Course Code: 18951

Cisco - Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices Using Cisco Platforms (DEVOPS)

Class Dates:
3/8/2021
Length:
5 Days
Cost:
$4395.00
Class Time:
Technology:
Network
Delivery:
Instructor-Led Training, Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Overview

  • Course Overview
  • Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices Using Cisco Platforms (DEVOPS) is a 5-day course which teaches students how to automate application deployment, enable automated configuration, enhance management, and improve scalability of cloud microservices and infrastructure processes on Cisco® platforms. Students will also learn how to integrate Docker and Kubernetes to create advanced capabilities and flexibility in application deployment.

    This course prepares you for the 300-910 Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices Using Cisco Platforms (DEVOPS) certification exam.
  • Audience
  • This course is designed for network and software engineers interested in automation and programmability and who hold job roles such as:

    Account manager, Consulting systems engineer, Network administrator, Network engineer, Network manager, Sales engineer, Systems engineer, Technical solutions architect, Wireless design engineer, Wireless engineer

Prerequisites

  • The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

    Basic programming language concepts and familiarity with Python
    Basic understanding of compute virtualization
    Ability to use Linux, text-driven interfaces, and CLI tools, such as Secure Shell (SSH), bash, grep, ip, vim/nano, curl, ping, traceroute, and telnet
    Foundational understanding of Linux-based OS architecture and system utilities CCNA® level core networking knowledge
    Foundational understanding of DevOps concepts
    Awareness and familiarity with continuous integration, continuous deployment, and continuous delivery CI/CD) concepts
    Hands-on experience with Git

Course Disclaimer

Course to run is subject to a minimum enrollment. If the minimum enrollment is not met than the class may run as a live online virtual instructor led class. For more information, please contact 207-775-0244 or email: learn@vtec.org

Course Details

  • Course Objectives
  • Describe the DevOps philosophy and practices, and how they apply to real-life challenges
  • Explain container-based architectures and available tooling provided by Docker
  • Describe application packaging into containers and start building secure container images
  • Utilize container networking and deploy a three-tier network application
  • Explain the concepts of configuration item (CI) pipelines and what tooling is available
  • Implement a basic pipeline with Gitlab CI that builds and deploys applications
  • Implement automated build testing and validation
  • Describe DevOps principles applied to infrastructure
  • Implement on-demand test environments and explain how to integrate them with an existing pipeline
  • Implement tooling for metric and log collection, analysis, and alerting
  • Describe the benefits of application health monitoring, telemetry, and chaos engineering in the context of improving the stability and reliability of the ecosystem
  • Describe how to implement secure DevOps workflows by safely handling sensitive data and validating applications
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  • Explain design and operational concepts related to using a mix of public and private cloud deployments
  • Describe modern application design and microservices architectures
  • Describe the building blocks of Kubernetes and how to use its APIs to deploy an application
  • Explain advanced Kubernetes deployment patterns and implement an automated pipeline
  • Explain how monitoring, logging, and visibility concepts apply to Kubernetes
  • Course Outline:
  • Introducing the DevOps Model
  • Introducing Containers
  • Packaging an Application Using Docker
  • Deploying a Multitier Application
  • Introducing CI/CD
  • Building the DevOps Flow
  • Validating the Application Build Process
  • Building an Improved Deployment Flow
  • Extending DevOps Practices to the Entire Infrastructure
  • Implementing On-Demand Test Environments at the Infrastructure Level
  • Monitoring in NetDevOps
  • Engineering for Visibility and Stability
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  • Securing DevOps Workflows
  • Exploring Multicloud Strategies
  • Examining Application and Deployment Architectures
  • Describing Kubernetes
  • Integrating Multiple Data Center Deployments with Kubernetes
  • Monitoring and Logging in Kubernetes