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Becoming an SRE

Getting Started

How to Use this Course (4:42)
Course Roadmap
Course Overview
Learning in Public
Course Resources

The Pre-Course: Understanding the Foundations

Software & Application Architecture
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Infrastructure
Virtualisation & Containers
Software Development Lifecycle
Version Control Systems
Working in Different Environments
Project: Getting Set Up
Quiz

What Site Reliability Engineering?

An Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering (3:22)
The SRE Principles (2:46)
The Skills of an SRE (5:34)
Proactive vs Reactive Work (1:41)
An Example SRE Workday
SRE vs DevOps
The Path to SRE
Quiz
Project

The Service Level Model

What is the Service Level Model? (2:02)
SLAs
SLOs (3:18)
SLIs (2:46)
Error Budgets & Policies
Setting SLIs, SLOs & Error Budgets
Different Systems, Different Needs
Quiz
Project

Linux Fundamentals

An Introduction to Linux
The Terminal (Shell)
Linux CLI Demo Video (12:46)
Project
Project
Cheat Sheet

Networking

Introduction to Networking
Understanding IP Addresses: IPv4 and IPv6
Domain Name System (DNS)
What happens when you access a website?
Protocols and Response Codes
CDNs and Load Balancers
Troubleshooting Network Problems (4:53)
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Quiz
Project

Cloud Computing

An Introduction to Cloud Computing
Types of Cloud Computing
Cloud Services
Explore the AWS Console & Cloud Shell (5:09)
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Quiz
Project
Project

Systems Design & Cloud Architecting

An Introduction to Systems Design
The Key Components of System Design
The Three Tier Application Design
Serverless and Event Driven Architecture
Disaster Recovery
Chaos Engineering
Generative AI & Cloud Architecting
Quiz
Project
Project
Project

Scripting and Automation

An Introduction to Scripting & Automation
Python
Solving Real World Problems with Code
Solving Real World Problems with Code II
Testing
Generative AI and Scripting
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Quiz
Project
Project
Project
Python Cheatsheet

Infrastructure as Code

An Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Terraform Demo Video (6:39)
Configuration as Code
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Quiz
Project
Cheat Sheet

CI/CD Pipeplines

An Introduction to CI/CD
A Pipeline Flow Example
CI/CD Features: Trigger and Automated Build
CI/CD Features: Automated Testing
CI/CD Features: Security
CI/CD Features: Deployment & Rollback
Integrating IaC with CI/CD
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Quiz
Project

Observability and Alerting

An Introduction to Observability
Metrics & Dashboards
Logging & Log Aggregation
Distributed Tracing
Alerting
Example Alerting Flow: SLOs (2:48)
Monitoring as Code (MaC)
Quiz
Project
Project

Incident Response & Post Mortems

An Introduction to Incidents
Preparation and Tools in Incident Response
Triaging & Troubleshooting
Runbooks in Incident Management
Postmortem Analysis: Learning from Incidents
Best Practices for Incidents
Quiz
Project
Project

Data Driven Decisions & Optimisation

What are Data Driven Decisions?
Making Data Driven Decisions
A Real World Example
Project

Organisation & Workflow

Foundations of SRE Organisation and Workflow
Agile and Scrum
Workflow with SRE Tools
Tickets & Managing Workload
Change Requests
The Importance of Documentation in SRE
Quiz
Project

Artificial Intelligence and SRE

AI, SRE & The Future
Project

Final Project

Bringing Everything Together

The Career Development Pack

Excelling in the Application Process
The Skills of an SRE (Revisited)
Skills Assessment
Certifications
Start Where you Are
Building a Portfolio (GitHub) and Organising your Repositories
LinkedIn
Tracking your Applications
Finding SRE Jobs
Understanding Job Descriptions
Writing an SRE CV
Writing a Cover Letter
Interview Preparation
The Recruiter
The Hiring Manager
Technical Questions & Tasks
Cultural Interview
Preparing for Long Term Success

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