This roadmap is for beginners who want to enter DevOps with a strong base in Linux, version control, containers, automation, networking, and cloud foundations. The goal is not only to understand concepts, but to practice them in the right order and build interview-ready confidence.
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Linux fundamentals
This is the base for servers, containers, logs, permissions, and troubleshooting.
Priority 2
Git workflow
You need to understand how real teams collaborate before touching CI/CD.
Priority 3
Docker basics
Containers are one of the first practical DevOps tools you should be comfortable with.
Understand files, directories, and permissions
2–3 hours
Learn processes, services, and logs
2 hours
Cover Linux networking basics
2–3 hours
Learn how Linux systems work before moving into automation and cloud tooling.
Learn navigation, ownership, chmod, chown, hidden files, and common filesystem structure.
Understand ps, top, systemctl, journalctl, process lifecycle, and service debugging.
Practice ports, localhost, ping, curl, DNS basics, and how services communicate.
Repeat the commands until you can explain what they do without guessing.
Understand how source control works in real team environments.
Practice init, clone, status, add, commit, log, restore, and branch.
Learn how feature branches work and what a clean collaboration flow looks like.
Be able to explain the difference clearly in an interview and in real work.
Build your first real container workflow and understand how images and containers work.
Understand what Docker solves and how images differ from running containers.
Run, stop, inspect, exec, logs, build, tag, and remove containers confidently.
Run a real service inside Docker and verify that it works locally.
Package a simple application and understand the basic deployment flow.
You do not need deep Kubernetes yet, but you should know the difference.
Understand how code changes move from commit to deployment.
Understand build, test, artifact, deployment, rollback, and pipeline stages.
Understand jobs, steps, workflows, triggers, and secrets.
Trigger a build and validation flow from Git push.
Build the minimum AWS understanding required for junior DevOps conversations.
Focus on EC2, S3, IAM, VPC basics, CloudWatch, and high-level networking.
You do not need expert cloud networking yet, but you must know the basics clearly.
Repeat the terms until you can explain them in simple English.
Junior interview readiness
You can answer common junior DevOps questions about Linux, Git, Docker, CI/CD, and cloud basics.
Hands-on confidence
You can run and debug basic containers, work with repositories, and understand simple automation flows.
Clear next step
You are ready to move into Terraform, Kubernetes, observability, and deeper cloud work.