DevOps Roadmap (Practical + Theory)
Phase 1 — Foundation
• What and Why DevOps
• DevOps is a way of working where development and operations work together to build, test,
release, and run software faster and safely.
• Goal: Fast delivery, automation, stable systems, continuous improvement.
• DevOps = Culture + Automation + Tools.
• What and Why SDLC
• SDLC stages: Requirement, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, Maintenance.
• DevOps improves build, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Phase 2 — Linux
• Linux is widely used because it is stable, secure, open source, and most servers run Linux.
• Learn core commands: ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cat, less, tail, chmod, chown, ps, top, kill, ping, curl,
netstat.
• Create a Linux VM in AWS EC2 and practice daily.
Phase 3 — Automation Basics
• Shell scripting is used to automate repeated tasks.
• Learn variables, conditions, loops, input handling, and small automation scripts like backups and
log cleanup.
Phase 4 — Version Control
• Version Control tracks code changes.
• Types: Centralized and Distributed. Git is Distributed.
• Learn git init, clone, add, commit, push, pull, branch, merge.
• Understand GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, pull requests, and branching.
Phase 5 — CI/CD
• CI builds and tests code automatically.
• CD deploys code automatically.
• Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI.
• Practice flow: Push code → Jenkins build → Deploy to EC2.
Phase 6 — Configuration Management
• Ansible automates server configuration.
• Learn inventory, ad-hoc commands, playbooks, YAML.
• Practice installing packages and managing services.
Phase 7 — Infrastructure Automation
• Terraform is Infrastructure as Code.
• Use scripts to create EC2, VPC, and security groups.
• Benefits: Reproducible and version controlled environments.
Phase 8 — Containerization
• Docker containers are lightweight compared to VMs.
• Learn Dockerfile, images, containers, volumes, networking, and image size reduction.
Phase 9 — Kubernetes
• Kubernetes manages containers at scale.
• Learn pods, deployments, services, replicas.
• Docker runs containers; Kubernetes orchestrates them.
Phase 10 — Advanced
• Advanced CI/CD, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana.
• Cloud priority: AWS first, then Azure.
• Learn EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch.
• Advance Terraform and learn Python for automation.
Best Learning Order
• DevOps & SDLC → Linux → Shell → Git → AWS → Jenkins → Ansible → Terraform → Docker →
Kubernetes → Monitoring → Python.
Key Advice
• Build a real pipeline: Git → Jenkins → Build → Deploy to EC2.
• This single project is more valuable than multiple certificates.