DevOps Deployment Automation with Terraform, AWS and Docker (Udemy.com)

This is the WORST course I have ever taken on Udmy, dude is just about selling his other Django api course and can't shut up about it throughout the entire series. My expectation was, go through a normal setup even in pictures of a traditional setup, then switch to an IAC setup explaining how things fit together, but this was just about copy and pasting code from different sources and then he can't shut up about his other course he keeps emphasizing on taking. This is just a marketing video

This course needs updating. the Dynamodb_table is deprecated. Terraform can now lock the state directly inside the S3 bucket using a lockfile. Overall the instructor was clear and can teach well which helped me understand the concepts.

I had never done any DevOps work before. I bought this course to learn how to deploy my own application on AWS. Although I didn’t use the provided Django source code (as recommended by Mark), I had no problems building my own Terraform setup with custom features and resources. What I really appreciate about this course is that Mark goes through every single resource, every single line, and every single detail — explaining everything in a clear, human, and easy-to-understand way. Applause to Mark! Thanks to this course, I now have my own AWS infrastructure built and running — powering my applications, connecting to the world, and providing real services.

This DevOps course has truly made a significant impact on my career. It offered a well-structured curriculum, a knowledgeable instructor, and practical learning experiences that have enhanced my skills and confidence in DevOps practices. If you're considering a DevOps course, I highly recommend this one for its valuable content and practical approach. Mark is great (the rest API course is also awesome).

Great tutorial for learning how to automate AWS resources through Terraform. Having an understanding of docker, linux commands, AWS basics like manually hosting a web app on an ec2 instance, creating a domain name etc will make the learning easier. Finally, understanding how to run a simple django web app is also nice to know but not necessary. If you know how to run web apps in other environments like Laravel etc then you should be good. Also, the Q&A section was helpful for some errors one may encounter along the way.

It is a great tutorial! Mark explained complicated stuff in a way that is easy to understand. His knowledge and pronunciation helped me easily understand Terraform and the deployment process. To be ideal for my needs it would have to replace Fargate with regular EC2 instances. Why? I use them in the company I work for :-). SUGGESTIONS 1. What I would like to see more are those arrows with code explanations that popped up several times in the videos. They are very useful and, based on them, it's easy to make notes as comments in the code. 2. I would really enjoy watching Kubernetes tutorial. TO SUM UP I really enjoyed this tutorial and it was my main entertainment after a full day of work. It was addictive, like a very absorbing series on Netflix.

This course is suitable for someone who are looking for tutorial of full pipeline deployment from SCM to Production environment. After this course you will have the fundamental of an CI/CD cycle (Gitlab CI in this case) and can easily adapt to other CI/CD tools such as AWS CodePipeline (like i do) What this course will not suitable for (or at least for beginner): - Learning Django framework - Learning AWS Services - Python - Terraform - Docker i have a fundamental of everything above, and i come to this course to intergate everthing togetther, and it was a great learning. Thank you!

In general the course is good and it's pretty cool it was possible to keep it running till the end. Well almost in my case, but that's not a big deal. Some places, where it's just a copy/paste, I wish there was more explanation, but I also understand that it might be difficult to put everything into one training.

Update 3 years later: Still 5 stars! Mark just updated the course. It's a massive update that no-doubt took considerable time. Mark is exceptionally great at teaching this complicated subject. I consider myself technically advanced and even I felt like I was drowning at certain parts of this course. Learning something new really requires patience, curiosity and sheer determination to not give up. Be a problem-solver. If you feel overwhelmed, stop, ask the right questions, research it, draw it out, put it in your own terms, and even try to recreate the infrastructure in the AWS interface to make more sense out of the Terraform code. Simply an amazing course.

I Have been searching this contents for months .I couldn't find it any where else. I can't wait to learn more courses from you @Mark. (please give us some more enterprise level quality courses) Special credits for making in real world production environment with AWS by while your credit card charged by Amazon. I have been following AWS courses since 2013.Most of the instructors didn't want to go out of free tier resources . Thanks