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Fundamentals of Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering is an up-and-coming discipline, geared towards building tool-chains and workflows that enable self-service for the purposes of software development. Platform engineers work to...

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$810 USD
Duration 1 day
Course Code WA3237
Available Formats Classroom

Overview

Platform Engineering is an up-and-coming discipline, geared towards building tool-chains and workflows that enable self-service for the purposes of software development. Platform engineers work to create an “Internal Developer’s Platform” that supports the entire software development life cycle.

Skills Gained

  • Review the landscape of software development
  • Discuss related terminology such as; SDLC, CI/CD, IaC & GitOps
  • Understand the Platform Engineer's role
  • Highlight the DevSecOps Platform (DSOP) Initiative
  • Introduce Platform One and its components
  • Look into the benefits of CI/CD and continuous deployment
  • Learn about the role Kubernetes plays
  • Differentiate GitOps from DevOps
  • Cover Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and related scripting techniques
  • Discuss common GitOps tooling

Who Can Benefit

This training course is designed to help software developers and DevOps personnel to better understand the role of the Platform Engineer and for those who may be considering a transition to the role themselves.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course a background in software development and information technology is suggested.

Course Details

Course Outline

Chapter 1 - What is Platform Engineering and GitOps?

• Context

• Information Technology (IT)

• Competitive Advantage

• What’s Involved in Building Competitive Advantage?

• Software & Infrastructure Systems

• Developing Systems

• Basic SW System Requirements

• The Software Development Life-Cycle

• DevOps

• Continuous Operations (CI/CD)

• Deploying Infrastructure – On Premises

• Deploying Infrastructure – Cloud

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Platform Engineering

• What is GitOps?

 

 Chapter 2 - Platform One and Big Bang

• Moving from Waterfall to DevSecOps

• DevSecOps Platform (DSOP) Initiative

• Advantages of DevSecOps Platform for DoD Programs

• What is Platform One

• Related Technology

• Software Factory

• Kubernetes

• Hardened Containers

• ISTIO Microservices Architecture

• Platform One Supported Kubernetes Distributions

• Platform One Supported Environments

• Platform One Product Stack

• Platform One Features

• Platform One Parts

• What is Repo One

• What is Iron Bank?

• What is Big Bang

• BigBang’s Value

 Chapter 3 - CI/CD Fundamentals

• What is CI/CD?

• Continuous Integration (CI)

• Continuous Delivery (CD)

• Continuous Deployment

• Pipelines

• Running Pipelines

• Pipeline Script Example

• Pipeline Script ‘Build’ Stage

• Jobs (build, testing, etc.)

• Pipeline Variables

• Artifacts

• Deployment (Docker, VM, Kubernetes)

• Pipeline Security Best Practices

 

Chapter 4 - GitOps Fundamentals

• What is GitOps?

• GitOps is Related to DevOps

• Continuous Deployment (CD)

• The Road to GitOps

• The Git Source Code Repository

• Git Merge Requests

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Declarative and Imperative Scripting

• Declarative Scripting

• Imperative Scripting

• GitOps Controller

• Putting it All Together: A GitOps Workflow Example

• Common GitOps Tooling

• Kubernetes

• ArgoCD

• Flux

• GitLab

 

Review Exercises: 

Review01. Jeopardy on Platform Engineering, Platform One & Big Bang

Review02. Jeopardy on AppDev, CI, CD, & GitOps

 

  • Chapter 1 - What is Platform Engineering and GitOps?
  • Chapter 2 - Platform One and Big Bang
  • Chapter 3 - CI/CD Fundamentals
  • Chapter 4 - GitOps Fundamentals
  • Review Exercises:
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