Complete DevOps Cheat Sheet Handbook
A compact, text‑only, high‑utility DevOps handbook combining commands, workflows, troubleshooting, and
quick references.
1. Linux Essentials
Basic Commands
ls, cd, pwd, mkdir, rm -rf, cp, mv, touch
Permissions & Ownership
chmod 755 file
chown user:group file
System Info
uname -a
hostnamectl
free -h
df -h
Logs
/var/log/
journalctl -xe
Services
systemctl status service
systemctl restart service
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2. Git Cheat Sheet
Basics
git clone
git add .
git commit -m "message"
git push
git pull
Branches
git checkout -b feature
Fix common issues
git stash
git reset --hard
git rebase
3. Networking Cheat Sheet
Diagnostics
ping [Link]
traceroute [Link]
ip a
ip route
Ports & Connections
ss -tulnp
netstat -tulnp
DNS
dig [Link]
nslookup [Link]
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4. Bash Scripting Essentials
Template
#!/bin/bash
for i in {1..5}; do echo $i; done
Variables & Conditions
name="dev"
if [ $name == "dev" ]; then echo yes; fi
5. Docker Cheat Sheet
Common Commands
docker build -t app .
docker run -d -p 80:80 app
docker logs container
docker exec -it container bash
Troubleshooting
docker ps -a
docker inspect container
docker stats
Cleanups
docker system prune -a
6. Kubernetes (K8s) Cheat Sheet
Core Commands
kubectl get pods,svc,deploy
kubectl describe pod <pod>
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kubectl logs <pod>
kubectl exec -it <pod> -- sh
Apply / Delete
kubectl apply -f [Link]
kubectl delete -f [Link]
Troubleshooting
kubectl get events
kubectl describe node
7. YAML Quick Reference
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: app
spec:
containers:
- name: app
image: nginx
8. Terraform Cheat Sheet
Core Commands
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply
terraform destroy
State Management
terraform state list
terraform import
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Structure
provider "aws" {}
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
ami = "ami-123"
instance_type = "[Link]"
}
9. CI/CD Cheat Sheet
Pipeline Stages
• Build
• Test
• Scan
• Deploy
• Notify
Jenkinsfile Template
pipeline {
stages {
stage('Build'){ steps{ sh 'npm install' }}
}
}
10. AWS Cheat Sheet
EC2
ssh -i [Link] ubuntu@ip
systemctl status
S3
aws s3 ls
aws s3 cp file s3://bucket
CloudWatch
aws logs tail
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IAM Best Practices
• Least privilege
• MFA enabled
• No root usage
11. Monitoring & Logging
Prometheus
• Exporters
• Metrics scraping
• Alerting rules
Grafana
• Dashboards
• Datasources
12. DevSecOps
Security Tools
• Trivy
• Snyk
• Clair
Best Practices
• Secrets management
• Image scanning
• IAM hardening
13. Advanced Troubleshooting Quick Guide
Docker
docker logs
K8s
kubectl describe
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AWS
Check SG, NACL, CloudWatch
Terraform
terraform plan
Linux
journalctl -xe
14. DevOps Best Practices
• Automate everything
• Treat infrastructure as code
• Shift-left security
• Implement monitoring early
• Keep things stateless
• Document incident fixes