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🚀 PG-DITISS: IT Infrastructure & DevOps

🌐 About the Course

The Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure & Systems Security (PG-DITISS) blends theory, labs, and real-world simulations to prepare you for the rapidly evolving world of cloud, data centers, and DevOps practices.

Think of this course not as a classroom, but as your onboarding at TechOps Inc. – a fictional tech company where you’ll play the role of a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, or System Administrator. You’ll solve real challenges, build scalable systems, and automate workflows — just like in industry.

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How to design, manage, and secure data centers.
  • The power of virtualization, SANs, and cloud platforms.
  • Hands-on DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible.
  • Building CI/CD pipelines and deploying microservices at scale.
  • Automating infrastructure and monitoring systems like an enterprise pro.

🏗️ Course Structure

The course is structured into 3 Phases + Foundation. Each phase includes theory + labs (2–6 hours per module) and culminates in checkpoints that mimic real workplace reviews.

📖 Foundation (Phase 0) – Agile & DevOps Mindset

  • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Thinking.
  • Slack, Jira, GitHub onboarding.
  • Labs: Team collaboration, backlog creation, Kanban workflows.

🏢 Phase 1 – Data Center Management

  • Data center architecture, power, cooling, networks, and site selection.
  • Infrastructure: cabling, WAN links, NOC operations, servers, and DR planning.
  • Security: physical, logical, and internet-level protections.
  • Labs: Design a data center for TechOps Inc. with budget and resilience constraints.

☁️ Phase 2 – Virtualization & Cloud

  • Virtualization concepts, hypervisors, and clusters.
  • SAN design and high availability labs.
  • Cloud computing with OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP.
  • Labs: Deploy VMs, configure SAN, launch EC2 instances, simulate cloud migration, set up monitoring.

⚡ Phase 3 – DevOps

  • DevOps lifecycle and culture.
  • Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes basics → advanced orchestration.
  • Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
  • Microservices deployment and automation with Ansible.
  • Labs: End-to-end CI/CD pipeline, Terraform infra, Kubernetes microservices, Ansible playbooks.

🎮 Course Experience

  • Simulation: You’re part of TechOps Inc. — every lab is a mission.
  • Gamification: Earn badges for completing sprints, solving outages, or optimizing deployments.
  • Collaboration: Work in squads, review each other’s code, and submit via GitHub PRs.
  • Evaluation:
  • 40% Theory Exam
  • 40% Lab Exam
  • 20% Internal Assessment (sprints, checkpoints, peer reviews)

🛠️ Tools You’ll Use

  • VirtualBox, FreeNAS (TrueNAS CORE), MinIO.
  • AWS Free Tier, Azure for Students, OpenStack.
  • Docker, Kubernetes (Minikube).
  • Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible.
  • Nagios, Prometheus.
  • Ansible, Chef

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🌟 Why This Course Stands Out

  • Hands-on first: Every session ties to a lab.
  • Industry workflows: GitHub repos, CI/CD pipelines, team retrospectives.
  • Career-ready skills: Everything you do here mirrors real DevOps engineer roles.
  • Innovation focus: Learn not just to use tools, but to design and optimize infrastructure.

📌 Next Steps

  • Start with Syllabus for a detailed breakdown.
  • Join the Slack workspace and set up your Jira board (see Phase 0 Lab 00).
  • Clone the starter GitHub repo and get ready to push your first PR.

Welcome aboard, Engineer. Your first sprint at TechOps Inc. begins now. 🚀