DevOps & ReliabilityIntermediate Level•50 Hours•4.87 Rating•2,650 Students Enrolled

Cloud-Native Engineering, Kubernetes & CI/CD Pipelines

Containerize production workloads, orchestrate Kubernetes clusters, design GitOps delivery pipelines, and manage infrastructure as code with Terraform.

16 In-Browser CodeLab Exercises12 Cloud Virtual LabsVerifiable Completion Credential

Course Overview

Step beyond manual deployments. Learn how enterprise engineering organizations ship resilient containerized microservices at scale. From Docker multi-stage builds to Kubernetes control planes, Helm charts, and automated canary deployments in live browser virtual labs.

What You Will Learn

Write hardened multi-stage Dockerfiles and analyze image vulnerability scans
Deploy and scale stateless & stateful applications on Kubernetes clusters
Build automated CI/CD release pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitOps ArgoCD
Provision reproducible multi-cloud infrastructure with Terraform and state locking

Curriculum & Modules

3 Modules • 9 Total Lessons
1.1 Container Isolation Mechanics in Linux
video30 mins
1.2 Multi-Stage Dockerfile Optimization
interactive45 mins
1.3 Container Hardening & Vulnerability Lab
lab50 mins

Practical Learning & Cloud Sandboxes

Interact with dedicated multi-node k3s/Kubernetes clusters launched directly inside browser tabs.

In-Browser CodeLab

16 automated exercises evaluated against real compilers and standard test matrices in seconds.

Cloud Virtual Labs

12 complete Linux containers launching isolated Docker runtimes, networking, and memory profiling.

Capstone Projects & Deliverables

Project Deliverable 1

End-to-End GitOps Microservice Pipeline

Build an automated pipeline that builds, tests, containerizes, and rolls out a polyglot microservice application onto Kubernetes with zero downtime.

Required Deliverables:
  • GitHub Actions workflow files
  • Helm chart repository
  • ArgoCD application manifests

Assessments & Grading

Automated verification scripts inspecting cluster pods, service health endpoints, and ingress rules.

6 Knowledge Check Quizzes10 Automated Unit Test Suites

Prerequisites & Requirements

  • Basic Linux command-line literacy
  • Familiarity with at least one programming language and Git
Hardware requirements: Only a modern web browser with Internet access. All code execution runs in the cloud.

Instructor Profile

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Elena Rostova

Principal Site Reliability Architect • Cloud Infrastructure Group

Pioneered container migration and GitOps release pipelines for global fintech platforms handling 50k+ transactions per second.

Course FAQs

No. Everything is simulated and executed in our isolated browser-based cloud virtual labs with dedicated cluster access.
Enrollment Options
$169
Includes verified certificate & cloud compute
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This course includes:
  • 50 Hours on-demand video & reading
  • 16 in-browser CodeLab exercises
  • 12 full Linux cloud virtual labs
  • 10 automated unit test suites
  • Cryptographic completion diploma
For Colleges & Universities

Available in Campus & Department Licenses

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