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DevOps Roadmap 2026

The complete DevOps roadmap in 7 stages — Foundational Concepts, Version Control, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Automation, Containerization and Orchestration, Monitoring and Logging and Projects and Job Preparation. Open any stage in the mind map to see the topics and tools inside it, or download the whole roadmap as an image.

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DevOps Roadmap

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DevOps roadmap, stage by stage

01Foundational Concepts
- Operating Systems
  - Linux Fundamentals
  - Shell Scripting
  - File System Hierarchy
- Networking Basics
  - TCP/IP Model
  - HTTP/HTTPS
  - DNS
  - Load Balancing
- Programming Fundamentals
  - Python Basics
  - Go Basics
  - Data Structures
02Version Control
- Git Fundamentals
  - Basic Commands
  - Branching and Merging
  - Pull Requests
- Git Hosting Platforms
  - GitHub
  - GitLab
  - Bitbucket
03Infrastructure as Code
- Infrastructure Provisioning
  - Terraform
  - AWS CloudFormation
- Configuration Management
  - Ansible
  - Chef
  - Puppet
- Cloud Providers
  - AWS
  - Azure

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04CI/CD and Automation

CI/CD Concepts
- Continuous Integration
- Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Deployment
CI/CD Tools
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- CircleCI
Build Tools
- Maven
- Gradle
- npm

05Containerization and Orchestration

Containerization
- Docker
- Docker Compose
Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes
- Helm
Container Registries
- Docker Hub
- AWS ECR
- Google Container Registry

06Monitoring and Logging

Monitoring Tools
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
Logging Tools
- ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Fluentd
- Loki
Alerting
- Alertmanager
- PagerDuty

07Projects and Job Preparation

Build Personal Projects
- Deploy a Web Application
- Set up a CI/CD Pipeline
- Containerize an Application
Contribute to Open Source
- Find a Project
- Submit a Pull Request
Resume Building
- Highlight Skills and Projects
- Tailor to Job Descriptions
Interview Practice
- Technical Questions
- Behavioral Questions
- System Design