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The Complete Guide to DevOps in Azure
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Gain insights into DevOps in Azure, learn configuration management, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code. Explore tools as GitHub and Kubernetes through hands-on projects to become a DevOps professional.

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This course is for anyone in IT or software engineering who wants to learn more about DevOps and, specifically, how to follow DevOps practices in Azure. Whether you’re a system administrator, engineer, developer, or IT manager, this course will help you understand what it takes to deliver more value to customers with DevOps. You will dive into concepts like configuration management, continuous integration/continuous delivery, and Infrastructure as Code. You will learn the key tools used by DevOps professionals such as: the command line, Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Kubernetes, and more. You will complete various projects throughout the course where each chapter’s project is designed in a step-by-step manner to walk you through using the tool just as you would in your daily life. By the time you finish, you will have the foundations in place to become a DevOps professional.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Learn and understand different services provided by Azure

Get familiarized with Git and GitHub

Understand the working of Terraform and Ansible

Learn to implement and use docker containers

Learn about the use and working of Kubernetes

Learn and understand different services provided by Azure

Content

65 Lessons7 Quizzes

Getting Started

3 Lessons

Step through establishing a robust DevOps presence using Azure tools and real-world projects.

Course Outline

Target Audience

Course Structure

Azure from the Command Line with Cloud Shell

4 Lessons

Discover the logic behind utilizing Azure Cloud Shell, Azure CLI, and Azure PowerShell for resource management.

The Azure Cloud Shell

The Azure CLI

Azure PowerShell

Quiz on Azure with Cloud Shell

Deploy a Flask Application Using Azure CLI

Project

Visual Studio Code

5 Lessons

Go hands-on with Visual Studio Code's features, settings, extensions, and integrated terminal for development.

VS Code: An Overview and the Interface

Command Palette and Settings

Extensions and Snippets

The Integrated Terminal and Workspaces

Project: VS Code

Azure Boards

3 Lessons

Apply your skills to manage projects with Azure Boards' work items, sprints, and Kanban.

The Basics

Building and Organizing a Sprint

Quiz on Azure Boards

Git and GitHub

9 Lessons

Enhance your collaborative coding skills by mastering Git, GitHub, branching, merging, and VS Code.

How Git and GitHub Work Together

Collaboration and Branching

Merging Code and Pull Requests

Visual Studio Code + Git/GitHub

Collaborative GitHub Repository

Cloning, Staging, and Committing

Branching with VS Code

Pushing and Merging Code to Github

Quiz on Git and GitHub

Azure VM Availability Sets

3 Lessons

Tackle Azure VM fault domains, availability sets, and Terraform setup for redundancy.

Azure VM Fault and Update Domains

Availability Sets

Creating and Testing an Availability Set with Terraform

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates

3 Lessons

Learn how to improve Azure resource management using ARM templates for structured deployments.

Infrastructure as Code

ARM Templates

Deploying an Azure Virtual Machine (VM)

Terraform

6 Lessons

Try out Terraform to streamline Azure infrastructure with declarative configurations and efficient workflows.

Introduction to Terraform

Input Variables (Variables)

Referencing Variables, Modules, and State File

Terraform Workflow

Virtual Network Creation Using Terraform

Quiz on Terraform

Ansible

5 Lessons

Get started with Ansible for server automation, playbooks, inventories, and Azure container management.

Introduction to Ansible

Playbooks

Inventory, Modules, and Variables

Creating an Azure Container Instance (ACI)

Quiz on Ansible

10.

Azure Load Balancers

5 Lessons

Explore how Azure Load Balancer ensures service availability, scalability, and network management.

Introduction to Azure Load Balancers

Port Mappings

Project: Azure Resources

Project: Networking

Project: Azure Load Balancers

11.

Monitoring in Azure

4 Lessons

Apply your skills to monitor Azure resources, VMs, applications, and containers effectively.

Monitoring Different Resources in Azure

Monitor for VMs and Application Insights

Monitoring Containers

Project: Containerized Web Application

12.

Azure Pipelines

5 Lessons

Solve problems in building CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, and managing Azure VMs with YAML.

Build and Testing

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CICD)

Pipelines

Project: Pipeline to Deploy an Azure Virtual Machine

Project: Creating Variables and Deploying Pipeline

13.

Docker

3 Lessons

Tackle Docker fundamentals and deploy .NET applications using Docker for efficient development.

Basics of Docker

Docker Image

Quiz on Docker

14.

Kubernetes

5 Lessons

Practice using Kubernetes for efficient container orchestration, deployments, and managed solutions in Azure.

Understanding Kubernetes

Manifests

Pods and Deployments

Services and Managed Solutions

Quiz on Kubernetes

15.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Learn how to use Azure DevOps tools, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, and related resources.

Wrap Up!

Appendix

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Adam Bertram and

Michael Levan

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