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This roadmap is designed to help DevOps Engineers and Platform Engineers master Python for automation, cloud operations, infrastructure as code, and Kubernetes. The curriculum includes hands-on projects that mimic real-world DevOps tasks using industry tools like Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
By the end of this roadmap, you'll:
- Automate repetitive tasks with Python
- Work with cloud APIs and infrastructure automation
- Build Python-based DevOps tools and microservices
- Deploy containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes
- Use AI-powered tools like LlamaIndex & GenAI for DevOps
- Be fully prepared for Python-based DevOps interviews
✅ Python syntax, variables, loops, functions, and error handling
✅ Working with files (reading, writing, and parsing logs)
✅ Interacting with OS processes (subprocess, os modules)
✅ Installing and managing packages with pip and venv
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Write a Python script to automate log parsing from
/var/log/and extract useful insights. - Create a script that monitors CPU & memory usage using the
psutillibrary.
✅ Working with APIs (requests library for REST APIs)
✅ Automating SSH tasks (paramiko for remote execution)
✅ Automating cloud operations with AWS/GCP SDKs (boto3 and google-cloud-sdk)
✅ Writing CLI tools with argparse
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Build a Python script that automates AWS EC2 instance management (start, stop, terminate instances).
- Create a CLI tool that checks the status of Kubernetes pods using
kubectlandsubprocess.
✅ Writing Dockerfiles for Python apps
✅ Running Python scripts inside containers
✅ Docker Compose for multi-container apps
✅ Working with Python SDK for Docker (docker-py)
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Build a Python script to manage Docker containers (start, stop, restart, delete containers).
- Create a Flask API that returns system metrics (CPU, RAM) and deploy it in a Docker container.
✅ Terraform automation with Python (python-terraform)
✅ Working with Ansible and Python (ansible-runner)
✅ Writing Python scripts to automate Kubernetes YAML generation
✅ Using Fabric for remote automation
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Write a Python script that provisions AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, S3) using Terraform.
- Automate Ansible playbook execution using Python.
✅ Working with Kubernetes Python SDK (kubernetes library)
✅ Managing Kubernetes objects dynamically with Python
✅ Writing Admission Webhooks in Python
✅ Automating Helm deployments with Python
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Write a Python script that dynamically creates and deletes Kubernetes namespaces.
- Build a Mutating Admission Webhook to enforce security policies in a cluster.
✅ Parsing and analyzing logs (loguru, logging)
✅ Security automation (checking misconfigurations with PyInfra)
✅ Python for SIEM (Security Information & Event Management)
✅ Automating RBAC checks for Kubernetes
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Build a tool that checks Kubernetes RBAC permissions and finds over-privileged service accounts.
- Automate security scanning of container images using Trivy and Python.
✅ Introduction to LlamaIndex & GenAI for DevOps
✅ Automating incident response with AI-driven bots
✅ Generating YAML/JSON configurations using AI
✅ AI-powered log analysis using LangChain & OpenAI API
🔨 Hands-on Project:
- Build an AI-powered chatbot that suggests Kubernetes troubleshooting steps.
- Develop an AI-based log anomaly detection system that detects security threats.
✅ Understanding Agentic AI for DevOps
✅ AI-driven CI/CD pipeline optimization
✅ Automating incident remediation using AI agents
✅ Integrating AI with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
1️⃣ DevOps Dashboard API: Build a FastAPI app that displays real-time Kubernetes metrics.
2️⃣ Self-Healing Kubernetes System: AI-powered Kubernetes operator that auto-heals pods based on anomaly detection.
3️⃣ Intelligent CI/CD Analyzer: AI-driven CI/CD log analyzer that suggests fixes based on failure patterns.
- Contribute to Open Source Python DevOps projects
- Deploy Python automation scripts in production Kubernetes environments
- Prepare for DevOps interviews with Python scripting questions
- Build AI-powered DevOps tools using LangChain & LlamaIndex
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