A pragmatic introduction to the Site Reliability Engineering implementation of DevOps

Red Hat Transformational Learning: Introduction to Pragmatic Site Reliability Engineering (TL112) teaches the vocabulary, concepts and cultural considerations required to prepare to adopt an implementation of DevOps referred to as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). In this course, the history, definitions, and Red Hat specific take on this practice will be explored as the student prepares to continue the learning path of joining or implementing an SRE team. 

Course content summary

• Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering
• Determining Operational Readiness
• Describing Toil and Implementing Automation
• Explaining and Calculating Error Budgets
• Explaining Incident Management
• Implementing Site Reliability Engineering

Audience for this course

• DevOps Practitioners
• System Administrators
• Software Developers

Prerequisites for this course

• There are no prerequisites for this course.

Technology considerations

• Coursebook Only, no hands-on labs

Course Outline

• Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering
  • Compare and contrast traditional systems administration with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps.
• Determining Operational Readiness
  • Determine if your organization is ready to adopt SRE principles
• Describing Toil and Implementing Automation
  • Define and describe toil and how to leverage automation.
• Explaining and Calculating Error Budgets
  • Explain the importance of setting error budgets
• Explaining Incident Management
  • Describe incident management and the relationship to Site Reliability Engineering