Platform Engineering: From Beginning To End

From building systems to writing software and everything in between, I’ve taken every lesson over the past 15 years and put it into this course.

Welcome to Platform Engineering: From Beginning To End, the only course you'll ever need to implement production platforms.

This course is a everything from beginner-level to advanced-level. You'll be learning about the theory behind Platform Engineering AND how to implement components like Kubevirt, Backstage, Monitoring/Observability, and more.

The purpose of this course is to be a one-stop-shop for getting a Platform Engineering environment architected, configured, and built in the cloud.

What You’ll Get

No, this isn’t just ANOTHER course that’ll teach you Kubernetes stuff.

This is a course that you can use at your job TODAY or for the job you want tomorrow to become a Platform Engineer and/or enhance your current Platform Engineering skills.

• Hours of in-depth Platform Engineering video training
• The Platform Engineering Book
• Hands-on labs/implementations and demos throughout the video training (over 20 labs).
• A comprehensive breakdown of Platform Engineering implementation.
• Tips, tricks, and fast-track knowledge to start using Platform Engineering.
• Code for the course: https://github.com/AdminTurnedDevOps/pe-from-scratch

The Irony Of Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering doesn't really involve new tools, features, or anything like that. You're still using the cloud, Kubernetes, CICD, and automation. It's not some "new tool", but instead, it's a revised way of thinking about HOW to implement things like the cloud and Kubernetes.

Because of that, you're going to see tools and software that you may have already seen. However, in this course, you'll see the implementation and thought process around how to use the tools and software for Platform Engineering.

Course Outline

The Platform Engineering Real-World course is broken down into three sections:

• Underlying Platforms: where your platform will run.
  • Build the underlying platform
  • Maintain the platform
  • Secure the platform
  • Automate the platform
• Platform Capabilities: what your platform is able to do for engineers using it.
  • What engineers are able to do on the platform you built.
• Platform Interface/Interaction: how engineers will use the platform you build.
  • Build methods for engineers to interact with your platform. Whether it's a CLI, API, or UI, you'll know how to give engineers a way to work with the platform you've built.

What This Course Is Not

As far as I can see, there is only one other Platform Engineering course available right now, which is strange considering the overall popularity of Platform Engineering. Because of that, I wanted to make this course a bit different.

It's not JUST theory and not JUST hands-on, it's a mixture of both.

I want people to leave this course knowing how to implement and use Platform Engineering-related tooling, but at the same time I also want everyone to leave this course knowing the "why" behind it, so I spent a good amount of time on theory in this training. Implementing tools and platforms is very cool, however, understanding the "why" behind it is really what separates Platform Engineering from other disciplines.

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