{"id":131,"date":"2026-01-02T07:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:46:29","slug":"the-devops-learning-pathway-high-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/the-devops-learning-pathway-high-level\/","title":{"rendered":"The DevOps Learning Pathway (High Level)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Phase 1<\/strong> \u2013 Core Foundations (Linux, Networking, Git)
Phase 2<\/strong> \u2013 Programming & Scripting
Phase 3<\/strong> \u2013 Cloud Fundamentals (AWS-first)
Phase 4<\/strong> \u2013 Containers & CI\/CD
Phase 5<\/strong> \u2013 Infrastructure as Code & Kubernetes
Phase 6<\/strong> \u2013 Monitoring, Security & Real Projects
Phase 7<\/strong> \u2013 Portfolio + Job Readiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total: 6\u20138 months<\/strong> (can be faster if full-time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd39 PHASE 1: CORE FOUNDATIONS (Weeks 1\u20134)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n

Most DevOps beginners fail here. This phase is non-negotiable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Week 1 \u2013 Linux Basics (Daily Hands-on)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Understand Linux filesystem<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Move comfortably in terminal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Install Ubuntu<\/strong> (VM or WSL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Learn:\n
        \n
      • ls<\/code>, cd<\/code>, pwd<\/code>, cp<\/code>, mv<\/code>, rm<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • cat<\/code>, less<\/code>, head<\/code>, tail<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • grep<\/code>, find<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Practice:\n
          \n
        • Create users<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Change permissions (chmod<\/code>, chown<\/code>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Deliverable<\/strong>
          \u2714 Navigate Linux without Google
          \u2714 Create and manage files & users<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n\n\n\n

          Week 2 \u2013 Linux + Processes + Networking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \n
          • Learn:\n
              \n
            • ps<\/code>, top<\/code>, htop<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • systemctl<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • kill<\/code>, nohup<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Networking basics:\n
                \n
              • IP, DNS, ports<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • ping<\/code>, curl<\/code>, netstat<\/code>, ss<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Install & run:\n
                  \n
                • Nginx<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Restart service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Deliverable
                  \u2714 Start\/stop services
                  \u2714 Understand how apps listen on ports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n\n\n\n

                  Week 3 \u2013 Git & GitHub (CRITICAL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                  Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \n
                  • Learn:\n
                      \n
                    • git init<\/code>, clone<\/code>, add<\/code>, commit<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • push<\/code>, pull<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • branches & merge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Create GitHub account<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Push your first repo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Mini Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        \n
                      • Linux notes repo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Commit daily<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        Deliverable<\/strong>
                        \u2714 Confident Git usage
                        \u2714 GitHub activity visible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        \n\n\n\n

                        Week 4 \u2013 Basic Bash Scripting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                        Tasks<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
                          \n
                        • Learn:\n
                            \n
                          • variables<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • conditionals (if<\/code>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • loops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Write scripts:\n
                              \n
                            • Disk usage alert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Backup a folder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Restart a service if down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                              Deliverable<\/strong>
                              \u2714 3 working bash scripts in GitHub<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
                              \n\n\n\n

                              \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 2: PROGRAMMING (Weeks 5\u20136)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
                              \n

                              DevOps \u2260 coding like a software engineer, but you must script<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                              Week 5 \u2013 Python for DevOps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                              Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                \n
                              • Learn:\n
                                  \n
                                • variables<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • lists, dicts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • Practice:\n
                                    \n
                                  • Read\/write files<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • Parse logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • Call shell commands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    Mini Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n
                                    • Python script to monitor disk usage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                      \n\n\n\n

                                      Week 6 \u2013 APIs & Automation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                      Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                        \n
                                      • Learn:\n
                                          \n
                                        • REST APIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        • JSON<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        • Use Python to:\n
                                            \n
                                          • Call public APIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          • Automate system tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                            Deliverable<\/strong>
                                            \u2714 Python automation repo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                            \n\n\n\n

                                            \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 3: CLOUD FUNDAMENTALS (Weeks 7\u201310)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
                                            \n

                                            AWS is the industry default<\/strong>. Learn one cloud deeply.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                            Week 7 \u2013 AWS Basics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                            Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                              \n
                                            • Create AWS Free Tier<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                            • Learn:\n
                                                \n
                                              • EC2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • IAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • Security Groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • Launch EC2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • SSH into it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                \n\n\n\n

                                                Week 8 \u2013 Storage & Networking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                                  \n
                                                • Learn:\n
                                                    \n
                                                  • S3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • VPC<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • Subnets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • Host a static website on S3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                    \n\n\n\n

                                                    Week 9 \u2013 Databases & Scaling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                    Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                                      \n
                                                    • Learn:\n
                                                        \n
                                                      • RDS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • Load Balancers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • Connect EC2 \u2192 RDS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                        \n\n\n\n

