AWS CDK: Cloud Development Kit for Infrastructure
Define AWS infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, or other programming languages with the AWS Cloud Development Kit, compiling to CloudFormation templates.
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AWS Core Services for DevOps: EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda
Navigate essential AWS services for DevOps workloads—compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3), serverless (Lambda), and foundational networking.
Azure Core Services: VMSS, AKS, Blob Storage
Navigate Azure's core services for DevOps—Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Azure Kubernetes Service, Blob Storage, and managed databases.
Cloud Security: IAM, Network Isolation, and Encryption
Implement defense-in-depth security for cloud infrastructure—identity and access management, network isolation, encryption, and security monitoring.
Compliance Automation: SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and Audit Trails
Automate compliance evidence collection and continuous compliance monitoring for SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and other frameworks using policy-as-code.
Container Images: Building, Optimizing, and Distributing
Learn how Docker container images work, layer caching strategies, image optimization techniques, and how to publish your own images to container registries.
Container Registry: Image Storage, Scanning, and Distribution
Set up and secure container registries for storing, scanning, and distributing container images across your CI/CD pipeline and clusters.
Container Security: Image Scanning and Vulnerability Management
Implement comprehensive container security: from scanning images for vulnerabilities to runtime security monitoring and secrets protection.
Deployment Strategies: Rolling, Blue-Green, and Canary Releases
Compare and implement deployment strategies—rolling updates, blue-green deployments, and canary releases—to reduce risk and enable safe production releases.
CI/CD Pipeline Design: Stages, Jobs, and Parallel Execution
Design CI/CD pipelines that are fast, reliable, and maintainable using parallel jobs, caching strategies, and proper stage orchestration.