Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud
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Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud
This course is part of Cloud-Native – Microservices, Kubernetes & CI/CD Specialization
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Understand scalability concepts, including HPA and KEDA for dynamic scaling
Implement vertical and horizontal scaling in Kubernetes clusters
Explore cloud serverless solutions like AWS Fargate and Azure Container Apps
Design scalable microservices architectures using Kubernetes and serverless tools
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January 2026
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A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course provides a comprehensive exploration of Cloud-Native scalability, focusing on Kubernetes' Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), KEDA, and cloud serverless solutions. It covers both theoretical concepts and hands-on exercises, giving you the skills to scale applications in Kubernetes environments. You will start by learning the fundamentals of scalability, followed by the implementation of vertical and horizontal scaling techniques. The course also explores the integration of event-driven autoscaling with KEDA, cloud serverless scalability solutions, and practical use cases such as deploying e-commerce architectures. As you progress, you'll dive into real-world projects and tools, gaining insights into Kubernetes' powerful scaling capabilities and cloud-native technologies. The hands-on labs will help you practice scaling microservices in real-world cloud environments, enhancing your ability to manage dynamic workloads. By the end of the course, you will be able to scale Kubernetes applications effectively using HPA and KEDA, design serverless cloud-native architectures, and apply scalability best practices to your own projects.
In this module, we will delve into scalability concepts essential for Cloud-Native applications. You will learn how Kubernetes HPA and KEDA enable efficient, dynamic scaling. Topics include horizontal and vertical scaling, cloud-native scalability practices, and real-world design examples.
What's included
13 videos2 readings1 assignment
13 videos•Total 42 minutes
- Introduction to Scalability: Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) and KEDA•2 minutes
- 12-Factor App - Cloud-Native Scalability•2 minutes
- Cloud-Native Trial Map - Cloud-Native Scalability•2 minutes
- What is Scalability?•2 minutes
- Vertical Scaling - Scale Up•2 minutes
- Horizontal Scaling - Scale Out•1 minute
- Scaling Cloud-Native Applications in Kubernetes•5 minutes
- Best Practices of Scaling Cloud-Native Applications in Kubernetes•2 minutes
- KEDA Event-Driven Autoscaling in Kubernetes•6 minutes
- Explore: CN Scalability Tools•6 minutes
- Explore: Cloud Serverless Scalability•3 minutes
- Design: Cloud-Native E-commerce Microservices Architecture with KEDA and HPA•5 minutes
- Design: Cloud Serverless Scalability•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Introduction to the Course 'Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud'•10 minutes
- Full Specialization Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Pillar 6 - Scalability: Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) and KEDA - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will focus on practical exercises to scale Kubernetes pods using VPA, HPA, and KEDA. You'll gain hands-on experience with scaling mechanisms and explore best practices for autoscaling in cloud-native Kubernetes clusters.
What's included
6 videos1 assignment
6 videos•Total 59 minutes
- Hands-on: Scale Kubernetes Pods (VPA, HPA, KEDA) on a Kubernetes Cluster with Minikube•1 minute
- Step 1 - Manually Horizontal and Vertical Scaling Pods into Kubernetes Cluster with Minikube•7 minutes
- Step 2 - Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to Auto-Scale Pods on a Kubernetes Cluster Using Minikube•13 minutes
- Why Needed Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA) Instead of Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)?•4 minutes
- Step 3 - Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA) to Auto-Scale Pods on a Kubernetes Cluster Using Minikube•22 minutes
- Hands-on: Auto-Scaling Spring Boot Microservices in Kubernetes with Prometheus and KEDA Using Custom Metrics•11 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Hands-on: Scale Kubernetes Pods (Vertical-Horizontal Pod Auto Scaling, KEDA) - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will explore serverless Kubernetes platforms like AWS Fargate and Azure Container Apps. You will learn how to deploy and manage serverless applications efficiently across different cloud environments.
What's included
4 videos1 assignment
4 videos•Total 15 minutes
- Introduction - Deploy on Cloud Serverless Kubernetes - AWS Fargate for EKS, Azure Container Apps, Google Cloud Run on GKE•4 minutes
- Dynatrace Report: Kubernetes Moved to the Cloud in 2022•4 minutes
- Datadog Report: Serverless Kubernetes Grows for All Major Public Clouds•3 minutes
- AWS Compute Services: AWS App Runner, ECS, EKS, Fargate, AWS Lambda•3 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Deploy on Cloud Serverless Kubernetes - AWS Fargate for EKS, Azure Container App - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will walk through hands-on steps to deploy and manage microservices on Amazon EKS with Fargate. Learn how to install, configure, and scale applications seamlessly in a cloud-native environment.
