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DevOps Foundation : Fundamentals to start a DevOps career

Name: DevOps Foundation : Fundamentals to start a DevOps career
Rating: 4.5 (5838 reviews)

Explore DevOps principles, values, architecture, Agile, Lean and CI/CD. Prepare for EXIN DevOps Foundation certification

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Created bySanad Academy

Last updated 6/2026

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What you'll learn

Master DevOps fundamentals, vocabulary, history, and core values required to pass the EXIN DevOps Foundation certification exam with confidence.
Understand the business benefits, cultural impacts, and organizational shifts required for successful enterprise DevOps transformations.
DevOps Principles and Values
Grasp the integration of Lean, Agile, and IT Service Management (ITSM) principles within continuous delivery deployment pipelines.
Design resilient DevOps system architectures using Circuit Breakers, Bulkheads, and Loose Coupling engineering patterns.
Navigate complex monolithic system migrations cleanly using the real-world architectural Strangler Fig pattern.
Validate your readiness with real-world architectural exercises, comprehensive chapter quizzes, and full exam mock simulators.

Course content

8 sections • 91 lectures • 7h 50m total length

Stop Learning Tools, Start Solving Problems: A New Path to DevOps Mastery4:53
Who this course for ?2:52
Meet your instructor2:29
Course Mastery: Your Guide to Learning Success3:31
Certification/Exam Details4:59
The 3 Pillars of Your DevOps Transformation1:59
Get the training slides0:02
Join the community!0:13
Are you ready

Introduction0:50
Problematic And Business KPIs2:01
Time-To-Market3:29
Cost Of Delay4:07
Example: TTM & COD4:20
The €600,000 Waiting Room: My Real-World Lesson in Cost of Delay3:56
Client Project Prioritization
DevOps Origines3:35
Waterfall Model2:14
Agile2:46
Lean Software Development6:58
Infrastructure As Code5:56
Virtualization: From Hardware Locks to Software Flexibility7:10
Cloud Computing: Shifting from CAPEX to OPEX: Scaling on Demand4:26
Containerization: The Ultimate Velocity: Ship Anywhere, Instantly9:21
Define DevOps From Its Origines3:01
Benefits Of DevOps1:22
Decrease Time-To-Market2:42
Reduce Technical Debt2:08
Eliminate Fragility2:07
Example ; DevOps Business Value3:44
DevOps Myths2:25
DevOps Organization2:39
The Day We Broke Production: Why DevOps Culture is Important2:47
Summary : DevOps Definition1:11
DevOps General Overview

Introduction2:02
DevOps Principles1:40
Value Stream Mapping6:29
VSM Example7:05
Deployment Pipeline8:22
Continuous Integration (CI)4:24
Continuous Delivery (CD)5:06
Continuous Deployment4:30
Convincing the Sceptical Manager to Adopt CI/CD
Version Control2:11
Example : Version Control6:10
Version Control (Git and SVN Fundamentals)
Configuration Management3:39
Example : Configuration Management3:24
Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef Overview)
Definition Of Done2:42
Example : Definition of Done3:38
The Halfway Mark: Turning Theory into Elite Performance1:26
Understand the DevOps principles
Summary0:55
The Principles And Values Of DevOps

Why This New Section Exists — And Why You Should Not Skip It5:33
The Two Architectures That Define Every System You Will Ever Work On11:33
Why Your Monolith Is Not the Enemy — And When It Actually Is13:15
The "Distributed Monolith" Trap (Sync vs. Async Architecture)8:06
Architectural Migration — The Strangler Fig Pattern8:57
Resiliency Patterns: Circuit Breakers, Bulkheads, and Retries13:34
The Three Ways to Ship Code Without Breaking Production19:38
The Database Dilemma (The Expand-Contract Pattern)18:14
The CEO’s Ultimatum (The Scale-Up Audit)
Immutable Infrastructure — Why "Never Modify, Always Replace" Changed Everything16:24
The 12 Rules That Every Modern Application Must Follow22:05
Technical Foundations Check

Introduction1:14
The 5 Levels of Modern DevOps: Your 2026 Career & Salary Roadmap15:09
Your 2026 Personal Execution Plan: Breaking Your Career Bottlenecks11:58
Differences With Traditional Practices4:03
DevOps and ITSM — From Conflict to Convergence10:04
Is DevOps the End of Ops?5:50
DevOps vs. SRE: Roles and Responsibilities2:27
DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering — The 2026 Trinity (+career guide PDF)8:14
From Traditional IT to the 2026 Trinity

