Len Bass Workshop in Barcelona: Introduction to DevOps

Next October 8th Apium Academy will host a very important workshop, one we’re sure will be of great interest to a lot of people. We’re talking a bout a Workshop be Len Bass in Barcelona about DevOps. If by some chance someone still doesn’t know him, Len Bass is an award-winning author who has lectured widely around the world. His books on software architecture are standards. Len has over 50 years’ experience in software development, 25 of those at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon.

This Introduction to DevOps workshop by Len Bass is a one day, hands on course that touches on the basics of DevOps. Most importantly, it will focus on the technical side of DevOps, not the cultural or organizational side. As a result, the student will come away with some knowledge of the tools used, design considerations for continuous deployment and logging and the stages of a deployment pipeline.

Timetable:

• Class Start: 9:00
• Break ~10:30
• Lunch: 12:30-13:30
• Break ~15:00
• Class End: 17:00

Goals of the Workshop

You will get exposed to the technical side of DevOps – that is to say, some motivation, constraints from the operation side, some tools, the deployment pipeline and architectural concerns when designing for continuous deployment.

Introduction to DevOps: Topics

• Motivations for DevOps
• Basic Internet Security
• Assignment to understand IP addresses
• Basic tool types
• Introduction to deployment pipeline
• Assignment to understand provisioning tools
• Containers
• Docker Assignment
• Microservice architecture

Len Bass Workshop Requirements and Reference Materials

All of the material in the course can be found in “Deployment and Operations for Software Engineers” available for $10 from Amazon.
Attendees will need a computer with VirtualBox, Vagrant and Docker installed.

Date and Price

The Introduction to DevOps workshop will take place on October 8. The price is 220€. You can choose between two different payment methods for this workshop:

• Method 1: Bank Transfer
• Method 2: Xing (Direct payment using your Credit Card)