Linux
Linux is an operating-system family with useful server tools.
25–60 focused hours · roughly 2.5–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.
Milestone: Diagnose a failed service in an isolated virtual machine.
Design and provision secure, observable cloud infrastructure.
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25–60 focused hours · roughly 2.5–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.
Milestone: Diagnose a failed service in an isolated virtual machine.
Networking explains how systems communicate.
40–80 focused hours · roughly 4.0–8.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.
Milestone: Explain a DNS and HTTP trace in a local lab.
Cloud fundamentals explain on-demand computing services.
35–70 focused hours · roughly 3.5–7.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: Networking
Milestone: Compare two cloud architecture options on paper.
AWS supplies cloud infrastructure and managed services.
40–90 focused hours · roughly 4.0–9.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: Networking
Milestone: Design a small deployment and budget before provisioning anything.
Authentication verifies identity; authorization controls access.
35–70 focused hours · roughly 3.5–7.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate
Prerequisites: REST API
Milestone: Test owner-only access and session expiry in a local app.
Terraform describes infrastructure as code.
35–70 focused hours · roughly 3.5–7.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate
Prerequisites: Cloud Fundamentals
Milestone: Plan a small infrastructure module without creating billable resources.
Git records changes to source code.
8–16 focused hours · roughly 0.8–1.6 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.
Milestone: Track a small project and resolve a practice merge conflict.
Docker packages applications into containers.
25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: Linux
Milestone: Containerize a small API with a persistent database.
Monitoring tracks system behavior and failures.
30–60 focused hours · roughly 3.0–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate
Prerequisites: Linux · Networking
Milestone: Instrument a local API and write an actionable alert.
Testing verifies expected software behavior.
25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.
Milestone: Design API cases including invalid requests and ownership; learn Python before the unittest coding exercises.
CI/CD automates safe build, test and release workflows.
30–60 focused hours · roughly 3.0–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate
Prerequisites: Git · Testing
Milestone: Create a test-and-build pipeline with a manual release gate.
Kubernetes orchestrates container workloads.
60–120 focused hours · roughly 6.0–12.0 weeks at your schedule · Advanced
Prerequisites: Docker · Linux · Networking
Milestone: Deploy a local app and practice a rollback.
Explain identity, network boundaries and a cost budget.
Skills practiced: AWS · Networking
Build reusable modules and review plans without billable deployment.
Skills practiced: Terraform · Git
Test restore/rollback and write operational runbooks in a local lab.
Skills practiced: Docker · Monitoring · Testing
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