Build a practical foundation in software delivery, infrastructure automation, containers, CI/CD, monitoring and reliability—with guided portfolio projects and clear links to cloud careers.
Same eight-step learning sequence, three different paces. These are introductory plans—not promises of career mastery in a few days.
Explore the foundations, practice a little each day, and complete a small challenge.
Give yourself extra time for repetition, guided videos, and practice.
Build durable skills and select an external course or career pathway.
Check off a step when you can explain or demonstrate it. Progress is saved only in this browser, on this device.
These gateway links open relevant Learn IT Free playlists. No heavy playlist embeds are needed to get started.
Begin with the channel’s core DevOps playlist.
▶ Open Playlist on YouTubeLearn how cloud choices affect infrastructure automation.
▶ Open Playlist on YouTubeCurated existing channel playlists, selected by relevance. Some are supporting or cross-disciplinary courses rather than stand-alone DevOps curricula. Select Watch Here to load an embedded playlist only when needed.
Only the selected playlist loads. If playback is unavailable, use “Continue on YouTube.” You can mark roadmap milestones complete separately.
Explore DevOps principles, tools and practical examples
▶ Continue on YouTube ↗Understand automation across AWS, Azure and GCP
▶ Continue on YouTube ↗Learn the infrastructure foundations behind DevOps
▶ Continue on YouTube ↗Build application context for pipelines and releases
▶ Continue on YouTube ↗Complete one project, write down what you did, and explain the decisions and limitations.
Set up a small application with automated checks on each pull request.
Package an app with Docker and document commands, environment and troubleshooting.
Describe deployment steps, rollback, logs and health checks for a sample service.
Visit the existing Learn IT Free library and search for relevant terms. Counts and results depend on the library catalog.
Try searching for devops and filter by format or subject when available.
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Free courses vary; most professional certification exams are paid.
Explore providerFree training material; certifications are separate.
Explore providerFree interactive GitHub skill exercises; not a professional certification.
Explore providerSome third-party products have optional paid features, limited free usage, or regional restrictions.
The skills hub teaches the discipline. Career Tracks guide learners toward role-based outcomes, prerequisites, and portfolios.
Design and improve delivery pipelines and infrastructure automation.
Explore Career Tracks →Create reusable deployment and infrastructure capabilities.
Explore Career Tracks →Apply monitoring, reliability and incident practices.
Explore Career Tracks →Operate and automate cloud resources.
Explore Career Tracks →Use the roadmap, follow Learn IT Free courses, complete a portfolio project, and explore the career paths that match your interests.