What it is

DevOps Basics is an Apache-2.0 licensed GitHub repository, primarily Shell, listed under Infrastructure & Operations / Orchestration & Scheduling. It is a practical documentation and hands-on place for the DevOps toolchain, covering Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, CI, CD, CI/CD, cloud, and devops tools. It is the first of a trio with devops-practice and devops-project, designed to help users learn, practice, and apply DevOps.

The repository addresses scattered DevOps learning material by collecting topic overviews, official documentation links, cheatsheets, extra resources, basic examples, and advanced examples. It includes DevSecOps topics such as Vault, Trivy, Snyk, and SonarQube for secure-by-default pipelines, and points to roadmap.sh/devops and the DevOps toolchain article.

Key capabilities

• The repository documents 40+ DevOps subjects: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, cloud services, architecture, monitoring, and security.
• Each topic provides an overview, official docs links, cheatsheets, and extra resources.
• The repository includes basic and advanced examples for hands-on practice.
• It covers CI/CD and GitOps through Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, and FluxCD.
• It includes Vault, Trivy, Snyk, and SonarQube for secure-by-default pipelines.
• It covers AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Packer, Helm, Istio, Nginx, HAProxy, Kafka, ELK, Prometheus, and Dynatrace.
• It acts as a bookmark and learning-path companion linked to roadmap.sh/devops.

Who uses it and how

• New learners use it to explore the toolchain, compare topics, and follow a roadmap before deeper practice.
• Engineers use topic directories as references for docs, cheatsheets, and examples with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Practitioners run or adapt basic and advanced examples for CI/CD, GitOps, monitoring, networking, and cloud topics.
• Security-minded teams review DevSecOps examples for Vault, Trivy, Snyk, and SonarQube in pipelines.
• Users combine devops-basics with devops-practice and devops-project to move from reading to exercises to applied projects.

Getting started

The README directs users to the homepage and to topics, docs, basics, and practice areas. It mentions no Docker image, package manager, hosted option, or install/run/deploy command.

When to use it — and when not to

Use DevOps Basics when you need a reference and practice repository for DevOps tools, CI/CD, GitOps, cloud, monitoring, and DevSecOps topics. Do not use it when you need a deployable application, hosted service, or production platform, because the repository provides documentation and example scripts. It does not replace Snyk or Dynatrace; it documents them, and no database, storage, SMTP, or self-hosted runtime requirements are mentioned.