DevOps Essentials
Free Intermediate course · 12 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and the cultural changes that make engineering teams ship faster. Across 12 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- The DevOps mindset
- Git workflows for teams
- CI pipelines that don't break
- CD: blue/green and canary
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Observability basics
Skills you'll pick up
- The DevOps mindset
- Git workflows for teams
- CI pipelines that don't break
- CD
- Infrastructure as code with Te
- Observability basics
Tools covered
- DevOps
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: The DevOps mindset
Module 1 of DevOps Essentials. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Git workflows for teams
Module 2 of DevOps Essentials. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: CI pipelines that don't break
Module 3 of DevOps Essentials. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 4: CD: blue/green and canary
Module 4 of DevOps Essentials. 3 lessons · 3h
Lessons in this course
- The DevOps mindset
- Git workflows for teams
- CI pipelines that don't break
- CD: blue/green and canary
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Observability basics
- Incident response
- Building a deployment pipeline
- DevOps: Deep dive 9
- DevOps: Deep dive 10
- DevOps: Deep dive 11
- DevOps: Deep dive 12
Instructor
Sarah Mitchell — DevOps Lead
Sarah Mitchell is a DevOps Lead with years of hands-on experience teaching DevOps to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for DevOps Essentials. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $120,000 per year · median India salary ₹17,00,000 per year · 162,359 open roles worldwide
- DevOps Specialist
- Senior DevOps Lead
- DevOps Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the DevOps Essentials course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including DevOps Essentials, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does DevOps Essentials take?
12 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.