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Fundamentals of Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering is an up-and-coming discipline, geared towards building tool-chains and workflows that enable self-service for the purposes of software development. Platform engineers work to...

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$810 USD
Course Code WA3237
Duration 1 day
Available Formats Classroom, Virtual

Platform Engineering is an up-and-coming discipline, geared towards building tool-chains and workflows that enable self-service for the purposes of software development. Platform engineers work to create an “Internal Developer’s Platform” that supports the entire software development life cycle.

Skills Gained

  • Review the landscape of software development
  • Discuss related terminology such as; SDLC, CI/CD, IaC & GitOps
  • Understand the Platform Engineer's role
  • Highlight the DevSecOps Platform (DSOP) Initiative
  • Introduce Platform One and its components
  • Look into the benefits of CI/CD and continuous deployment
  • Learn about the role Kubernetes plays
  • Differentiate GitOps from DevOps
  • Cover Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and related scripting techniques
  • Discuss common GitOps tooling

Who Can Benefit

This training course is designed to help software developers and DevOps personnel to better understand the role of the Platform Engineer and for those who may be considering a transition to the role themselves.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course a background in software development and information technology is suggested.

Course Details

Course Outline

Chapter 1 - What is Platform Engineering and GitOps?

Context

Information Technology (IT)

Competitive Advantage

What’s Involved in Building Competitive Advantage?

Software & Infrastructure Systems

Developing Systems

Basic SW System Requirements

The Software Development Life-Cycle

DevOps

Continuous Operations (CI/CD)

Deploying Infrastructure – On Premises

Deploying Infrastructure – Cloud

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Platform Engineering

What is GitOps?

 

 Chapter 2 - Platform One and Big Bang

Moving from Waterfall to DevSecOps

DevSecOps Platform (DSOP) Initiative

Advantages of DevSecOps Platform for DoD Programs

What is Platform One

Related Technology

Software Factory

Kubernetes

Hardened Containers

ISTIO Microservices Architecture

Platform One Supported Kubernetes Distributions

Platform One Supported Environments

Platform One Product Stack

Platform One Features

Platform One Parts

What is Repo One

What is Iron Bank?

What is Big Bang

BigBang’s Value

 Chapter 3 - CI/CD Fundamentals

What is CI/CD?

Continuous Integration (CI)

Continuous Delivery (CD)

Continuous Deployment

Pipelines

Running Pipelines

Pipeline Script Example

Pipeline Script ‘Build’ Stage

Jobs (build, testing, etc.)

Pipeline Variables

Artifacts

Deployment (Docker, VM, Kubernetes)

Pipeline Security Best Practices

 

Chapter 4 - GitOps Fundamentals

What is GitOps?

GitOps is Related to DevOps

Continuous Deployment (CD)

The Road to GitOps

The Git Source Code Repository

Git Merge Requests

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Declarative and Imperative Scripting

Declarative Scripting

Imperative Scripting

GitOps Controller

Putting it All Together: A GitOps Workflow Example

Common GitOps Tooling

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Flux

GitLab

 

Review Exercises: 

Review01. Jeopardy on Platform Engineering, Platform One & Big Bang

Review02. Jeopardy on AppDev, CI, CD, & GitOps

 

  • Chapter 1 - What is Platform Engineering and GitOps?
  • Chapter 2 - Platform One and Big Bang
  • Chapter 3 - CI/CD Fundamentals
  • Chapter 4 - GitOps Fundamentals
  • Review Exercises:
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