DevOps for Architects at Knowledge Transfer

Description

This course teaches how to use DevOps for continuous integration and delivery of application development and maintenance. The information delivered enables key understanding in the configuration, automation, monitoring, measuring and governance required to build a stable, scalable, and reliable build and configuration management process.

This course will be particularly useful for anyone looking to implement DevOps in their organization.

TOPICS

Tools
Build & release management
Agile
Cloud & Virtualization
Automation & Scripting
Configuration management
Monitoring
Measurement
Version control

Objectives

Confidently design a DevOps framework for their organization.
Understand the various key components.
Implement DevOps in their organization.
Create automation through scripting
Compare the different tools available for applicability to their environment
Apply the knowledge to improve reliability of build & release processes
Utilize the various tools covered in the course in the real world

AUDIENCE
This course is applicable for Architects and Development leads that need to design and implement DevOps in their organization.

No Upcoming Public Classes

There are currently no public events available for this course. However, you can submit a request for a new date and we will try our best to get you into a DevOps for Architects class.

Private Training Available

No date scheduled, don’t see a date that works for you or looking for a private training event, please call 651-905-3729 or submit a request for further information here.

Course Overview

Chapter 1. The DevOps Roadmap

Why DevOps?
Wall of Confusion
What is DevOps?
History behind DevOps
Early Adopters
DevOps Background
Cross Functional Teams
Key Components of Successful DevOps Teams (A3 & C)
DevOps-ification
DevOps Vocabulary
DevOps Goals
Driving business outcomes with DevOps
DevOps at the Core
Alignment with the Business
Collaborative Development
Continuous Integration & Test Automation
Continuous Delivery
Comprehensive Application Monitoring
Summary

Chapter 2. Configuration Management

Why is configuration management key to DevOps success?
What is Configuration Management
Do we need Configuration Management?
Terminology
Automation tool comparison
Introduction to Chef
Deployment/License
Who Uses Chef?
Chef Architecture
Chef Components
Workstation
Recipe
Cookbook
Ruby
Knife
Node
Chef-client
Chef Server
Chef Analytics
Chef Supermarket
Introduction to Ansible
Why use Ansible?
Ansible playbooks
YAML
YAML list
YAML dictionary
Abbreviated YAML
Simple Ansible
More complex Ansible
Simple Ansible YAML file
Why use containers if you have a great CM tool?
Containerization solutions
Chef & Docker workflow
Setting up the environment
Deployment
Cloud Integration
Summary

Chapter 3. Release Management

What is Version Control?
Why use Version Control
Version Control Vocabulary
Version Control Patterns
Distributed vs. Centralized
Source Code vs. Binary Repository
Repository Management
Release Complexity
Release Maintenance
Release Logging
Branching & Tagging
Branching Conventions
Tagging Conventions
Automatic Deployment with Git
Utilizing Git Hooks
Continuous Deployment and DVCS GitHub, Mercurial, CodePlex
Centralized Version Control
Managing Dependencies with Maven
Summary

Chapter 4. Building Tools

Build Tool History
Build Automation Processes
Repeatability
Notification
Continuous Build
Git post-receive Script
Introduction to Ant
Ant Anatomy
Ant Installation
Example Ant build.xml
Running Ant
Ant Dependency Management
Introduction to MSBuild
MSBuild Anatomy
MSBuild Automation Process
HelloWorld MSBuild XML
Introduction to Maven
Maven Build Cycle
Maven Installation
Maven Plugin Execution Framework
Maven pom.xml Example
Introduction to Gradle
Why Gradle?
Gradle plugins
Ant Migration
Maven migration
Summary

Chapter 5. Continuous Integration & Delivery

What Does Continuous Delivery Mean?
You’re Doing CD if Your …
What is Continuous Integration?
Deployment Pipeline
Project Methodologies
Measuring Your Organizational Maturity
Tool Selection
Organization Structure
Organizational Structure Leadership
Organizational Structure Working
Business Continuity
Supportability & Sustainability
Summary

Chapter 6. Continuous Integration Tools

Challenges Solved by CI Tools
CI Testing Tools
Typical CI Setup
Atomic Integration
More on CI
CI and Automated BD
Ancillary CI Benefits
CI Connectivity
Introduction to Jenkins
Jenkins Features
Running Jenkins
Jenkins options
Introduction to Hudson
Hudson Features
Hudson pre-requisites
Hudson environments
Hudson Pattern
One Hudson Workflow Variation
Introduction to TeamCity
Introduction to CruiseControl
Comparison
Summary

Chapter 7. Monitoring

What to Monitor
How to Monitor
Why to Monitor
Types of Monitoring
Monitoring Strategy
Amazon Monitoring
Google Cloud Monitoring
Hybrid Cloud Monitoring
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
APM Octal Process
Monitoring Across the Stack
Introduction to Nagios
Nagios Features
Who uses Nagios?
Introduction to ELK
Kibana Dashboard
ELK Demo
Log Shipping
User Management
Introduction to Dynatrace
Who uses Dynatrace
Summary