What's included
10 videos1 assignment
10 videos•Total 50 minutes
- Hands-on: Deploying Microservices on Amazon EKS with Fargate•2 minutes
- Step 1 - Installing or Updating eksctl to Interact with Kubernetes Cluster on EKS•4 minutes
- Step 2 - Create an EKS Cluster with Fargate Using eksctl•7 minutes
- Step 3 - Deploy Nginx Microservices on EKS Cluster with Fargate Using eksctl•3 minutes
- Expose Nginx Service on EKS Cluster with Fargate Using eksctl•4 minutes
- Remember Product Microservice•4 minutes
- Step 4 - Create an ECR Repository and Push Docker Image to Container Registry•6 minutes
- Step 5 - Deploy Product Microservices on EKS Cluster with Fargate Using eksctl•8 minutes
- AWS Fargate Auto-Scale Deploy Product Microservices on EKS Cluster•5 minutes
- Clean Up Resources - IMPORTANT•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Hands-on: Deploying Microservices on Amazon EKS with Fargate - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will examine DevOps principles and practices, focusing on CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps. You will gain insights into how these methodologies enhance collaboration and automation for cloud-native microservices.
What's included
36 videos1 assignment
36 videos•Total 108 minutes
- Introduction to Pillar 7: DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps•2 minutes
- 12-Factor App and Cloud-Native Trial Map - DevOps CI/CD•2 minutes
- Cloud-Native Trial Map - DevOps and CI/CD•1 minute
- DevOps in Cloud-Native Applications: DevOps/DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, GitOps•2 minutes
- What is DevOps? How DevOps is Used in Cloud-Native Microservices?•2 minutes
- What is DevSecOps? - Key Aspects of DevSecOps•2 minutes
- DevOps Stages: Software Development and Deployment Lifecycle•3 minutes
- Explore: DevOps Tools•3 minutes
- What is CI/CD? How is CI/CD Used in Cloud-Native Microservices?•3 minutes
- CI/CD Pipeline Steps for Microservices Deployments•3 minutes
- CI/CD Flow and Tools for Microservices Deployments•3 minutes
- Deployment Strategies for Microservices: Blue-Green, Rolling, and Canary Deployment•2 minutes
- Explore: CI/CD Pipelines•2 minutes
- Explore: CI/CD Pipelines - GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins X, CircleCI, Travis CI•5 minutes
- What is GitHub Actions?•2 minutes
- How GitHub Actions Work - Components of GitHub Actions•3 minutes
- Deploy Microservices to Kubernetes with GitHub Actions•7 minutes
- Explore: Cloud Serverless CI/CD Pipelines - Azure Pipelines, AWS CodePipeline, Google Cloud Build•3 minutes
- What is IaC? How is IaC Used in Cloud-Native Microservices?•3 minutes
- IaC Usage in Cloud-Native Microservices•2 minutes
- Explore: IaC Tools•2 minutes
- Explore: IaC Tools - Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Pulumi•5 minutes
- Explore: Terraform - Automate Infrastructure on Any Cloud with Terraform•3 minutes
- Terraform IaC Steps - How Terraform Works?•4 minutes
- Explore: Cloud Serverless IaC Tools - AWS CloudFormation, SAM, CDK, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Bicep, Google Cloud Deployment Manager•4 minutes
- What is GitOps? How is GitOps Used in Cloud-Native Microservices?•3 minutes
- CNCF 2022 Annual Survey - Organizations Favor GitOps•2 minutes
- Key Principles of GitOps•2 minutes
- How GitOps Works? - Steps of GitOps Workflow•5 minutes
- GitOps Real-World Use Case - Black Friday Sale E-Commerce•4 minutes
- Explore: GitOps Tools•2 minutes
- CNCF Survey GitOps Tools - Argo and Flux Graduated Projects•2 minutes
- Explore: GitOps Tools - ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins X, Codefresh, Tekton•4 minutes
- Explore: Argo CD - GitOps Continuous Delivery Tool for Kubernetes•2 minutes
- Argo CD Deploy Microservices in Kubernetes with CI/CD•5 minutes
- Design: Cloud-Native E-Commerce Microservices Architecture with DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps•6 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Pillar 7 - DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will focus on provisioning and managing AWS EC2 instances using Terraform. You'll practice IaC principles and explore Terraform's powerful capabilities for automating infrastructure management.
What's included
11 videos1 assignment
11 videos•Total 41 minutes
- Hands-on: Terraform IaC Provision AWS EC2 Instance•2 minutes
- Terraform Workflow and Development Loop w/ Terraform Commands•4 minutes
- Step 1 - Install and Setup Terraform•4 minutes
- Terraform Providers•6 minutes
- Step 2 - Terraform Develop IaC: Write Configuration for the Desired State•5 minutes
- Step 3 - Terraform Init: Initializing the Working Directory•3 minutes
- Step 4 - Terraform Plan: Validate the Resource Declaration•3 minutes
- Step 5 - Terraform Apply: Create Infrastructure by Applying the Plan•4 minutes
- Step 6 - Change Infrastructure with Configuration Changes and Apply Changes•4 minutes
- Step 7 - Terraform Variables: Parameterizing the Configuration with Input Variables•4 minutes
- Step 8 - Terraform Destroy: Destroy Infrastructure•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Hands-on: Terraform IaC Provision AWS EC2 Instance - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will cover hands-on exercises for using GitHub Actions to automate the building and pushing of Docker images to DockerHub. You'll also learn how to extend the CI/CD workflow for Kubernetes deployments.
