Platform Engineering: The Golden Path
Platform Engineering is critical in today’s tech landscape for enabling developer productivity, system resilience, and operational efficiency. This 2-day practical workshop covers key topics in platform engineering, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, Crossplane, and automated deployment strategies.
Lecturer:
Andrejs Adamovičs
Andrejs Adamovičs
Andrejs Adamovich is a skilled specialist with more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in software delivery processes and infrastructure. As an independent DevOps consultant, he excels at implementing DevOps initiatives and processes using tools such as AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, and more.
Since 2011, Andrejs has been sharing his deep knowledge by leading his DevOps MasterClass (eXtreme Automation) course, which he has taught more than 200 times in various European locations, including Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Romania, Estonia and Latvia. His teaching courses include many practical exercises and real-life examples, always aiming to keep students interested in learning more.
In addition to his professional activities, Andrejs is a frequent speaker at international conferences and local community events. Andrej's versatile approach to technology and education makes him a valuable mentor and leader in the IT community.
Since 2011, Andrejs has been sharing his deep knowledge by leading his DevOps MasterClass (eXtreme Automation) course, which he has taught more than 200 times in various European locations, including Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Romania, Estonia and Latvia. His teaching courses include many practical exercises and real-life examples, always aiming to keep students interested in learning more.
In addition to his professional activities, Andrejs is a frequent speaker at international conferences and local community events. Andrej's versatile approach to technology and education makes him a valuable mentor and leader in the IT community.
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Course target
Audience
- Developers;
- DevOps engineers;
- Software architects;
- System administrators.
At course completion you will be able to
- Develop and manage resilient internal platforms.
- Automate workflows to improve the efficiency of development and deployment processes.
Prerequisites
At least 3 years of IT experience.
Training materials
All participants will receive comprehensive materials, including cheat sheets, access to online slides, and code examples.
Certification exam
Not intended.
Course outline
- Introduction to Platform Engineering: Definition, scope, key principles (automation, self-service, scalability), and the Golden Path concept.
- Designing Scalable and Resilient Platforms: Principles of architecture design for scalability, auto-scaling, auto-healing, and high availability.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps: Overview of IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi), implementing GitOps for continuous delivery (ArgoCD, Flux), and hands-on labs.
- Containerization, Orchestration, and Crossplane: Managing Kubernetes clusters, extending Kubernetes with Crossplane, and hands-on deployment exercises.
- Automated Deployment Strategies and Auto-Healing: Advanced deployment strategies (Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling Updates), implementing auto-scaling, auto-healing, and automated rollbacks.
- Building Developer Portals and Self-Service Platforms: Enhancing developer experience through self-service portals, integrating tools, and real-world case studies.
- Observability and Monitoring for Platform Engineering: Implementing observability, monitoring platform components, and integrating Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
- Security, Compliance, and Policy Management with Kyverno: Policy management and enforcement with Kyverno, automating compliance and security audits.
- Service Meshes, Network Management, and ChatOps: Implementing service meshes (Istio, Linkerd), managing network security and observability, using ChatOps for real-time platform management.
- Advanced Platform Customization and Extensibility with Crossplane: Customizing Kubernetes platforms, managing multi-cloud environments, and extending Kubernetes APIs with Crossplane.
- GitOps and Continuous Delivery: Deep dive into GitOps principles, automating continuous delivery, and hands-on labs for implementing GitOps workflows.
- Case Studies and Hands-On Workshop: Review of real-world implementations, building a full platform engineering workflow (IaC + GitOps + Kubernetes + Crossplane + Kyverno + Service Mesh + ChatOps), and group discussions.
If you want to get more information about this course, contact us by phone +371 67505091 or send an e-mail at mrn@bda.lv.
