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JOURNAL OF Intelligent Infrastructure Insights for the Modern Datacenter Era · by Dr Pranay Jha Explore the Guides

DevOps for Beginners: The Complete Guide

A plain, sequential path into DevOps for college passouts and career switchers. Start with what DevOps actually is, build the Linux and Git foundations, learn the core toolchain from CI/CD through containers, Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code, then finish with monitoring, security and a plan to land the job. Concept first, vendor balanced, one part at a time.

Series complete · all 18 parts published
Phase 1 · Foundations
  1. 01What DevOps Actually Means, and the Myths Around It
  2. 02What Problem Does DevOps Actually Solve?
  3. 03The DevOps Lifecycle and Toolchain Map
Phase 2 · Core Skills
  1. 04Linux and the Command Line for DevOps
  2. 05Git and Version Control
  3. 06How the Web Works: A DevOps Mental Model
Phase 3 · Build and Ship
  1. 07CI/CD Explained
  2. 08Containers and Docker
  3. 09Kubernetes Basics
  4. 10Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
  5. 11Configuration Management with Ansible
Phase 4 · Run and Secure
  1. 12Monitoring and Observability
  2. 13Logging and Alerting
  3. 14Cloud Basics for DevOps
  4. 15Security in the Pipeline: DevSecOps
Phase 5 · Get the Job
  1. 16Build a DevOps Home Lab
  2. 17The DevOps Interview
  3. 18Your DevOps Roadmap

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Dr Pranay Jha

Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.