Getting started with DevOps

A good read

https://medium.com/@devfire/how-to-become-a-devops-engineer-in-six-months-or-less-366097df7737

*** Disclaimer! This post is still under review and contents might change over time. ***

Install Kubernetes

• VT-x or AMD-v virtualization must be enabled in your computer’s BIOS.
• Install a Hypervisor (ex: VirtualBox)
• Install kubectl
• https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.13.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe
• Add PATH entry.
• Install Minikube
• https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download/v0.33.1/minikube-installer.exe
• Validate instalaltion
• minikube start
• minikube status
• minikube get-k8s-versions

Install Terraform

• Download executable file.
• https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.11/terraform_0.11.11_windows_amd64.zip
• Add PATH entry. 

Install  Ansible

• Coming soon

Install  Git 

• Download Git.
• https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.20.1.windows.1/Git-2.20.1-64-bit.exe
• Online repository. 
• https://github.com

Install Docker 

• Install Docker Toolbox for Windows
• https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe 
• Skip Virtualization environment check
• Go to C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox and edit start.sh file.
• Change below line.
• "${DOCKER_MACHINE}" create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-no-vtx-check $PROXY_ENV "${VM}"
• Add Windows Firewall rule
• Add Inbound Rule (Custom) 
• Add NW IP range (Public Profile) 
• Verify Docker installation
• $ docker --version

Install Jenkins

• Download Jenkins
• http://mirrors.jenkins-ci.org/windows-stable/latest 
• Check installation
• http://localhost:8080

Install Gradle 

• Download binaries.
• https://downloads.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.2-bin.zip
• Extract and add PATH entry.
• Verify the installation.
• gradle -v

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Tips

Tips for passing AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam.

Preperation

Course details - https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/

Learning Paths

AWS Training -https://www.aws.training/transcript/curriculumplayer?transcriptId=nPV1GplDWEGXf4xilld9MQ2

AWS Docs - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html#lang/en_us

AWS FAQs -  https://aws.amazon.com/faqs/

AWS  Knowledge Center -https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/

A Cloud Guru - https://acloud.guru/learn/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate

Linux Academy 

Whizlabs

Cloud Academy 

InfinityPP.com

jayendrapatil.com

A Cloud Guru Forums

YouTub

Sam the Cloud Guy

Knowledge India

Whitepapers

AWS Well-Architected Framework done

Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices done

+ More... 

Sample Quiz

Amazon sample quiz

https://www.udemy.com/aws-solutions-architect-associate-practice-exams-sampler/?couponCode=TUTORIALSDOJO-GITHUB (2 exams)

https://digitalcloud.training/practice-questions/aws-csa-a-pq/aws-csa-a-sample-questions-set-1/

https://www.udemy.com/aws-solution-architect-free-practice-test/?couponCode=WINTER2018 (2 exams)  

https://www.whizlabs.com/learn/course/quiz-result/159652

https://www.simplilearn.com/aws-solutions-architect-exam-free-practice-test#/ques2

https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/aws-solutions-architect-associate-exam-questions/

FAQ 

Amazon EC2

Amazon S3

Amazon VPC 

Amazon Route 53 

Amazon RDS

Amazon SQS

Amazon IAM

DynamoDB

Auto scaling

EBS

EFS

ELB

Aurora

Lambda

Redshift

CloudFront

API Gateway

SNS

KMS

+ More...

When writing the test

Don't get too much excited. Read the questions properly and understand the ask. Maybe the answer is there in the question itself. If you're not sure on a question don't spend too much time reviewing. Flag it and move along. Come back when you're finished with others. 

Good luck!