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Cloud and DevOps

Cloud and DevOps Essentials

Modern software teams track every change with Git, collaborate through platforms such as GitHub, run applications in the cloud and automate testing and deployment. This path explains each of these practices without assuming any prior cloud or DevOps knowledge, with commands you can try on your own computer.

  • Free
  • Beginner
  • 4 lessons
  • About 1 hr 8 min
  • Final assessment

Lessons in this path

  1. Git and version control

    Track changes to your code with Git commits, inspect history, and work safely with branches and merges.

    18 min Knowledge check Exercise

  2. GitHub repositories and collaboration

    Publish a repository to GitHub, keep it in sync with push and pull, and collaborate through pull requests and code review.

    15 min Knowledge check Exercise

  3. Cloud computing and deployment fundamentals

    Understand what the cloud is, the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS models, and what it takes to deploy and run an application.

    15 min Knowledge check Exercise

  4. Docker containers and the purpose of CI/CD

    Package an application in a Docker container and see how continuous integration and delivery automate testing and releases.

    20 min Knowledge check Exercise

Cloud and DevOps Essentials assessment

8 questions covering the whole path

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Optional next step: DevCrest Academy

Cloud Engineering with AWS, Docker & Kubernetes

Ready to deploy real systems? The academy course covers AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines through hands-on labs, building on the ideas in this path.

  • Intermediate
  • 12 weeks • 90 hours
  • Hybrid
  • From ₹7,500 per student

What you'll learn

  • Design a secure AWS network and choose suitable compute and storage services.
  • Write least-privilege IAM policies.
  • Build small, secure container images with multi-stage Dockerfiles.
  • Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes and package them with Helm.

Syllabus preview

  1. 01Cloud & AWS Foundations
  2. 02Docker & Containers
  3. 03Kubernetes & Helm
  4. 04Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

+ 2 more modules

Prerequisites

  • Linux & shell scripting
  • Networking basics
  • Any programming language

Upcoming batches

  • Starts 28 Nov 2026 • Saturday & Sunday • Hybrid

Hands-on project

A production-style platform for a sample application, provisioned with Terraform, deployed with CI/CD and GitOps, and monitored.

Fees and batch dates are sample data pending confirmation

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