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Learning Azure DevOps BICEP Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

December 22, 2022 63 0

Learning Azure DevOps BICEP Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Learn how to professionally write and develop Azure DevOps Infrastructure as Code with BICEP, YAML, Git, and PowerShell.

The goal of this course is to help students learn how to professionally write and develop Azure DevOps Infrastructure as Code with BICEP, YAML, Git, and PowerShell.

Azure DevOps is a leading automation and DevOps platform and the students will be taken through the following;

An in-depth introduction to Infrastructure as Code with the Azure DevOps platform
A definition of DevOps and how Azure as a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform facilitates the practice of the DevOps methodology
An Introduction to YAML pipelines on the Azure DevOps platform
An Introduction to BICEP and ARM templates for developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on the Azure DevOps Platform
An overview of Industry leading DevOps tools

Git is an industry-leading distributed version control system and is a very critical component of Azure DevOps and therefore students will be taken through a Git Crash Course that covers the following basic aspects;

The creation of a local Git Repository
Learn how to stage and commit single and multiple files
Branching management with Git including Merging
Git with Bash and Visual Studio Code
Learn how to time travel and undo changes

Students may find it necessary to learn about how to set up Azure DevOps Pipeline Agents as a Self-Hosted Azure DevOps agents for running CI / CD pipelines, perhaps the situation could be cost saving in a work environment or a cost-effective personal environment, and therefore the students will learn the following;

Set up Billing for Microsoft and Self Hosted pipeline agents
Installation and Set Up for a Self Hosted pipeline agents
Setting up a Personal Access Token
Configuration of a Self-Hosted Agent

YAML is a leading configuration management technology for developing CI / CD pipelines, perhaps the best way to learn how to write YAML pipelines is for the student to be taken through how to provision infrastructure with YAML, Powershell, and BICEP. The initial focus will be the provisioning of the resource group and there and therefore the students will learn the following;

How to Create an Azure Service Connection
Cloning an Azure DevOps Repository
Writing PowerShell Script to Provision a Resource Group
How to Add Stages, Jobs, and Steps in a YAML pipeline template
Running the YAML pipeline on Azure DevOps
How to develop Azure Variables Group and pass them into YAML templates
How to override BICEP parameters using YAML

One aspect of professionalism in coding is how projects are structured for coding efficiency and ease of management, the other aspect is the naming convention of resources. The course will take students on the following.

Creating Project Structures for a DevOps and BICEP project using Bash and Git
Establish a standard naming convention for resources using BICEP and PowerShell

The heart of provisioning and deploying infrastructure in Azure is the adoption of BICEP, and students will learn the following in terms of developing BICEP in a professional manner;