 3: Continuous Integration with Jenkins

🎯 Objective:

Automate build and integration processes.

📚 Topics:

 CI/CD Concepts

 Installing Jenkins

 Jenkins Job Configuration

 Jenkins Plugins & Pipelines

 Integration with GitHub

 Freestyle Jobs vs Pipelines

🔧 Tools:

 Jenkins

 Git

 GitHub

 Maven (Java-based projects)

🧩 Unit 4: Configuration Management with Ansible

🎯 Objective:

Automate infrastructure setup and application deployment.

📚 Topics:

 Introduction to Ansible & YAML

 Inventory Files

 Writing Playbooks & Roles

 Modules, Handlers, Variables

 SSH & Ansible Vault

🔧 Tools:

 Ansible

 YAML

 VirtualBox/Vagrant (optional for testing)

🧩 Unit 5: Containerization with Docker

🎯 Objective:

Learn packaging, deploying, and running applications in containers.

📚 Topics:

 What is Docker & Why Use It?

 Docker Architecture & CLI

 Docker Images & Containers

 Dockerfile & Image Build

 Docker Compose (multi-container apps)

 Docker Volumes & Networking

🔧 Tools:

 Docker

 DockerHub

 VS Code with Docker Extension

🧩 Unit 6: Container Orchestration with Kubernetes

🎯 Objective:

Manage containerized applications at scale.

📚 Topics:

 Kubernetes Architecture

 Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments

 Services & Ingress

 ConfigMaps & Secrets

 Kubernetes YAML manifests

🔧 Tools:

 Kubernetes (Minikube, kubectl)

 Helm

 Lens (K8s GUI - optional)

🧩 Unit 7: Continuous Delivery & Deployment

🎯 Objective:

Automate deployment workflows and understand advanced release strategies.

📚 Topics:

 CI vs CD vs Continuous Deployment

 Jenkins Pipeline (Declarative)

 Deployment Strategies (Rolling, Blue-Green, Canary)

 GitOps Introduction (ArgoCD basics)

 Integrating Docker + K8s + Jenkins

🔧 Tools:

 Jenkins (with Pipeline)

 Docker

 Kubernetes

 ArgoCD (Optional)

🧩 Unit 8: Monitoring & Logging

🎯 Objective:

Ensure observability and real-time monitoring of systems.

📚 Topics:

 Monitoring Concepts: Metrics, Logs, Tracing

 Prometheus for Metrics Collection

 Grafana for Visualization

 Alerts in Grafana

 ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana

 Centralized Logging with Fluentd

 Prometheus

 Grafana

 ELK Stack (Filebeat, Logstash, Kibana)

 Loki (optional lightweight logger)

🧩 Unit 9: Cloud & Infrastructure as Code

🎯 Objective:

Deploy and manage DevOps workflows on cloud infrastructure.

📚 Topics:

 Introduction to Cloud Computing

 AWS Core Services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS)

 AWS CLI & IAM roles

 Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

 Provisioning EC2/S3/RDS via Terraform

 Deploying Docker/K8s on AWS

🔧 Tools:

 AWS (Free Tier)

 AWS CLI

 Terraform

🧩 Unit 10: Real-World Projects & Interview Preparation

🎯 Objective:

Apply all your knowledge to real-world use cases & prepare for job interviews.

📚 Projects:

 CI/CD Pipeline: Git → Jenkins → Docker → Kubernetes

 Deploy a React App or Spring Boot App in EKS (Kubernetes on AWS)

 Monitoring with Prometheus + Grafana + AlertManager

 Infrastructure Provisioning using Terraform

📚 Interview Prep:

 DevOps Common Interview Questions

 GitHub Portfolio Building

 Mock Interview Scenarios

📜 Final Certification (Optional)

 Docker Certified Associate

 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

 AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Associate

 HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate