DevOps Exercises & Labs
Learn DevOps skills through hands-on practice with real-world scenarios
Master essential Git workflows, branching strategies, and collaboration techniques used in modern development teams.
- Understand core Git concepts and workflow
- Create and manage branches effectively
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Implement production-ready caching patterns with Redis to dramatically improve application performance and scalability.
- Implement cache-aside and write-through patterns
- Design effective cache invalidation strategies
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Master essential Linux performance analysis and optimization techniques to diagnose and resolve system bottlenecks.
- Identify CPU, memory, and I/O bottlenecks
- Use performance monitoring tools effectively
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Master load balancing and reverse proxy patterns with Nginx to build resilient, scalable infrastructure.
- Configure Nginx as a reverse proxy
- Implement load balancing strategies
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Build a comprehensive Ansible playbook to automate web server deployment, configuration, and security hardening across multiple environments.
- Create reusable Ansible playbooks
- Implement cross-platform compatibility
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Implement comprehensive observability for microservices using OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, metrics, and logging across multiple services.
- Understand OpenTelemetry concepts and architecture
- Implement distributed tracing across microservices
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Implement enterprise-grade secret management using HashiCorp Vault and SOPS for encrypted GitOps workflows.
- Deploy and configure HashiCorp Vault
- Implement secret management workflows
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Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD for automated, declarative, and auditable Kubernetes application deployments.
- Understand GitOps principles and benefits
- Install and configure ArgoCD
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Learn Kubernetes application deployment and management using Helm charts with templates, values, and lifecycle management.
- Create and structure Helm charts
- Implement templating and values management
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Learn to create efficient Docker images using multi-stage builds to reduce image size and improve security.
- Understand multi-stage build concepts
- Reduce Docker image size by 70%+
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Configure and test Horizontal Pod Autoscaler to automatically scale applications based on CPU and memory usage.
- Configure Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
- Understand autoscaling metrics
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Build a complete AWS VPC infrastructure using Terraform with public/private subnets, NAT gateway, and security groups.
- Design secure VPC architecture
- Implement Infrastructure as Code principles
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Build a production-ready CI/CD pipeline with testing, security scanning, and automated deployment.
- Design comprehensive CI/CD workflow
- Implement automated testing
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Deploy and configure Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive application and infrastructure monitoring.
- Deploy monitoring infrastructure
- Configure metrics collection
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