What is DevOps?
DevOps is a combination of practices, tools and processes that help development and operations teams build, test, deploy and maintain software efficiently.
The goal is to make software delivery faster, more reliable and easier to maintain.
Important DevOps concepts
✦Version control
✦Continuous Integration
✦Continuous Delivery
✦Automated testing
✦Infrastructure management
✦Monitoring
✦Deployment automation
✦Collaboration between development and operations teams
Tools commonly used in DevOps
✦Git — version control
✦GitHub — collaborative software development and repository hosting
✦Docker — containerization
✦GitHub Actions — workflow and CI/CD automation
✦Cloud platforms — application hosting and infrastructure
✦Monitoring tools — tracking application performance and availability
What is deployment?
Deployment is the process of making an application available in an environment where users can access it.
For a web application, deployment can involve building the application, configuring the server or hosting platform, setting environment variables and connecting required services.
How to start learning DevOps
✦01 — Learn Git and GitHub
✦02 — Understand Linux and command-line basics
✦03 — Learn how web applications are deployed
✦04 — Understand environment variables
✦05 — Learn Docker and containers
✦06 — Explore CI/CD pipelines
✦07 — Deploy and monitor a real project
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