Learning Objectives1:41
DevOps Application2:42
Limitations3:00
COTS1:45
Evolving Architecture And Organizational Models5:46
DORA Metrics (Measuring Success)3:33
? Resource: DORA Metrics Performance Scorecard
Purpose of this Tool
This scorecard is designed to help you move beyond "gut feelings" about your team's performance. By using the four key DORA metrics, you can objectively identify whether your organization is Elite, High, Medium, or Low performing and, more importantly, where your specific "quicksand" is located.
How to Use the Scorecard
Step 1: Data Collection
Look back at your last three months of project data. You will need to estimate (or pull from Jira/GitHub/Azure DevOps) the following:
Frequency: How many times did you actually hit "Deploy" to production?
Lead Time: From the moment a developer finished a feature, how long did it take to reach the user?
Restoration: The last time something broke in production, how long was the "down" timer running?
Failure: Out of your last 20 deployments, how many required a hotfix or a rollback?
Step 2: Grading Your Team
Open the DORA Scorecard tab.
Input your data into the "Current State" column.
Compare your value against the DORA benchmarks provided in the table.
Assign yourself a Grade (Elite, High, Medium, or Low) based on which bucket your data falls into.
Step 3: Identify the Bottleneck
The Lowest Grade Rule: Your overall DevOps maturity is often limited by your lowest performing metric.
If you deploy daily (High) but it takes a week to fix a bug (Low), your bottleneck is Service Restoration/MTTR.
If you have 0% failures (Elite) but only deploy once every six months (Low), your bottleneck is likely Manual Approval Quicksand.
Step 4: Join the Discussion
Once you have your scores:
Take a screenshot or note your grades.
Post in the Course Q&A with the subject: "My DORA Score - [Your Industry]".
Mention one specific "Manual Gate" you plan to automate this month to improve your score.
Executive Summary Tip
"In the banking case study we discussed, we were Elite in coding speed but Low in Lead Time due to manual meetings. We didn't fix the coding; we fixed the meetings. Use this sheet to find your meetings."
Iterative Progression2:17
The Danger of Cargo Culting2:37
The "Squad" That Couldn't Deploy5:19
The DevOps Myth-Busters Challenge
Where To Start With Culture Change4:13
Practical Application Of DevOps

Important Definitions for the Exam13:19
DevOps And Tools5:42
DevSecOps3:22
AIOps2:35
DevSecOps and AIOps
DataOps & MLOps4:11
Your Career Roadmap: Exclusive Student Bonuses & Discounts1:47
Final Step: Get Certified in 2026
Mastering the concepts is 80% of the battle. The final 20% is mastering the exam format itself.
To help you secure your certification on the first try, I’ve created a high-intensity Exam Preparation Course.
What's inside:
4 Full-Length Simulations: Mirroring the 2026 difficulty level.
Domain Deep-Dives: Focused quizzes on high-fail areas like DevOps principles and application of DevOps.
24/7 Q&A Support: I personally answer your 'why' questions.
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Requirements

No prerequisites to take this course

Description

MAJOR 2026 UPDATE: The Enterprise Architecture Masterclass

Over 2.5 Hours of Brand New Advanced Content Added to Section 5 & Section 6!

We have radically expanded this course beyond the standard theoretical syllabus. This training now features comprehensive, production-grade architectural blueprints designed explicitly for mid-to-senior engineers, consultants, and tech leads looking for a true execution edge in the modern corporate landscape.

Embark on Your DevOps Journey: An Exam-Focused, Enterprise-Grade Training

This meticulously engineered training has empowered thousands of technology professionals to master the complexities of modern operations, unlock premier career opportunities, and clear their official certification with a 98% exam pass rate.

By bridging the gap between theoretical frameworks and real-world system resilience, this course doesn't just prepare you to pass a test—it prepares you to architect real infrastructure.

What This Comprehensive Course Equips You With:

Exam Mastery: Full, structured alignment with the official foundational core parameters required to clear the certification exam on your first attempt.

Enterprise Architecture Foundations: A deep understanding of monolithic vs. microservices topologies, loose coupling, and stateless system design.

The 7 Rs Migration Playbook: Practical knowledge of how to lead digital transformations, evaluating the strict trade-offs of Replatforming vs. Refactoring legacy monoliths.

Immutable Infrastructure & Configuration Mechanics: Moving away from configuration drift to build predictable, automated deployment targets.

The Framework Trinity: A clear, operational synthesis of how Agile, Lean, and ITSM (ITIL) converge to accelerate software delivery without sacrificing stability.

Organizational Change Management: The cultural blueprints required to break down corporate silos, realign engineering incentives, and navigate cultural transformations.

Downloadable Production Toolkits: Immediate access to real-world corporate assets, including an interactive SLA/SLO Downtime Cost Calculator, a Go-Live Readiness Verification Checklist, and an industry-standard Architecture Decision Record (ADR) Markdown template.

Future-Proofing Your Career: A comprehensive breakdown of modern operational roles (DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering) culminating in an analysis of the hyper-growth AI Infrastructure Engineer role.

Special Curriculum Architecture Note

This training focuses entirely on the foundational, strategic, structural, and architectural aspects of DevOps, including its core values, principles, practices, system design patterns, and cultural implications. To maintain high conceptual density, this course does not contain hands-on code tutorials for individual, fast-evolving software tools (such as Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, or Git).

Join the Global Alumni Network

Embrace the transformative power of modern systems operations. Whether you are a systems engineer at a global consulting firm looking to clear client technical screenings, a developer looking to understand production dependencies, or an IT manager steering an enterprise transformation—this course is your gateway to executing with confidence.

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IT professional in general

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The Principles And Values Of DevOps17 lectures • 1hr 4min

DevOps Key Practices9 lectures • 40min

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Modernizing Your Career: From Traditional IT to the 2026 Trinity8 lectures • 59min

Practical Application Of DevOps10 lectures • 33min

Resources For The Exam and more6 lectures • 31min

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