DevOps Foundations: Infrastructure as Code

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Free Online Course: DevOps Foundations: Infrastructure as Code provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. DevOps Foundations: Infrastructure as Code is taught by James Wickett and Ernest Mueller.

Overview
  • Learn the basics of infrastructure as code, including how to keep your configuration in a source repository and have it built and deployed like an application.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you need to know
    • How to use the exercise files
    1. The Basics of Infrastructure Automation
    • Infrastructure as code
    • From code to artifacts
    • Testing your infrastructure
    • Unit testing infrastructure
    • Integration and security testing
    • From artifacts to systems
    2. Infrastructure Options
    • Public cloud with AWS
    • Hardware, VMs, and private cloud
    • Containers with Docker
    • Serverless with Lambda
    • The changing world of servers
    3. Provisioning, Deployment, and Orchestration
    • Model-driven provisioning overview
    • Provisioning with CloudFormation
    • On the desktop with Vagrant
    • On the desktop with Vagrant, continued
    • Convergent provisioning overview
    • Convergent provisioning with Chef
    • Immutable deployment with Docker
    • Runbook automation with Rundeck
    • Container orchestration with Kubernetes
    4. Putting It All Together
    • Architectural considerations and value
    • Getting started in your infrastructure
    Conclusion
    • Next Steps