DevOps Plus

Course Code: 0010

$725

DevOps Plus

Learn all about CI/CD, Puppets, Chef, Jenkins, Nagios and GIT

Course Code : 0010

$725

Overview
Schedule classes
What you'll learn
Outline
Prerequisites
Who should attend
Certification

Overview

Cognixia’s DevOps Plus training program covers the key components, methodologies, and tools of DevOps, focussing on both mid-level and advanced-level concepts. Participants will also be able to learn foundation-level topics such as introduction to DevOps, concepts of virtualisation, its benefits and various virtualization products that play a significant role in learning and implementation of the DevOps culture in an organization. In this course, participants will learn about tools like VAGRANT, GIT, Docker and Configuration Management with Chef, SaltStack, Puppet and Ansible.

Schedule Classes

Delivery Format
Starting Date
Starting Time
Duration

Live Virtual Classroom
Saturday, 4 April 2020
09:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
16 Days (Sat - Sun)

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Delivery Format
Starting Date
Starting Time
Duration

Live Virtual Classroom
Friday, 8 May 2020
10:30 PM - 01:30 AM EST
16 Day (Fri - Sat)

$725 Add to cart

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 16 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 16 days

What You'll learn

Introduction to DevOps and its significance in software development
Different software development methodologies, and their significance
Introduction to virtualization, types of server virtualization, and virtualization products
Installing and configuring VAGRANT
Version-control systems and install GIT on Windows and Linux
Dockers and Containerization
Configuration management with Chef, SaltStack, Puppet, and Ansible
Monitor with Nagios application
Continuous integration using Jenkins
Container clustering with Docker swarm and Kubernetes
CI/CD pipeline automation

Outline

Module 1: Introduction to DevOps

Deﬁning DevOps
SDLC models – Lean, ITIL, Agile
Why DevOps?
History of DevOps
DevOps stakeholders
DevOps goals
Important terminology
DevOps perspective
DevOps and agile
DevOps tools
Conﬁguration management
Continuous integration and deployment
What is Virtualization?
History of Virtualization
What is Hypervisor?
Types of Server Virtualization
Beneﬁts of Virtualization
Important Virtualization products
What is VAGRANT?
Uses of VAGRANT in an environment
Alternatives of VAGRANT
VAGRANT versions
Installation and conﬁguration
Installing Virtual Box
How to install VAGRANT on Windows
Conﬁguring VAGRANT
Provisioning with VAGRANT
Creating your first VM with VAGRANT
Operations on the VM
Connecting to the VM
Add required images to VAGRANT
Using VAGRANT

Module 2: GIT- Version Control

Introduction
Version control systems
Local, centralized, and distributed
Installing GIT
Installing on Linux
Installing on Windows
Initial setup
Git essentials
Creating repository
Cloning, check-in, and committing
Fetch, pull and remote
Branching

Module 3: Docker – Containers

What is a Docker?
Use-case of Docker
Platforms for Docker
Dockers vs. Virtualization
Docker architecture
Important Docker components
Understanding the Docker components
Installing Docker on Linux
Understanding installation of Docker on Windows
Some Docker commands
Docker Hub
Downloading Docker images
Running Docker images
Running commands in Container
Running multiple Containers
Creating a custom image
Running a Container from the custom image
Publishing the custom image
Docker networking
Accessing Containers
Linking Containers
Exposing Container ports
Container routing
Docker compose

Module 4: Chef for configuration management

Common Chef Terminology (Server, Workstation, Client, Repository, etc.)
Servers and Nodes
Chef conﬁguration concepts
Workstation setup
How to conﬁgure Knife
Executing commands to test connection between Knife and Workstation
Organization setup
Creating Organizations
Adding yourself and Nodes to Organizations
Testing Node setup
Creating Servers and adding to Organizations
Checking Node details using Knife
Node Objects and Search
Adding Run List to Node
Checking Node details
Introduction to environments in Chef

Module 5: SaltStack for configuration management

Salt overview
Salt terminologies
Master and minions
Salt conﬁguration concepts
Salt access control
Salt job management
Salt package manager
Salt working example
Salt logging

