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Complete the DevOps course and, optionally, get accredited as a Certified DevOps Specialist by passing the certification exam. You can purchase the course now and get the exam later, or you can get them together at a discount as part of the Certification Bundle.

Upon completing the course you will receive a digital certificate of completion, as well as a digital training badge from Acclaim/Credly. Upon getting certified you will also receive an official DevOps Specialist digital accreditation certificate and certification badge from Acclaim/Credly, along with an account that can be used to verify your certification status.

The DevOps course is comprised of the following 3 course modules, each of which has an estimated completion time of 10 hours:

  • Module 1: Fundamental DevOps
  • Module 2: DevOps in Practice
  • Module 3: DevOps Lab

Choose the Certification Bundle to receive the entire course together with the online-proctored certification exam and a set of practice exam questions, all at a bundle discount.

Upon purchasing this course, you will automatically receive access via the Online Interactive eLearning platform. To provide you with the greatest flexibility, you will also have the option to access the course materials via two additional eLearning formats, at no extra cost. All three eLearning formats are briefly described below. A more detailed comparison can be found here.
  1. For everyday learning: An online interactive eLearning platform with individual lessons, as well as interactive and automatically graded exercises and practice questions.
  2. For learning on-the-go: A study kit platform with access to full course documents that support online/offline synching, annotations, comments, custom bookmarks and cross-document searches.
  3. For your reference: A set of printable PDF documents that you can keep (for all course workbooks and posters).
All three forms of access are subject to Arcitura’s *. Upon purchase, access to the online interactive eLearning platform (1) is provided within one business day. Access to the study kits (2) and the PDF documents (3) is provided upon request.

Shown below are the digital contents and the topic outline for each course module:


Module 1: Fundamental DevOps

This course module provides a comprehensive overview of DevOps practices, models and techniques, along with coverage of DevOps benefits, challenges and business and technology drivers. Also explained is how DevOps compares to traditional solution development and release approaches and how the application of DevOps can be monitored and measured for concrete business value.


Course Module Contents


  • Workbook Lessons (100+ pages)
  • Video Lessons (for all topics)
  • Mind Map Poster
  • Symbol Legend Poster

  • Tools and Lifecycle Stages Poster
  • Tools and Practices Poster
  • Practice Exam Questions
  • PDFs of Workbook and Posters (printable)

Topics Covered

  • Business Drivers of DevOps
  • IT Roles in DevOps Projects
  • Goals and Benefits of DevOps Adoption
  • Interoperability and Transparent Collaboration
  • Rapid Delivery, Responsive Scalability and Increased Reliability
  • Impacts and Challenges of DevOps Adoption
  • Automation, Measurement and Unified Metrics
  • DevOps Platform and Toolchain

  • The 20 Common DevOps Tools, Repositories and Systems
  • DevOps Lifecycle and Stages
  • Delivery Pipeline, Feedback Loop and Dark Launching
  • Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)
  • Automated Builds and Automated Testing
  • Continuous Deployment and Automated Release Management
  • Dependency Management, Infrastructure Resource Staging and Compliance Verification
  • Introduction to IaC, PaC and CaC

Module 2: DevOps in Practice

This course module delves into the application of DevOps practices and models by exploring how the DevOps lifecycle and its associated stages can be carried out and further identifying related challenges and considerations. In-depth coverage is provided for the application of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) approaches, along with an exploration of creating deployment pipelines and managing data flow, solution versions and tracking solution dependencies.


Course Module Contents


  • Workbook Lessons (100+ pages)
  • Video Lessons (for all topics)
  • Mind Map Poster
  • Software Configuration Management Supplement
  • Code Management Supplement

  • Metrics and Monitors Poster
  • Metrics and Delivery Stages Poster
  • Monitors and Delivery Stages Poster
  • Practice Exam Questions
  • PDFs of Workbook and Posters (printable)

Topics Covered

  • Understanding Codified Definitions
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration Modules
  • Continuous Testing and Collaborative Version Control
  • Immutable Infrastructure and Self-Documented Resources
  • Configuration-as-Code (CaC) and Continuous Software Releases
  • Traceable Configuration Changes and Configuration Status Awareness
  • Programmatic Versioning and Automated Configuration Testing
  • Policy-as-Code (PaC) and Policy Systems
  • Automated Policy Application and Enforcement Testing

  • The 17 Common DevOps Metrics
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • The 8 Common DevOps Monitors
  • Measuring DevOps, Mapping Metrics to Monitors
  • Mapping Metrics and Monitors to Pipeline Stages
  • DevOps with Microservices and Containers
  • DevOps with Cloud Computing and Pay-Per-Use Monitoring
  • CI, CD, Continuous Deployment with Microservices and Cloud Computing
  • IaC, CaC, PaC with Microservices and Cloud Computing

Module 3: DevOps Lab

This course module presents participants with a series of exercises and problems that are designed to test their ability to apply their knowledge of topics covered in previous modules. Completing this lab will help highlight areas that require further attention and will further prove hands-on proficiency in DevOps models, practices and strategies, as they are combined and applied to solve real-world problems.


Course Module Contents


  • Lab Exercise Booklet
  • Mind Map Poster

  • Practice Exam Questions
  • PDFs of Exercise Booklet and Poster (printable)

Topics Covered

  • Reading Exercise 3.1: CSD Mini Case Study Background
  • Lab Exercise 3.2: Project Timeline Optimization
  • Lab Exercise 3.3: Post-Deployment Challenges
  • Lab Exercise 3.4: Responsiveness to Feedback
  • Lab Exercise 3.5: Disparate Testing Tools and Practices

  • Reading Exercise 3.6: AIC Mini Case Study Background
  • Lab Exercise 3.7: Continuous Releases and Lead Time
  • Lab Exercise 3.8: DevOps Practices and Automation
  • Lab Exercise 3.9: Tools, Repositories and Systems
  • Lab Exercise 3.10: Rapid Deployment and Codified Definitions

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