Final Exam: SRE DevOps Engineer

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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  Differentiate between simple and complex releases
  

  provide an overview of containers
  

  provide an overview of release engineering
  

  provide an overview of release management and recognize its key terms
  

  recognize how to automate tasks such as patching and windows updating
  

  list the goals of writing a post-mortem such as documenting the incident, root causes, and preventative actions
  

  describe the release management cycle and each step in the cycle
  

  list the four major principles of release engineering - self-service model, high velocity, hermetic builds, and enforcement of policies and procedures
  

  provide an overview of setting up a bulk enrollment of devices to be managed by the mobile device management
  

  define the concept of software complexity
  

  recognize how to use jenkins pipeline to implement and integrate continuous delivery pipelines
  

  recognize ways to determine software usage difficulty, e.g., is it functional and usable?
  

  provide examples of a poor bad post-mortem including potential areas to improve such as missing context, omitted details, missing action items, finger-pointing, animated language
  

  recognize how to use powershell for automation tasks in windows
  

  recognize the value of collaboration and knowledge sharing throughout the post-mortem workflow
  

  differentiate between containers and virtual machines and list container benefits such as consistent environment, isolation, run anywhere
  

  recognize how simple systems and software are easy to understand, maintain, and test
  

  describe the importance of continuous testing as it relates to the rapid release model
  

  outline software development stability and how it relates to sres
  

  provide an overview of how automation has evolved at a company such as google
  

  identify how apis can lead to a path of simplicity
  

  provide an overview of the release management process
  

  outline software development agility and how it relates to sres
  

  recognize when to implement a public cloud model and list key advantages for sres
  

  provide an overview of branching as it relates to the rapid release model
  

  provide an overview of software as a solution (saas) and list key advantages for sres
  

  provide an overview of kubernetes
  

  provide an overview of docker
  

  identify when to implement a public cloud model and list key advantages for sres
  

  provide an overview of infrastructure as a service (iaas) and list key advantages for sres
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  list the advantages of using a hybrid cloud model and list key advantages for sres
  

  describe how automation can reduce the meantime to repair for common faults
  

  recognize how to automate active directory user creation and user provisioning
  

  list windows features that can automate aspects of software rollouts such as windows deployment services and volume activation management tool
  

  provide an overview of a premortem approach including its benefits
  

  describe how automation consistency can add value
  

  recognize the benefits of implementing a content as a service (caas) solution
  

  differentiate between release engineering and release management
  

  provide an overview of the community cloud model and list key advantages for sres
  

  differentiate between continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and continuous integration
  

  recognize the importance of reviewing post-mortems
  

  list considerations when implementing container security
  

  distinguish between complex and complicated code
  

  differentiate between complex and complicated code
  

  outline the importance of simple code, e.g., having fewer bugs
  

  recognize how containers enable a more efficient continuous delivery system and why they are needed for sre
  

  understand differences between git/github and dvcs for version control
  

  list potential challenges of automation such as integration, roi, complexity, and security
  

  list common challenges surrounding release management
  

  recognize how to do a premortem on a project as well as best practices to follow
  

  provide an overview of the private cloud model
  

  provide an overview of the platform as a service (paas) and list key advantages for sres
  

  differentiate between git and github and recognize how they can be used for revision control and to support the collaborative development
  

  differentiate between scripts and programs as they relate to automation
  

  recognize the importance of sharing post-mortems as widely as possible
  

  demonstrate how to use kubernetes to deploy applications with high availability, scalability, and resilience
  

  recognize key steps and factors of a code review
  

  describe continuous integration with docker
  

  provide an overview of blameless post-mortems
  

  differentiate between essential complexity vs. accidental complexity and recognize how simple, "boring" software is ideal