Chapter 8. Measurement

What to measure?
How to Measure?
Why to Measure
Choosing the Right Metrics
What Are Your Key Performance Indicators?
Actionable Insight
Software Quality Measurements
Top 5 Metrics
Summary

Chapter 9. Cloud Computing and Virtualization

Cloud History
Cloud on Wikipedia
Cloud at a Glance
Electrical Power Grid Service Analogy
Capacity Planning Concepts and Challenges
Coping with Computing Demand the Traditional Way
The Origin of the Cloud Computing
Grid Computing vs Cloud Computing
What Drives Cloud Adoption?
NIST Perspective
Five Characteristics of the Cloud
The Three Cloud Service Models (NIST)
The Cloud Computing Spectrum: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
Cloud Service Model Implementations
Four Cloud Deployment Models (NIST)
NIST Cloud Definition Framework
Virtualization
Virtualization Qualities
Cloud Infrastructure - Virtual Machines
Bootable OS Image
Block Storage for Instances
Cloud Object Storage
Microservices and the Cloud
Cloud Risk Considerations
Bootable OS Image
DevOps Security Concerns
Amazon WS Technical Lessons When Moving To the Cloud
Architecting for HA in AWS (Same Data Center)
Architecting for HA in AWS (Different AZs)
Summary

Chapter 10. Automation Scripting

Why Automate?
When to Automate?
Goals for Scripting
Error Handling
Logging
Automating Versioned Builds
Automating Deployment
Automating Continuous Integration Tests
Automated Cleanup
Introduction to Shell Scripts
Basic Shell Script
Return Status
Introduction to Python
Basic Python Script
Python Comments
Assignment Not Allowed in Expressions
Variable Naming
Block Scope
Other features of Python
Introduction to Ruby
Executing a Ruby File
Ruby Objects
Creating a Hash
Setting Value of a Key
Getting Value of a Key(s)
Conditionals and Flow
Methods
Classes
Including External Ruby Files
Introduction to Perl
Perl and Programmers
First Perl Script
Summary

Chapter 11. Servers

Introduction to Application Servers
WebSphere
J2EE Application Environments
App Server Standards
Administration Interfaces
Java Virtual Machine
Three tier architecture
Tomcat
Tomcat Architecture
Active Tomcat Versions
Tomcat Installation
Tomcat Startup
Tomcat Admin Console
Tomcat Manual Startup on Linux
Tomcat Manual Startup on Windows
Tomcat Deployment
Parallel Deployment
Running Tomcat in Debug
Web Servers
UNIX Aliases
History
Tracing and Logging
Servlet Containers
Fixpack Automation
Dependencies
Clustering Considerations
High Availability
Summary

Chapter 12. Agile

History of Agile
Sprint0
Scrum Team
Managing Sprints
Maintaining the Backlog
Working With Story Points
Distributed Agile
Kaizen
Kanban
Comparison of Scrum & Kanban
Introduction to Jira
Kanban board
Control Chart
Cumulative Flow Diagram
Burndown Chart
Introduction to Rally
Summary

Chapter 13. Error Handling

Introduction to Error Handling
Zen of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Skill
Success Pattern
Self-healing
Proactive vs. Reactive
Issue Handling
Notification
Summary

Chapter 14. Continuous Code Quality

Continuous Code Quality
What is SonarQube
SonarQube - Benefits
SonarQube (Multilingual)
Seven Axes of Quality
Potential Bugs
Tests
Comments and Duplications
Architecture and Design
Complexity
SonarQube Installation
SonarQube Components
Code Quality (LOC, Code Smells)
Code Quality (Project Files)
Code Quality (Code)
Summary

Chapter 15. Best Practices

Who are the folks using the various solutions
DevOps Implementation Basics
DevOps Implementation Checklist
Lean Patterns
Process Theory
Tool Pattern
Culture Alignment
Culture Antipatterns
Process Antipatterns
Technology Antipatterns
Tale of Two Audiences
Best Practices
Best Practices Continued
Summary

Lab Exercises

Lab 1. Configuration Management
Lab 2. Version Control - Git
Lab 3. Version Control – SVN
Lab 4. Continuous Integration
Lab 5. Install Prerequisites
Lab 6. Continuous Code Quality - SonarQube
Lab 7. Automation (Shell Scripting)
Lab 8. Tomcat Application Deployment using Chef
Lab 9. Continuous Monitoring - Nagios
Lab 10. Containerization – Docker

No Upcoming Public Classes

There are currently no public events available for this course. However, you can submit a request for a new date and we will try our best to get you into a DevOps for Architects class.

Private Training Available

No date scheduled, don’t see a date that works for you or looking for a private training event, please call 651-905-3729 or submit a request for further information here.

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