DevOps Engineering with Cloud Platforms

Comprehensive guide to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform for DevOps professionals

What is DevOps Engineering?

DevOps Engineering is a practice that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the software development lifecycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. It emphasizes collaboration, automation, and monitoring throughout the development process.

DevOps Lifecycle

Plan
Code
Build
Test
Deploy
Monitor

Cloud Platforms for DevOps

AWS
Amazon Web Services
  • EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)
  • CodePipeline (CI/CD)
  • CodeBuild (Build Service)
  • CodeDeploy (Deployment)
  • CloudWatch (Monitoring)
  • ECS/EKS (Container Services)
  • Lambda (Serverless)
  • CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code)
AZ
Microsoft Azure
  • Virtual Machines
  • Azure DevOps Services
  • Azure Pipelines (CI/CD)
  • Azure Container Instances
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Functions (Serverless)
  • ARM Templates (Infrastructure as Code)
GCP
Google Cloud Platform
  • Compute Engine
  • Cloud Build (CI/CD)
  • Cloud Deploy
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Run (Serverless)
  • Cloud Functions
  • Deployment Manager (Infrastructure as Code)

Key DevOps Benefits

🚀 Faster Deployment

Automated pipelines reduce deployment time from weeks to minutes

🔧 Improved Quality

Continuous testing and monitoring catch issues early

📈 Better Collaboration

Dev and Ops teams work together seamlessly

💰 Cost Efficiency

Cloud resources scale automatically based on demand

Platform Comparison

Feature AWS Azure Google Cloud
Market Share ~32% ~22% ~10%
CI/CD Tool CodePipeline Azure Pipelines Cloud Build
Container Service ECS/EKS AKS GKE
Monitoring CloudWatch Azure Monitor Cloud Monitoring
Serverless Lambda Azure Functions Cloud Functions

Getting Started as a DevOps Engineer

Essential Skills: