Your Complete DevOps Journey
This roadmap takes you from absolute beginner to job-ready DevOps engineer in 6 months (or 8 weeks with our accelerated course).
Learning Timeline
Self-Learning: 6-12 months
With Bootcamp: 3-6 months
With Shifttotech: 8 weeks (accelerated)
Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-2)
1. Linux Fundamentals
Basic commands (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv)
File permissions & ownership
Process management (ps, top, kill)
Package management (apt, yum)
Text editors (vim, nano)
Resources: Linux Journey, OverTheWire
2. Networking Basics
IP addresses, subnets, DNS
HTTP/HTTPS protocols
Ports & firewalls
SSH & secure connections
Phase 2: Version Control (Week 3)
3. Git & GitHub
Git basics (init, add, commit, push, pull)
Branching & merging
Pull requests & code review
Git workflows (GitFlow)
GitHub Actions basics
Phase 3: Containerization (Weeks 4-5)
4. Docker
Complete Docker Tutorial
Docker installation & setup
Images & containers
Dockerfile creation
Docker Compose
Volumes & networks
Docker Hub & registries
5. Kubernetes
K8s architecture
Pods, deployments, services
ConfigMaps & secrets
Helm package manager
Monitoring & logging
Phase 4: CI/CD (Week 6)
6. Jenkins
Jenkins installation
Pipeline creation
Jenkinsfile syntax
Integration with Git
Automated testing & deployment
Phase 5: Infrastructure as Code (Week 7)
7. Terraform
Terraform basics
AWS provider
Modules & state management
Best practices
8. Ansible
Playbooks & roles
Configuration management
Ansible Vault
Phase 6: Cloud & Monitoring (Week 8)
9. AWS/Azure
EC2, S3, RDS basics
IAM & security
Load balancers
Auto-scaling
10. Monitoring
Prometheus & Grafana
ELK Stack
Alerting setup
