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Grafana Dashboards and Prometheus Alert Rules

Connect Grafana to Prometheus, provision the data source as code, build a first panel, and define an alert rule.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Prometheus Monitoring Basics with Docker Compose

Run Prometheus locally, configure scrape targets, and learn the first PromQL queries for monitoring.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Terraform Modules, count and for_each, Import, and Moved Blocks

Organize reusable code with modules, create many resources with loops, adopt existing infrastructure, and refactor safely.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Terraform State, Remote Backends, and Protecting Secrets

Understand what state is, why it must not go in Git, and how to share it safely with a remote backend and locking.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Terraform Variables, Outputs, and Locals

Make configurations reusable with typed, validated variables, computed locals, and outputs, and learn the order in which values are set.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Terraform: Infrastructure as Code and Your First Configuration

Learn the Terraform workflow of write, plan, and apply with a safe, free exercise that needs no cloud account.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Jenkinsfile in Depth: Stages, Credentials, Parameters, and Post Actions

Write a realistic declarative pipeline kept in Git, with conditions, parallel stages, secure credentials, and cleanup.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Jenkins: Install with Docker and Create Your First Pipeline

Run Jenkins locally in Docker, finish the setup wizard, and create and run a pipeline job.

October 17, 20269 min read
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GitHub Actions: Environments, Approvals, and Reusable Workflows

Build a staged deployment pipeline with environment protection and required reviewers, and remove duplication with reusable workflows.

October 17, 202610 min read
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GitHub Actions: Build and Push a Docker Image to GitHub Container Registry

Automate image builds on every push, tag them sensibly, and publish to ghcr.io using the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN.

October 17, 20269 min read
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GitHub Actions: Matrix Builds, Caching, Artifacts, and Secrets

Test across multiple versions at once, speed up runs with caching, keep build outputs, and use secrets and permissions safely.

October 17, 202610 min read
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GitHub Actions: Your First CI Workflow

Create a workflow that builds and tests your project on every push and pull request, and learn to read the results.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Helm Basics: Package and Deploy Kubernetes Applications

Install, upgrade, and roll back applications with Helm, customize them with values, and create your first chart.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Kubernetes Health Probes, Resource Limits, and Autoscaling

Make applications reliable with readiness, liveness, and startup probes, set resource requests and limits, and scale automatically with the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets: Configuring Applications Safely

Separate configuration from images with ConfigMaps, handle sensitive values with Secrets, and understand what Secrets do and do not protect.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Kubernetes Deployments, Services, and Rolling Updates

Run an app with a Deployment, expose it with a Service, scale it, update it safely, and learn how traffic reaches it from outside.

October 17, 202610 min read
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Kubernetes Core Concepts and Your First Local Cluster

Learn the building blocks of Kubernetes and create a local cluster with kind to practice safely.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Docker Volumes, Networking, and Container Security Basics

Persist data with volumes, connect containers with user-defined networks, publish ports safely, and harden your containers.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Docker Compose: Running Multi-Container Applications

Define an app and its database in one compose.yaml, with health checks, volumes, environment files, and profiles.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Docker: Writing Better Dockerfiles and Multi-Stage Builds

Build smaller, faster, safer images with layer caching, .dockerignore, multi-stage builds, a non-root user, and a health check.

October 17, 20269 min read
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Git Branching Strategies and the Pull Request Workflow

Compare trunk-based development, GitHub flow, and Git Flow, and learn a clean feature-branch and pull request routine.

October 17, 20268 min read
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DevOps Fundamentals: Culture, Lifecycle, and CI/CD Explained

Understand what DevOps really means, the delivery lifecycle, the difference between CI, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment, and how to measure success.

October 17, 20268 min read
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Docker Container Basics: Your First Container

Understand images, containers, and the Docker CLI commands you'll use every day.

October 11, 20268 min read