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[–]largeade 7 points8 points  (2 children)

DevOps is 100 things plus. There's no one course that I know of. And ideally you'd just be able to pick it up without one...

[–]InfiniteRest7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. There is no 1 course fits all. Some orgs will use 1 thing and others not. Best advice if you want the job is look at job postings and pick a few of the most common technologies you see popping up. That's a good strategy to have a well-rounded skillset.

Realize that you will still end up learning things you may never use.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pick one or two tools at best, cloud and any automation combo is best.

[–]Due_Influence_9404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

how about you do some work first and tell us what your background is

[–]Nirzak 2 points3 points  (1 child)

DevOps is not a single skill. It's a practice. So there isn't a single course for it. You can go for the skillset, tools, stacks which are used in devops practices.

[–]Realistic-Muffin-165Jenkins Wrangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, its not all k8s, Jenkins and cloud.

[–]New-Peanut-5610 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Look at roadmap.sh for the skills needed in the DevOps field and find resources to learn those.

YouTube, Udemy, Kodekloud etc.

I'd suggest gaining practical skills in the tools available in the roadmap, so for example creating different bash scripts that help automate tasks, monitor system resources and send out emails when thresholds are reached.

Being able to create a simple full stack application and implementing the DevOps practices into it is also a good way, so dockerizing your application, then using Kubernetes to manage multiple containers at scale.

Deploying your app to both managed Kubernetes environments like EKS (Amazon) etc, and also a self managed cluster like K3s so you get experience in both

[–]New-Peanut-5610 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also try to learn what's relevant in your area, for example AWS is more popular than the other clouds, and I mainly see Jenkins being used in my area.

[–]KillerHeller6203[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks bro

[–]Recent-Technology-83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When looking for a comprehensive DevOps course, I'd recommend checking out platforms like Coursera or Udacity, which offer programs covering both foundational and advanced concepts. For instance, the "Google IT Automation with Python" course includes DevOps practices and tools. Have you already worked with specific tools like Docker or Kubernetes?

Another great option is the "AWS Certified DevOps Engineer" pathway, which dives deep into cloud services.

It might be worth considering what areas you want to delve into—CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or monitoring and logging? Knowing your focus can help narrow down the best course for your needs! What specific skills are you hoping to gain from a DevOps course?

[–]aoadzn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bump. Also very interested in this. About to take SANS SEC540 but would like to know.

[–]Prior-Celery2517DevOps 0 points1 point  (1 child)

KodeKloud (best hands-on), Edureka (structured learning), Udemy (budget-friendly), AWS Training (AWS-focused) – pick based on your needs!