Phase 1 · DevOps Foundations
TopicsKey Tools Overview (Linux, Cloud, CI/CD, Containers)
Part of the DevOps Roadmap.
Summary
A preview of the toolkit this roadmap builds — Linux as the operating environment, cloud platforms for infrastructure, CI/CD for automated delivery, and containers/Kubernetes for consistent, scalable deployment.
How to Learn This
- 1Skim the table of contents of each remaining phase to see how the tools fit together.
- 2Learn that these tools are interdependent — Kubernetes assumes container knowledge, CI/CD assumes Git fluency.
- 3Set a rough personal priority order — most beginners should go Linux and networking first.
More topics in DevOps Foundations
What DevOps Actually IsDevOps vs SRE vs Platform EngineeringThe DevOps Lifecycle (Plan-Code-Build-Test-Release-Deploy-Operate-Monitor)DevOps Culture & CALMS FrameworkCommon Industries & Team StructuresA Day in the Life of a DevOps EngineerThe DevOps Career LadderThe 3 Ways of DevOps (Flow, Feedback, Learning)
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