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AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

A beginner-to-advanced path through the topics on the AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional exam: CI/CD with CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy, infrastructure as code with CloudFormation and the CDK, configuration and automation with Systems Manager and Config, observability with CloudWatch and X-Ray, and progressive delivery, HA/DR automation, and incident response. Original content teaching the exam domains.

Advanced5 sections · 15 lessons · ~10h total · 60-question self-test

01

CI/CD on AWS

3 lessonsTest yourself

01CodePipeline: orchestrating deliveryStages, actions, artifacts, approvals, secure roles.30 min 02CodeBuild: fast, secure buildsbuildspec, caching, tests, scoped IAM.30 min 03CodeDeploy & rollbackTargets, appspec hooks, blue/green, auto-rollback.30 min

02

Infrastructure as Code

3 lessonsTest yourself

01CloudFormationTemplates, stacks, change sets, safe updates.35 min 02CDK & SAMInfra in code; serverless; when to use which.30 min 03StackSets, nesting & driftMulti-account/Region IaC and drift detection.30 min

03

Configuration & automation

3 lessonsTest yourself

01Systems ManagerSession Manager, Parameter Store, Patch Manager.30 min 02Automation runbooksCodified, event-triggered operational tasks.30 min 03AWS Config & governanceConfig history, rules, auto-remediation.30 min

04

Monitoring & observability

3 lessonsTest yourself

01CloudWatch metrics, logs & alarmsAlarm on signals; drive automated actions.30 min 02X-Ray & distributed tracingTrace request flow across services.25 min 03EventBridge & orchestrationRoute events to automated responses; Step Functions.30 min

05

Resilience & incident response

3 lessonsTest yourself

01Progressive deliveryBlue/green, canary, rolling, automated rollback.30 min 02HA & DR automationSelf-healing, backup, tested failover, RTO/RPO.30 min 03Incident response & learningAutomated response and blameless post-mortems.25 min

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Final exam

Test yourself on everything

60 questions drawn from all 5 sections — every answer explained as you pick.

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