What's included
8 videos1 assignment
8 videos•Total 22 minutes
- Hands-on: GitHub Actions CI/CD for Build & Push Docker Images to DockerHub•1 minute
- Step 1 - Create Repository on GitHub•1 minute
- Step 2 - Clone Repository and Push Product Microservices Code with Dockerfile•4 minutes
- Step 3 - Create GitHub Secrets for DockerHub Username and Token•2 minutes
- Step 4 - Create and Define a GitHub Actions Workflow File•5 minutes
- Step 5 - Commit, Push, and Monitor Workflow; Check DockerHub•2 minutes
- Step 6 - Change Code and Commit to Monitor New GitHub Actions Workflow•3 minutes
- Deploy to Kubernetes Cluster with GitHub Actions Workflow•3 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Hands-on: GitHub Actions CI/CD for Build & Push Docker Images to DockerHub - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will explore monitoring and observability practices for Cloud-Native applications. You will learn about distributed logging and tracing to improve system health monitoring and application performance.
What's included
25 videos1 assignment
25 videos•Total 87 minutes
- Introduction to Pillar 8: Monitoring & Observability with Distributed Logging and Tracing•2 minutes
- 12-Factor App and Cloud-Native Trial Map - Monitoring & Observability•2 minutes
- Cloud-Native Trial Map - Monitoring & Observability•2 minutes
- Monitoring & Observability in Cloud-Native Applications•2 minutes
- CNCF and Dynatrace Report - Observability Shows Biggest Growth in Top Kubernetes Workloads•2 minutes
- Why Monitoring Tools Increase in Kubernetes Workloads?•2 minutes
- Monitoring in Cloud-Native Microservices•3 minutes
- Deep Dive into Monitoring Types: System, Service, and Application Monitoring•5 minutes
- Backing Services Monitoring - Kafka, Redis, DB Metrics•3 minutes
- Application Performance and Business Monitoring (APM, ABM)•6 minutes
- Microservices Health Checks: Liveness, Readiness, and Performance Checks•3 minutes
- Explore: Monitoring Tools•1 minute
- Explore: Monitoring Tools - Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic, Cortex•5 minutes
- Prometheus - Open-Source Monitoring and Alerting Tool•5 minutes
- Prometheus Architecture•7 minutes
- How Prometheus Works? Steps for Monitoring Cloud-Native Microservices in Kubernetes•3 minutes
- Explore: Cloud Serverless Monitoring Tools•2 minutes
- What is Distributed Logging?•2 minutes
- Microservices Observability with Distributed Logging and Tracing•4 minutes
- Explore: Distributed Logging and Tracing Tools•2 minutes
- Explore: Logging and Tracing Tools - ELK Stack, Fluentd, Jaeger, Zipkin•4 minutes
- Elastic Stack for Microservices Observability with Distributed Logging•6 minutes
- Microservices Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry Using Zipkin•4 minutes
- Explore: Cloud Serverless Logging and Tracing Tools•5 minutes
- Design: Cloud-Native E-Commerce Architecture with Monitoring & Observability•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Pillar 8 - Monitoring & Observability with Distributed Logging and Tracing - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will provide a hands-on approach to setting up and using Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring Kubernetes clusters. You will learn how to visualize and monitor custom metrics in a Kubernetes environment.
What's included
11 videos1 assignment
11 videos•Total 46 minutes
- Hands-on: Prometheus & Grafana Monitoring on Kubernetes Using Helm•4 minutes
- Step 1 - Prepare Environment (Start Docker Desktop, Minikube K8s Cluster, and Helm)•2 minutes
- Step 2 - Setup and Install Prometheus•6 minutes
- Step 3 - Access Prometheus Dashboard•7 minutes
- Prometheus Metrics, Alerts, and Business Custom Metrics•3 minutes
- Step 4 - Setup and Install Grafana•4 minutes
- Step 5 - Access Grafana Dashboard•3 minutes
- Step 6 - Add Grafana Datasource for Prometheus Server•2 minutes
- Step 7 - Create Kubernetes Cluster Dashboard on Grafana•4 minutes
- Step 8 - Cleanup Resources (Helm, Kubectl, Minikube)•2 minutes
- Spring Boot Microservices in Kubernetes Monitor Custom Metrics with Prometheus•8 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Hands-on: Prometheus & Grafana Monitoring on Kubernetes Using Helm - Assessment•15 minutes
In this module, we will wrap up the course with final remarks and appreciation for your efforts. You will review the key concepts learned and be prepared to apply them in your cloud-native development journey.
What's included
1 video1 reading2 assignments
1 video•Total 1 minute
- Thanks•1 minute
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Conclusion to the Course 'Scalable DevOps with CI/CD and Observability in the Cloud'•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 75 minutes
- Full Course Assessment•60 minutes
- Full Course Practice Assessment•15 minutes
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