DevOps on AWS: Release and Deploy

Course Description

This comprehensive course, "DevOps on AWS: Release and Deploy," is an essential component of the DevOps on AWS XSeries. It focuses on enhancing your understanding of DevOps practices and AWS services to streamline the deployment process. As part of this intermediate-level course, you'll dive deep into AWS's flexible services designed to accelerate and improve the reliability of product development and delivery using DevOps methodologies.

What You Will Learn

• Improving deployment processes using DevOps methodology
• Utilizing tools to simplify deployments
• Understanding and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Mastering AWS CodeDeploy
• Differentiating between continuous integration, delivery, and deployment
• Exploring deployment strategies for serverless applications
• Deploying updates to AWS Lambda using AWS SAM and AWS CodeDeploy
• Troubleshooting deployment issues and errors

Prerequisites

This course is part of a 4-course DevOps on AWS XSeries. It's recommended that students complete the first two courses in the series before starting this one. The first course introduces essential AWS products, services, and common solutions, while the second course covers the initial steps of DevOps philosophy: "Code, Build, Test." A basic understanding of AWS services and DevOps concepts is beneficial.

Course Coverage

• DevOps methodology and its application in deployment processes
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and its benefits
• AWS CodeDeploy and its implementation
• Continuous integration, delivery, and deployment concepts
• Serverless application deployment strategies
• AWS Lambda updates using AWS SAM and AWS CodeDeploy
• Troubleshooting techniques for deployment issues
• AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure setup
• Integration of AWS services like CodePipeline, CodeCommit, and CodeBuild

Who This Course Is For

This course is ideal for IT professionals, developers, system administrators, and cloud engineers who want to enhance their skills in DevOps practices on the AWS platform. It's particularly suited for those looking to improve their deployment processes and automate infrastructure management in cloud environments.

Real-World Applications

• Implement efficient and reliable deployment processes in AWS environments
• Automate infrastructure management using IaC principles
• Streamline software release processes using AWS tools
• Improve application and infrastructure performance monitoring
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues effectively
• Contribute to faster time-to-market for software products
• Enhance collaboration between development and operations teams

Syllabus

This course offers a perfect blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience, ensuring that you're well-equipped to implement DevOps practices in real-world AWS environments.