Ultimate DevOps Real-World Project Implementation AWS Cloud (Udemy.com)

COURSE MODULES - 55+ HANDS-ON DEMOS

SECTION 1: PROJECT OVERVIEW
Module-01: Complete Retail Store Microservices Architecture
- Full-stack e-commerce application with 5 microservices
- Multi-language stack (Java Spring Boot, Node.js, Go)
- Production-grade architecture patterns

SECTION 2: DOCKER COMMANDS (3 DEMOS)
Module-02: Docker Fundamentals and Essential Commands
1. EC2 Docker Setup - Installing Docker on AWS Amazon Linux 2023
2. Pull from Docker Hub and Run Containers
3. Build Docker Images and Push to DockerHub
- Docker CLI: pull, run, exec, stop, start, rm, rmi, logs, inspect
- Container lifecycle management
- Image registry operations

SECTION 3: DOCKERFILE MASTERY (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-03: Building Custom Docker Images
- Dockerfile Instructions: FROM, LABEL, COPY, ADD, ARG, ENV, RUN, EXPOSE, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, WORKDIR, HEALTHCHECK, USER
- Security best practices
- Multi-stage builds for optimization
- Image layer caching strategies

SECTION 4: DOCKER COMPOSE (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-04: Multi-Container Application Orchestration
- Docker Compose basics with real microservices
- Named volumes, networks, and health checks
- Scaling services with DEPLOY
- Startup order with dependencies and conditions
- Profiles, links, and aliases

SECTION 5: DOCKER BUILDKIT (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-05: Advanced Docker Builds
- Docker BuildKit and buildx CLI
- Building multi-platform images (AMD64, ARM64)
- Multi-stage builds for production optimization

SECTION 6: TERRAFORM BASICS (7 DEMOS)
Module-06: Infrastructure as Code Fundamentals
1. Terraform Tools Installation (AWS CLI, Terraform, kubectl)
2. Terraform Foundation - Providers, Resources, Variables, Outputs
3. Build Production VPC with Public/Private Subnets
4. VPC with tfvars - Variable Management
5. Remote Backend with S3 and DynamoDB State Locking
6. VPC with Remote Backend - Production Setup
7. VPC Terraform Module - Creating Reusable Infrastructure
- Key Concepts: State management, variable precedence, data sources, modules

SECTION 7: TERRAFORM EKS CLUSTER (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-07: Complete AWS EKS Cluster with Terraform
- EKS cluster provisioning
- EKS node groups configuration
- IAM roles for EKS cluster and worker nodes
- kubectl and kubeconfig configuration
- Cluster authentication and authorization

SECTION 8: KUBERNETES FOUNDATION (5 DEMOS)
Module-08: Kubernetes Core Concepts
1. Kubernetes Pods - Creating and Managing
2. Kubernetes Deployments - Declarative Updates
3. Kubernetes Services - ClusterIP
4. Kubernetes ConfigMaps - Environment Variables and Configuration
5. Kubernetes StatefulSets - Stateful Applications
- Additional Topics: Labels, selectors, annotations, liveness probes, readiness probes, resource requests/limits

SECTION 9: KUBERNETES SECRETS (4 DEMOS)
Module-09: Secrets Management
1. Kubernetes Secrets Basics
2. EKS Pod Identity Agent Setup
3. AWS Secrets Manager Driver Installation
4. AWS Secrets Manager Catalog Service Integration
- External Secrets Operator
- Secrets CSI Driver
- Mounting secrets as files and environment variables

SECTION 10: KUBERNETES PERSISTENT STORAGE (3 DEMOS)
Module-10: Storage and Databases
1. AWS EBS CSI Driver Installation
2. EBS CSI Integration with Catalog Service
3. AWS RDS MySQL Production Database Integration
- PersistentVolumes (PV) and PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC)
- StorageClasses and dynamic provisioning
- StatefulSets with persistent storage

SECTION 11: KUBERNETES INGRESS (3 DEMOS)
Module-11: Load Balancing and Ingress
1. AWS Load Balancer Controller Installation
2. Kubernetes Ingress with HTTP
3. Kubernetes Ingress with HTTPS/SSL
- Application Load Balancer (ALB) configuration
- SSL/TLS termination with AWS Certificate Manager
- Health checks and target group configuration

SECTION 12: HELM PACKAGE MANAGER (5 DEMOS)
Module-12: Kubernetes Application Management
1. Helm Basics - Installation and Fundamentals
2. Helm Custom Values - Customization and Overrides
3. Helm Chart Exploration - Understanding Chart Structure
4. Helm Package and Publish - Creating and Publishing Charts
5. Helm Retail Store Deployment - Complete Application

SECTION 13: TERRAFORM EKS CLUSTER WITH ADD-ONS (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-13: Production-Ready EKS with Add-Ons
- AWS Load Balancer Controller Add-On
- EBS CSI Driver Add-On
- Pod Identity Agent Add-On
- AWS Load Balancer Controller
- Secret Store CSI Driver
- AWS Secrets and Configuration Provider (ASCP)

SECTION 14: RETAIL STORE MICROSERVICES - AWS DATA PLANE (2 DEMOS)
Module-14: Real-World Microservices Deployment
1. Retail Store AWS Data Plane Setup
- AWS RDS for MySQL (Catalog Service Relational database)
- Amazon ElastiCache for Redis (Checkout Service cache)
- Amazon SQS for Messaging (Orders Service Message broker)
- Amazon DynamoDB (Cards Service No SQL Database)
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL (Orders Service Relational Database)
- Terraform automation for AWS services

2. Microservices with AWS Data Plane Integration

- UI Service (Spring Boot)
- Carts Service (Spring Boot + DynamoDB)
- Catalog Service (Go + Amazon MySQL/RDS)
- Orders Service (Spring Boot + MySQL/RDS)
- Checkout Service (Node.js + Redis + SQS)
- End-to-end integration and testing

SECTION 15: TERRAFORM EKS WITH EXTERNAL DNS (1 COMPREHENSIVE DEMO)
Module-15: Automated DNS Management
- External DNS Add-On installation with Terraform
- Automatic DNS record creation in Route53
- Custom domain configuration
- Integration with AWS Load Balancer Controller

SECTION 16: RETAIL STORE WITH EXTERNAL DNS (1 DEMO)
Module-16: Production DNS Setup
- Retail Store application with custom domains
- SSL certificate automation with ACM
- Production DNS management

SECTION 17: AUTOSCALING - KARPENTER (4 DEMOS)
Module-17: Pod-Driven Node Autoscaling
1. Karpenter Installation with Terraform
- Architecture deep dive
- IAM roles and permissions
- EventBridge and SQS for spot interruption handling

2. Karpenter On-Demand Instances
- NodePools and EC2NodeClass configuration
- Right-sizing nodes for workloads
- Node consolidation