| 1 |
Learn a Programming Language |
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Write a Bash script to automate a simple task (e.g., backing up a file). |
| 2 |
Operating System Fundamentals |
- Linux
- Process & Filesystem Management
- Basic Networking
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Navigate the Linux filesystem and manage processes from the command line. |
| 3 |
Version Control Systems |
- Git
- Basic Git Commands
- GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
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Initialize a Git repository, commit code, and push it to GitHub. |
| 4 |
Networking, Security & Protocols |
- HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS
- DNS
- Load Balancer & Reverse Proxy
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Explain how an HTTPS request travels from the browser to the server. |
| 5 |
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) |
- Ansible
- Terraform / OpenTofu
- CloudFormation
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Write a simple Ansible playbook to install a web server. |
| 6 |
Containers & Virtualization |
- Docker & Dockerfile
- Docker Compose
- Container Registry
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Write a Dockerfile to containerize a simple Python application. |
| 7 |
CI/CD |
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
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Create a GitHub Actions workflow to automatically build and test a project. |
| 8 |
Container Orchestration |
- Kubernetes (K8s)
- Helm
- Docker Swarm
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Deploy a simple application to a local Kubernetes cluster (minikube). |
| 9 |
Monitoring, Logging & Alerting |
- Prometheus & Grafana
- ELK Stack / EFK Stack
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Set up Prometheus for monitoring and create a basic Grafana dashboard. |
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Cloud Platforms |
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Microsoft Azure
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Create a virtual machine (VM) on a cloud provider and connect to it. |