Event 4

Event 4 :: DevOps on AWS

Event Details

  • Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
  • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Location: AWS

Morning Session (8:30 AM – 12:00 PM)

8:30 – 9:00 AM | Welcome & DevOps Mindset

  • Recap of AI/ML session
  • DevOps culture and principles
  • Benefits and key metrics (DORA, MTTR, deployment frequency)

9:00 – 10:30 AM | AWS DevOps Services – CI/CD Pipeline

  • Source Control: AWS CodeCommit, Git strategies (GitFlow, Trunk-based)
  • Build & Test: CodeBuild configuration, testing pipelines
  • Deployment: CodeDeploy with Blue/Green, Canary, and Rolling updates
  • Orchestration: CodePipeline automation
  • Demo: Full CI/CD pipeline walkthrough

10:30 – 10:45 AM | Break

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • AWS CloudFormation: Templates, stacks, and drift detection
  • AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit): Constructs, reusable patterns, and language support
  • Demo: Deploying with CloudFormation and CDK
  • Discussion: Choosing between IaC tools

Lunch Break (12:00 – 1:00 PM)

Self-arranged

Afternoon Session (1:00 – 5:00 PM)

1:00 – 2:30 PM | Container Services on AWS

  • Docker Fundamentals: Microservices and containerization
  • Amazon ECR: Image storage, scanning, lifecycle policies
  • Amazon ECS & EKS: Deployment strategies, scaling, and orchestration
  • AWS App Runner: Simplified container deployment
  • Demo & Case Study: Microservices deployment comparison

2:30 – 2:45 PM | Break

2:45 – 4:00 PM | Monitoring & Observability

  • CloudWatch: Metrics, logs, alarms, and dashboards
  • AWS X-Ray: Distributed tracing and performance insights
  • Demo: Full-stack observability setup
  • Best Practices: Alerting, dashboards, and on-call processes

4:00 – 4:45 PM | DevOps Best Practices & Case Studies

  • Deployment strategies: Feature flags, A/B testing
  • Automated testing and CI/CD integration
  • Incident management and postmortems
  • Case Studies: Startups and enterprise DevOps transformations

4:45 – 5:00 PM | Q&A & Wrap-up

  • DevOps career pathways
  • AWS certification roadmap

Event Photos

DevOps Workshop DevOps on AWS Workshop

CI/CD Pipeline Demo CI/CD Pipeline demonstration

Kahoot Quiz Interactive Kahoot quiz session

Resources Workshop resources and materials

Key Takeaways

  • Comprehensive understanding of AWS DevOps services and CI/CD pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and CDK
  • Practical knowledge of container services (ECS, EKS, ECR)
  • Best practices for monitoring, observability, and incident management