DevOps is a transformative culture and set of practices that bring together software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the development lifecycle, deliver continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), and ensure high software quality.
To get started on your journey to becoming a DevOps engineer, first, you need to understand the basics of DevOps, including its core principles, such as Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Microservices Architecture, and Monitoring and Logging.
Learn the foundation skills, including Basic Programming, Operating Systems, and Networking Basics, to automate tasks and scripts.
Dive into Version Control with Git and GitHub, that allows multiple developers to work on a project simultaneously without conflicts.
Master Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD for automating the entire DevOps lifecycle.
Explore Configuration Management with Ansible and Puppet, that helps automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure.
Understand Containerization and Orchestration with Docker for developing, shipping, and running applications inside containers. Kubernetes automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
Explore Cloud Platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and learn Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Implement Monitoring and Logging with Prometheus and ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to track application performance and quickly identify issues.
Get Hands-On Experience by applying what you've learned by working on real projects like building a complete CI/CD pipeline for an application, deploying a microservices architecture on Kubernetes, or implementing a multi-cloud disaster recovery solution.