DevOps Engineer Roadmap

The path from "I know some Linux" to "I got the job" - and unlike every other roadmap, you practice each step on a real broken system right here. Every skill links to a live ticket you fix in a cloud workspace.

Your progress0 of 12 skills

Linux & Systems Fundamentals

Processes, services & systemd

Read logs, manage services, author a unit that starts cleanly.

Practice live: Write a Production systemd Service Unit → Networking & ports

What is listening where, and why traffic does not arrive.

Practice live: Bind a Node App to 0.0.0.0 (All Interfaces) →

Web Servers & Reverse Proxies

nginx as a reverse proxy

Upstreams, proxy_pass, and reading the error log to find a 502.

Practice live: Fix the Nginx 502 Bad Gateway → TLS & certificates

Renew certs before they expire and keep HTTPS green.

Practice live: Renew a Let's Encrypt Certificate Before It Expires →

Containers

Docker fundamentals

Images, layers, and why a container exits immediately.

Practice live: Fix a Docker Container That Exits Immediately → Production Dockerfiles

Build a lean, correct image that runs in prod.

Practice live: Write a Production-Ready Dockerfile →

Kubernetes

Pods, deployments & probes

Diagnose CrashLoopBackOff from events, logs, and probes.

Practice live: Fix a Kubernetes CrashLoopBackOff → Services & networking

Why traffic does not reach a pod, and how to heal it.

Practice live: Heal a Kubernetes Service With No Endpoints →

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform basics

Get plan to succeed and understand what it will change.

Practice live: Get a Terraform Plan to Pass → State & drift

Reconcile drift between Terraform state and reality.

Practice live: Reconcile Terraform State Drift →

CI/CD & Observability

Pipelines

Build, test, deploy - and debug a broken workflow.

Practice live: Repair a Failing GitHub Actions Workflow → Metrics & tracing

Find the signal when production is on fire.

Practice live: Repair a Broken Prometheus Scrape Config →

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