DevOps Pro: Elevate Your Development Skills – Series 1

## 🧠 Agenda:

### 1. Coding Challenge: Automate Deployment with Ansible (25 mins)

• Objective: Write an Ansible playbook to automate the deployment of a web application across multiple environments.
• Key Concepts: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, idempotency.
• Discussion Points:
• Handling environment-specific variables.
• Ensuring idempotent operations.
• Integrating with CI/CD pipelines.

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### 2. Face-to-Face Interview Simulation: Debugging CI/CD Pipeline Failures (25 mins)

• Scenario: You're presented with a failing CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins that halts during the testing phase.
• Tasks:
• Identify and resolve the root cause of the failure.
• Discuss strategies to prevent similar issues in the future.
• Key Concepts: Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), pipeline as code, test automation.

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### 3. System Design Session: Designing a Scalable Logging Infrastructure (25 mins)

• Objective: Architect a centralized logging system capable of handling logs from thousands of microservices.
• Discussion Points:
• Choosing appropriate logging tools (e.g., ELK stack, Fluentd).
• Ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Implementing log aggregation and analysis.

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### 4. Real-World Product Issue: Handling Deployment Rollbacks (25 mins)

• Scenario: A recent deployment introduced critical bugs into the production environment.
• Tasks:
• Implement a rollback strategy to restore the previous stable state.
• Discuss monitoring and alerting mechanisms to detect such issues promptly.
• Key Concepts: Blue-green deployments, canary releases, monitoring and alerting, incident response

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### 5. Q&A and Interactive Discussion (30 mins)

• Open floor for attendees to ask questions, share experiences, and discuss challenges faced during interviews or in real-world DevOps projects.

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## 🎁 Takeaways:

• Access to session recordings and presentation materials.
• Sample code snippets and project templates.
• Curated list of interview questions and answers.
• Certificate of participation.