COURSE OUTLINE

·      Day 1: SRE Foundations + Observability

·      Day 2: Core Technical Skills + Intro to Application Reliability

o  Topic: Linux/Unix and Networking Essentials

§ Description: Core OS/networking skills for root-cause diagnostics (e.g., netstat, iostat, dig, curl).

Ø Mode: Lecture + Terminal Demo

o  Topic: Scripting for SREs (Python/Go)

§ Description: Write basic scripts to automate monitoring, log analysis, and health checks.

Ø Mode: Hands-on Lab

o  Topic: CI/CD Pipelines for App Deployment

§ Description: Overview of pipeline components; intro to progressive delivery (blue/green, canary).

Ø Mode: Lecture + Tool Demo

o  Topic: Containers & Kubernetes Basics

§ Description: Run containers, deploy to Kubernetes, understand pods, services, and health probes.

Ø Mode: Hands-on Lab

·      Day 3: Cloud + Chaos Engineering + Application Resilience

o  Topic: Cloud Platform Comparison (AWS, Azure, GCP)

§ Description: Focus on app hosting, observability integration, and auto-scaling.

Ø Mode: Lecture + Terminal Demo

o  Topic: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

§ Description: Deploy resilient cloud infrastructure with Terraform and explain GitOps.

Ø Mode: Hands-on Lab

o  Topic: Intro to Application Reliability

§ Description: Techniques like retries, circuit breakers, graceful degradation, and timeouts.

Ø Mode: Lecture + Scenario Review

o  Topic: Chaos Engineering Principles & Tools

§ Description: Simulate failure in controlled ways (CPU spikes, pod failures); demo with Chaos Mesh or Gremlin.

Ø Mode: Live Demo + Discussion