Intro to Managing Resources Using Infrastructure-as-Code (Coursera)

To allow for a truly hands-on, self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images and suggested exploration examples, building a deeper understanding by doing. You'll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling answer blocks) to small, approachable exercises that take minutes instead of hours.

Course 3 of 3 in the Containers in the Cloud Specialization.

Whay You Will Learn

- Configure environments manually, with Ansible, and with containers

- Deploy and manage containers

- Manage the cloud with tools like Terraform

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Configure the Environment

Welcome to Week 1 of the Intro to Managing Resources Using Infrastructure-as-Code course. These assignments cover how to manually configure a system with Bash scripts, automate the process with Ansible, and build specific environments with Docker. The module ends with graded exercises.

WEEK 2

Deploy Containers

Welcome to Week 2 of the Intro to Managing Resources Using Infrastructure-as-Code course. These assignments cover containerization with Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes. The module ends with graded exercises.

WEEK 3

Configuring the Cloud

Welcome to Week 3 of the Intro to Managing Resources Using Infrastructure-as-Code course. These assignments cover the key elements of cloud infrastructure, Terraform use cases, and how to manage multiple instances of your infrastructure. The module ends with a hands-on, graded exercises.