Azure for DevOps: Application Infrastructure (2022)

1h 20mIntermediate2022-01-21

Authors

Gurinder Singh Mann

Cloud and Blockchain Consultant and Entrepreneur

Course details

Application infrastructure is a core tenant of DevOps, enabling teams to rapidly evolve scalable systems. App infrastructure is also a core component of the AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam—and the focus of this course. Here Gurinder Singh Mann reviews the strategies, tools, and processes necessary to manage application infrastructure using the Azure DevOps tool and service set. Discover strategies for managing drift, leveraging infrastructure automation with Kubernetes, implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform, and deploying resources in a secure and compliant manner. Invest time learning these key Azure skills. The more successful your organization is developing your application infrastructure, the more performant and scalable your applications will be.

Learning objectives
Developing an infrastructure strategy
Managing technical debt
Managing Amazon Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Deploying applications on AKS
Scaling your Kubernetes clusters
Implementing infrastructure as code
Deploying Azure resources via Terraform
Implementing security and compliance

Skills covered

DevOps ToolsProgramming FoundationsDevOpsAzureCloud ServicesCloud ComputingMicrosoftSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The need for agile infrastructure
02 - Who is this course for

1. Infrastructure and Configuration Management

03 - Underlying issues with complex deployments
04 - The need for a strategy
05 - Components of a strategy
06 - Manage technical debt

2. Manage Kubernetes Service

07 - Container orchestration
08 - Options for provisioning Kubernetes Services
09 - CLI deployment
10 - Application deployment process
11 - Application deployment demo
12 - Define and install application through Helm
13 - Create a scaling plan

3. Implementing Infrastructure as Code

14 - Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) technologies
15 - IaC vs. CM tools
16 - Modularization and reuse in templates
17 - Define Terraform file
18 - Deploy resources via Terraform
19 - Maintain security in templates
20 - Demo for security

4. Implement Security and Compliance

21 - Security and compliance in Azure
22 - Azure policies
23 - Combining compliance with IaC
24 - Desired state configuration
25 - Configuration management in Azure
26 - Azure Automation deployment

Conclusion

27 - Teardown of your Azure environment
28 - Next steps with application infrastructure