DevOps

Instructor: Mohammad Amin Fazli Certificate: Official (bilingual)
Term: Summer 2025 Prerequisite: Agile Software Engineering
Schedule: Thursday 15:00-18:00 Online Class: Online Class

General Objective

The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the concepts and methods of the DevOps movement. After learning the basic concepts and definitions in this field, students will implement main DevOps activities including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Monitoring, Containerization, and DevOps security.

Topics

  • Introduction and Basic Concepts (2 sessions)
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) (2 sessions)
  • Infrastructure as Code (2 sessions)
  • Automated Testing (2 sessions)
  • Continuous Monitoring (2 sessions)
  • Containerization with Kubernetes (2 sessions)
  • Aligning DevOps Architecture with Microservices and FaaS (2 sessions)
  • GitOps (2 sessions)
  • DevSecOps (2 sessions)

Assessment

  • Assignments and Projects: 8 points
  • Final Exam: 12 points

References

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