A community-driven open-source portfolio lab by 50+ aspiring DevOps engineers
Learn. Build. Collaborate. Get hired.
This repo is a hands-on DevOps learning hub built by students from the IBM Simplilearn DevOps Engineer Master’s Program (2025).
We’re transforming course modules into real-world labs, automation scripts, and mini-projects that mirror what top tech companies expect.
- 👩💻 50+ contributors building in public
- ⚡ Weekly challenges tied to course modules
- 🌍 Open-source playground for Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Cloud, Terraform, Ansible & more
- 🏆 Leaderboard gamification (top contributors recognized)
Recruiters → This repo is proof of teamwork, collaboration, and applied skills.
Students → Your DevOps cookbook + playground.
devops-mastermind-lab/
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├── linux-basics/
│ ├── cheatsheet.md
│ ├── log-parser.sh
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├── docker-projects/
│ ├── flask-docker-demo/
│ ├── node-docker-demo/
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├── kubernetes-labs/
│ ├── hello-k8s/
│ ├── monitoring-setup/
│
├── cicd-pipelines/
│ ├── jenkins-pipeline.groovy
│ ├── github-actions-demo.yml
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├── cloud-experiments/
│ ├── terraform-aws-vpc/
│ ├── azure-devops-pipeline/
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├── automation-scripts/
│ ├── ansible-playbook.yml
│ ├── auto-backup.py
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├── projects-capstone/
│ ├── ecommerce-k8s/
│ ├── devsecops-demo/
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├── introductions/
│ ├── STUDENTS_TEMPLATE.md
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├── .github/
│ ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│ ├── PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
│ ├── workflows/
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├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── MAINTAINERS.md
├── labels.md
├── LICENSE
└── README.md
Every weekend we drop new challenges aligned with the program:
- Week 1 → Write a shell script for log analysis
- Week 2 → Dockerize a sample app
- Week 3 → Deploy that app on Kubernetes
- Week 4 → Create a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
- Week 5 → Deploy infra with Terraform
- Week 6 → Add monitoring with Prometheus + Grafana
👉 Students submit PRs → Best ones get merged + spotlighted!
- Fork this repo
- Create a new branch →
feature/my-awesome-script - Add your code in the correct folder
- Submit a Pull Request (PR)
- Add yourself under
introductions/
📌 Read the CONTRIBUTING.md for full guidelines.
| Rank | Contributor | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | @mohammedinzi | 6 |
- ✅ Linux Fundamentals
- ✅ Docker Basics
- 🚧 Kubernetes Deployments
- 🚧 CI/CD Pipelines
- 🚧 Cloud Infra (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- 🔜 Monitoring & Security
- 🔜 End-to-End Capstone Projects
- 📚 Learn by doing → hands-on labs
- 🤝 Build in public → GitHub history proves your skills
- 🧑💼 Recruiter-friendly → collaborative, real-world projects
- 🔥 Community-driven → peer learning + networking
This repo is powered by 50+ DevOps Engineers-in-training at IBM Simplilearn. Want to contribute or use this as a study guide? Fork it, build, and grow with us!