🔰 Beginner Level (Foundation)

1️⃣ Learn the Basics of DevOps

• What is DevOps? (Culture, Principles, Benefits)
• DevOps vs Traditional IT
• CI/CD Overview
• DevOps Lifecycle

2️⃣ Learn Linux & Command Line

• Basic Linux commands (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv)
• File permissions & Process Management
• Package Management (apt, yum, brew)
• Shell Scripting Basics

3️⃣ Version Control (Git & GitHub/GitLab)

• Git Basics (init, clone, add, commit, push, pull, branch, merge)
• GitHub Flow & Collaboration (PRs, Issues)
• Branching Strategies

🚀 Intermediate Level (Tooling & Automation)

4️⃣ Build & Package Management

• Maven / Gradle (Java)
• npm (JavaScript)
• Docker Basics (Containers, Images, Volumes)

5️⃣ Continuous Integration (CI/CD)

• Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI/CD
• Writing CI/CD Pipelines
• Automated Testing

6️⃣ Configuration Management & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Terraform (Infrastructure Provisioning)
• Ansible (Configuration Management)
• Kubernetes (Basic Deployments, Services, Ingress)

7️⃣ Containerization & Orchestration

• Docker (Dockerfiles, Docker Compose)
• Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, Helm)
• Kubernetes Networking & Security

🔥 Advanced Level (Scaling & Security)

8️⃣ Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS
• Networking (VPC, Load Balancing)
• Serverless Computing

9️⃣ Monitoring & Logging

• Prometheus & Grafana
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Datadog / New Relic

🔟 Security & Compliance

• DevSecOps Practices
• Secrets Management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Cloud Security (IAM, Policies)

🔹 Bonus (Site Reliability Engineering - SRE)

• Incident Management
• Chaos Engineering
• Auto-scaling & High Availability

Final Step: Keep Learning & Get Certified!

🔹 Certifications to Consider:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate

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