Module 6: Puppet for configuration management

What is Puppet?
How does Puppet work?
Puppet architecture
Master and Agents
Conﬁguration language
Resource abstraction layer
Transactional layer
Installing Puppet
Conﬁguring Puppet master and Agent
Connecting Agents
Puppet conﬁguration tree
Puppet conﬁguration files
Puppet language – The Declarative language
Resources
Resource collectors
Virtual resources
Exported resources
Manifests
Relationships and Ordering
Modules and Classes
Class parameters
Deﬁned Types
Advanced Puppet language concepts
Factors
Variables
Conditional Statements
IF – ELSE loops
Case and Selectors
More Conditionals and Logic
Resource Relationships
Templates
Static contents explosion
Using dynamic content with Templates
Templates overview
ERB
Example Of Code Manifests/Modules
NTP Module
Users Module
SSH
Sudo

Module 7: Ansible

Introduction to Ansible
Ansible architecture
Ansible terminology
Ansible commands
Adding Nodes to server
Ansible installation and conﬁguration
Installing SSH on Nodes
Generating Keys
Components of Ansbile
Inventory
Conﬁguration
Modules
Playbooks
Global conﬁguration
Roles
Tags
Writing playbooks
PYYAML overview
Ansible modules
Ansible roles
Ansible galaxy
Download playbooks from Galaxy
Real time playbooks

Module 8: Nagios- Monitoring

Introduction to Nagios
Installing Nagios
Obtaining Nagios
Compiling and installing Nagios
Basic conﬁguration
Creating a new host and service
Creating a new email contact
Verifying conﬁguration
Creating a host group and service group
Creating a new contact group
Creating a new time period
Plug-ins and Commands
Finding and installing a plug-in
Removing a plug-in
Creating a new command
Customizing commands
Using Nagios GUI
Scheduling downtimes
Generating reports
Conﬁguring notiﬁcation
Conﬁguring checks
Managing flapping
NRPE monitoring
Enabling remote execution
Monitoring local services on a remote machine with NRPE
Setting the listening address for NRPE
Setting allowed client hosts for NRPE
Creating new NRPE command deﬁnitions securely
Creating a custom NRPE script

Module 9: Jenkins – Continuous Integration

Introduction
Understanding Continuous Integration
Introduction about Jenkins
Build Cycle
Jenkins architecture
Obtaining and installing Jenkins
Installing and conﬁguring GIT
Java installation and conﬁguration
Maven installation
Exploring Jenkins dashboard
Creating Jobs
Running Jobs
Adding and updating plug-ins
Disabling and deleting Jobs
Understanding Deployment
Tomcat installation and conﬁguration
Deployment plug-ins
Deploying a .war file from Jenkins to Tomcat
Securing Jenkins
How to integrate Jenkins with Ant
How to integrate Jenkins with Maven
Authentication
Jenkins plug-in
Authorization
Conﬁdentiality
Creating Users
Best practices for Jenkins
Jenkins parameterized build
Environment inject plug-in
Use of Jenkins environment variables
Deploying a speciﬁc revision
Customizing the Jenkins UI
Project-based matrix plug-in
Parallel execution
Conﬁguring Jenkins hub and Node in the Cloud (AWS)
Conﬁguring a Selenium desktop node with a Linux server (AWS)
Case Study
Real-time implementation of automated rollback
Multi-branch deployment

Module 10: Docker Container Clustering using Docker Swarm

Need for Clustering
Setting up and initializing Swarm
Managing Docker Swarm
Backup and Recovery
Managing services
Docker Compose
Deploying application Stack on Docker Swarm

Module 11: Docker Container Clustering using Kubernetes

Introduction
Kubernetes ecosystem: Community, contributions, governance, and integrations
Kubernetes architecture
Kubernetes networking and services
Kubernetes users tools
Configuring and deploying an application on Kubernetes

Module 12: Advanced DevOps (CI/CD Pipeline Automation)

Jenkins Blue Ocean
PipeLine as code
End-to-end CI/CD pipeline automation
Automated code deployment from repository to server with configuration management

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of programming and software development, along with an introductory knowledge of UNIX/Linux command line tools and networking concepts are beneficial for this course.

Who Should Attend

Cognixia’s DevOps Plus course is highly recommended for professionals in the field of IT and software engineering, such as:

Software Developers / Architects
Project and Product Managers
Network Engineers
Recent graduates with degrees in IT, computer science, and other related fields

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Certification

Participants will be awarded with an exclusive certificate upon successful completion of the program. Every learner is evaluated based on their attendance in the sessions, their scores in the course assessments, projects, etc. The certificate is recognized by organizations all over the world and lends huge credibility to your resume.