Architecting CI/CD Pipelines and Automations

Audience:

DevOps Engineers, Software Developers, Marketing and Sales Engineers, Telecommunications Professionals, Managers and Directors, or Quality Assurance & Site Reliability Professionals.

Prerequisites:

Participants should have a foundational understanding of IT concepts, including basic networking and familiarity with the command line. Some experience with version control (such as Git), scripting or programming, and containerization concepts (e.g., Docker) will be helpful, but is not required.

Course Description:

This course covers what attendees need to design successful CI / CD pipelines using a variety of popular platforms including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins. Students will write a variety of code including Python and Ansible scripting, that will trigger a variety of automated behaviors upon git commits and pull (or merge) requests. Some of the triggered DevOps automations include testing, running scripts, building and releasing containerized services. DevSecOps paradigms include running security apps such as password and token detection, as well as other popular DAST and SAST tools.  

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will learn how to: 

• Custom CI/CD workflows for seamless automation
• Manage project flows with Python, Ansible, and Go
• Enhance team collaboration and code advancement
• Use Git & GitHub Actions for builds, tests, and deployment
• DAST and SAST tools relating to DevSecOps practices
• AI LLM prompt engineering for relevant configuration snippets and solutions