                                                        Week 10 \u2013 AWS Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                        Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          \n
                                                        • Deploy a web app:\n
                                                            \n
                                                          • EC2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                          • Nginx<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                          • S3 for assets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                          • IAM roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                            Deliverable<\/strong>
                                                            \u2714 Cloud architecture diagram
                                                            \u2714 Deployed app URL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                            \n\n\n\n

                                                            \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 4: CONTAINERS & CI\/CD (Weeks 11\u201314)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                            Week 11 \u2013 Docker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                            Tasks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                                              \n
                                                            • Learn:\n
                                                                \n
                                                              • Images<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                              • Containers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                              • Volumes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                              • Dockerize:\n
                                                                  \n
                                                                • Simple Python app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                  \n\n\n\n

                                                                  Week 12 \u2013 Docker Compose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                    \n
                                                                  • Multi-container app<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                  • App + DB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                  • Use .env<\/code> files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                    \n\n\n\n

                                                                    Week 13 \u2013 CI\/CD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                    Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      \n
                                                                    • Learn:\n
                                                                        \n
                                                                      • GitHub Actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                      • Build pipeline:\n
                                                                          \n
                                                                        • Build image<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                        • Run tests<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                        • Push to Docker Hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                          \n\n\n\n

                                                                          Week 14 \u2013 CI\/CD Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                            \n
                                                                          • On commit:\n
                                                                              \n
                                                                            • Run pipeline<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                            • Deploy container to EC2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Deliverable<\/strong>
                                                                              \u2714 Automated deployment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              \n\n\n\n

                                                                              \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 5: INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE & K8s (Weeks 15\u201318)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Week 15 \u2013 Terraform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                \n
                                                                              • Learn:\n
                                                                                  \n
                                                                                • Providers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                • Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                • State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                • Create:\n
                                                                                    \n
                                                                                  • EC2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                  • Security Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                    \n\n\n\n

                                                                                    Week 16 \u2013 Advanced Terraform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                    Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      \n
                                                                                    • Variables<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                    • Modules<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                    • Remote state (S3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                      \n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Week 17 \u2013 Kubernetes Basics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                        \n
                                                                                      • Learn:\n
                                                                                          \n
                                                                                        • Pods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                        • Deployments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                        • Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                        • Use:\n
                                                                                            \n
                                                                                          • Minikube or Kind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                            \n\n\n\n

                                                                                            Week 18 \u2013 Kubernetes Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                            Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              \n
                                                                                            • Deploy app to K8s<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                            • Add:\n
                                                                                                \n
                                                                                              • Scaling<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                              • Rolling updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                Deliverable<\/strong>
                                                                                                \u2714 Kubernetes manifests in GitHub<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                \n\n\n\n

                                                                                                \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 6: MONITORING, SECURITY & RELIABILITY (Weeks 19\u201320)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                Week 19 \u2013 Monitoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  \n
                                                                                                • Learn:\n
                                                                                                    \n
                                                                                                  • Prometheus<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                  • Grafana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                  • Monitor:\n
                                                                                                      \n
                                                                                                    • CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                    • Memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                      \n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Week 20 \u2013 Security & Best Practices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                        \n
                                                                                                      • Secrets management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                      • IAM best practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                      • Docker image scanning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n

                                                                                                        \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 7: PORTFOLIO & JOB READY (Weeks 21\u201324)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                        Build a DevOps Portfolio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                        Must Have<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          \n
                                                                                                        • 4\u20136 GitHub repos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                        • README with:\n
                                                                                                            \n
                                                                                                          • Architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                          • Tools used<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                          • Screenshots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                          • One end-to-end DevOps project<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                            Optional Certs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              \n
                                                                                                            • AWS Cloud Practitioner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                            • AWS Solutions Architect (Associate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              \n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              \ud83d\udcca WEEKLY TRACKING TEMPLATE (Use This)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              Week:\nGoals:\n\u2714 Task 1\n\u2714 Task 2\n\u2714 Task 3\nRepo link:\nNotes:\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              \n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              \ud83d\ude80 How to Succeed Faster (Truth)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                                \n
                                                                                                              • Build projects<\/strong>, not notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              • Push every week<\/strong> to GitHub<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              • Break things intentionally<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                                                                              • Learn debugging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
                                                                                                                Phase 1 \u2013 Core Foundations (Linux, Networking, Git)Phase 2 \u2013 Programming & ScriptingPhase 3 \u2013 Cloud Fundamentals (AWS-first)Phase 4 \u2013 Containers & CI\/CDPhase 5 \u2013 Infrastructure as Code & KubernetesPhase 6 \u2013 Monitoring, Security & Real ProjectsPhase 7 \u2013 Portfolio + Job Readiness Total: 6\u20138 months (can be faster if full-time) \ud83d\udd39 PHASE 1: CORE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingudor.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}