The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Foundation training course, offered by DevOps Institute, is a comprehensive program designed to equip IT professionals with the skills to implement a site reliability engineering approach in their organization. Delivered in flexible formats including Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT), and in-house sessions, this course prepares participants for the DevOps Institute SRE Foundation certification exam. Covering the history of SRE, its relationship with DevOps, and key practices like Service Level Objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and automation, this training ensures you can enhance operational reliability and efficiency. Ideal for DevOps practitioners and system administrators, this course combines theoretical insights with practical applications to drive success in cloud operations and IT infrastructure.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

• DevOps engineers transitioning to SRE roles.
• System administrators aiming to improve reliability practices.
• IT professionals seeking to implement automation in operations.
• Candidates preparing for the SRE Foundation certification exam.

Prerequisites

To succeed in this course, participants should have:

• Basic understanding of DevOps principles and practices (recommended).
• Familiarity with Linux or system administration concepts (preferred).
• No prior SRE experience required, though IT operations knowledge is helpful.

What You Will Learn

In this course, you will gain expertise in:

• Understanding the history and principles of SRE.
• Implementing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Reducing toil through automation and observability.
• Enhancing system reliability with anti-fragility practices.

Benefits of the Course

By completing this course, you will:

• Master SRE practices to improve system reliability.
• Be fully prepared to pass the SRE Foundation certification exam.
• Boost your career in DevOps and reliability engineering roles.
• Gain practical skills to automate and optimize IT operations.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering
  • History of SRE and Its Emergence at Google
  • Relationship Between SRE and DevOps Frameworks
  • Core Principles of SRE in Modern IT
• Service Level Objectives and Indicators
  • Defining and Implementing Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
  • Using Service Level Indicators (SLIs) for Monitoring
  • Understanding the Modern Monitoring Landscape
• Error Budgets and Toil Reduction
  • Establishing Error Budgets and Policies
  • Identifying and Measuring Toil in Operations
  • Practical Steps to Eliminate Toil Through Automation
• Observability and Automation
  • Implementing Observability to Monitor Service Health
  • Leveraging SRE Tools and Automation Techniques
  • Importance of Security in Automation Practices
• Anti-Fragility and Organizational Impact
  • Building Anti-Fragility Through Failure Testing
  • Approaching Failure as a Learning Opportunity
  • Organizational Changes Driven by SRE Adoption