Rust for DevOps (edX)

Build, Deploy, and Operate Robust Applications

• Apply DevOps workflows using the power and safety of Rust
• Hands-on experience with containerization, observability, CI/CD
• Beginner coding experience required, Linux/Git/Docker basics recommended
• Gain practical skills for software engineering and SRE roles

This intermediate course teaches you to leverage Rust for streamlining full-cycle DevOps processes:

• Build and package applications as Docker containers
• Configure logging and monitoring with ELK, Prometheus for observability
• Automate system tasks - file parsing, cron jobs, script execution
• Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Makefiles
• Instrument code with error handling, profiling, and benchmarking
• Deploy apps to Kubernetes clusters and serverless environments
• Implement chaos engineering for resilience testing
• Secure systems with Rust's safety guarantees and auditing tools
• Optimize performance with async/await, zero-cost abstractions

Through hands-on projects, you'll gain experience rapidly building, deploying, and operating robust applications using DevOps methodologies powered by Rust.
This course is part of the Rust Programming Professional Certificate.

What you'll learn

• Apply DevOps principles and workflows to build, deploy, and operate applications using Rust, containers, logging, and monitoring.
• Instrument applications with logging and monitoring using frameworks like ELK stack and Prometheus to gain observability into systems.
• Automate system administration tasks like file parsing, command execution, and cron jobs using Rust to improve efficiency.

Syllabus

Module 1: DevOps Fundamentals (7 hours)
\- 20 videos (Total 111 minutes)
\- Meet your Course Instructor: Alfredo Deza (Video, 2 minutes, Preview module)
\- About this course (Video, 1 minute)
\- Introduction (Video, 2 minutes)
\- Core DevOps Principles (Video, 5 minutes)
\- What is automation? (Video, 7 minutes)
\- Foundations of logging and monitoring (Video, 8 minutes)
\- Visibility and accountability (Video, 4 minutes)
\- Real-world examples of applied DevOps (Video, 5 minutes)
\- Introduction (Video, 1 minute)
\- Version control and source code management (Video, 8 minutes)
\- Testing and validation (Video, 7 minutes)
\- Packaging and versioning (Video, 7 minutes)
\- Linting and formatting (Video, 5 minutes)
\- Using Rust vs. Python (Video, 8 minutes)
\- Introduction (Video, 2 minutes)
\- Exploring the concepts of containerization (Video, 8 minutes)
\- Benefits of using containers for DevOps (Video, 5 minutes)
\- What are container registries (Video, 6 minutes)
\- Distroless containers with Rust (Video, 8 minutes)
\- Cloud scaling and elasticity with containers (Video, 5 minutes)
\- 10 readings (Total 100 minutes)
\- Connect with your instructor (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Course Structure and Discussion Etiquette (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Getting Started (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Key terms (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- What is DevOps? (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Preface of Python for DevOps book (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Introduction to version control with Git (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Linting in Rust (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Key terms (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- Introduction to Docker containers (Reading, 10 minutes)
\- 1 quiz
\- Core DevOps Principles (Quiz, 30 minutes)
\- 1 assignment
\- Check your knowledge (Assignment, 180 minutes)
\- 1 discussion prompt
\- Meet and Greet (optional) (Discussion, 10 minutes)

Module 2: Implementing logging and monitoring strategies (3 hours)
\- 17 videos (Total 94 minutes)
\- 10 readings (Total 100 minutes)
\- 1 quiz
\- Logging and monitoring (Quiz, 30 minutes)

Module 3: Automating System management (5 hours)
\- 18 videos (Total 94 minutes)
\- 6 readings (Total 60 minutes)
\- 1 quiz
\- Automating System Management (Quiz, 30 minutes)
\- 2 ungraded labs (Total 120 minutes)
\- Crawling the filesystem (Lab, 60 minutes)
\- Parsing log files with Rust (Lab, 60 minutes)

Module 4: CI/CD Platforms (2 hours)
\- 15 videos (Total 71 minutes)
\- 6 readings (Total 60 minutes)
\- 1 quiz
\- CI/CD Platforms (Quiz, 30 minutes)