Event 4

“AWS Cloud Mastery Series #2 - DevOps on AWS”

Event Information

  • Event Name: AWS Cloud Mastery Series #2
  • Topic: DevOps on AWS
  • Time: 08:30 – 17:00, Monday, November 17, 2025
  • Location: 26th Floor, Bitexco Tower, 02 Hai Trieu Street, Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Role: Attendee
  • Organizer: Kha Van

Workshop Objectives

  • Introduction to DevOps culture and principles
  • Guide to building CI/CD Pipeline with AWS DevOps Services
  • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Introduction to Container Services and Monitoring on AWS

Detailed Schedule

Morning Session (08:30 – 12:00)

Time Session Content
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome & DevOps Mindset Recap AI/ML session, DevOps culture, DORA metrics, MTTR, deployment frequency
09:00 - 10:30 AWS DevOps Services – CI/CD Pipeline CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline
10:30 - 10:45 Break Break
10:45 - 12:00 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CloudFormation, AWS CDK
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break Self-arranged

Afternoon Session (13:00 – 17:00)

Time Session Content
13:00 - 14:30 Container Services on AWS Docker, ECR, ECS, EKS, App Runner
14:30 - 14:45 Break Break
14:45 - 16:00 Monitoring & Observability CloudWatch, X-Ray
16:00 - 16:45 DevOps Best Practices & Case Studies Deployment strategies, testing, incident management
16:45 - 17:00 Q&A & Wrap-up DevOps career pathways, AWS certification roadmap

Key Highlights

1. DevOps Mindset & Culture

  • DevOps culture and principles: Collaboration culture between Dev and Ops
  • DORA Metrics: Measuring DevOps effectiveness
    • Deployment Frequency
    • Lead Time for Changes
    • Change Failure Rate
    • Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)

2. AWS DevOps Services – CI/CD Pipeline

  • AWS CodeCommit:

    • Git strategies: GitFlow, Trunk-based development
    • Source control best practices

  • AWS CodeBuild:

    • Build configuration
    • Testing pipelines
    • Buildspec files

  • AWS CodeDeploy:

    • Blue/Green deployments
    • Canary deployments
    • Rolling updates

  • AWS CodePipeline:

    • Pipeline automation
    • CI/CD workflow orchestration
    • Integration with other services

  • Demo: Full CI/CD pipeline walkthrough

3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • AWS CloudFormation:

    • Templates and Stacks
    • Drift detection
    • StackSets for multi-account

  • AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit):

    • Constructs and reusable patterns
    • Multi-language support (TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Go)
    • L1, L2, L3 Constructs

  • Demo: Deploying with CloudFormation and CDK

  • Discussion: Choosing between IaC tools

4. Container Services on AWS

  • Docker Fundamentals:

    • Microservices architecture
    • Containerization principles

  • Amazon ECR:

    • Image storage and scanning
    • Lifecycle policies

  • Amazon ECS & EKS:

    • Deployment strategies
    • Scaling and orchestration
    • Fargate vs EC2 launch types

  • AWS App Runner:

    • Simplified container deployment
    • Fully managed service

  • Demo & Case Study: Microservices deployment comparison

5. Monitoring & Observability

  • CloudWatch:

    • Metrics, Logs, Alarms
    • Custom dashboards
    • Log Insights queries

  • AWS X-Ray:

    • Distributed tracing
    • Performance insights
    • Service map visualization

  • Best Practices:

    • Alerting strategies
    • Dashboard design
    • On-call processes

6. DevOps Best Practices & Case Studies

  • Deployment strategies:

    • Feature flags
    • A/B testing
    • Canary releases

  • Automated testing:

    • Unit, integration, E2E tests
    • CI/CD integration

  • Incident management:

    • Runbooks
    • Postmortems (blameless)

  • Case Studies: Startups and enterprise DevOps transformations

Key Takeaways

DevOps Fundamentals

  • Culture over tools: DevOps is culture, not just tools
  • Automation first: Automate everything possible
  • Continuous improvement: Continuously improve based on metrics

Technical Skills

  • CI/CD Pipeline: Build complete pipeline with AWS services
  • IaC mastery: Use CloudFormation and CDK effectively
  • Container expertise: Deploy microservices with ECS/EKS
  • Observability: Monitor and trace distributed systems

Career Development

  • DevOps career pathways: Understanding career development paths
  • AWS certification roadmap: AWS certification roadmap related to DevOps

Application to Work

  • Implement CI/CD: Apply CodePipeline to current projects
  • Adopt IaC: Transform infrastructure to code with CloudFormation/CDK
  • Containerize applications: Package applications with Docker and deploy on ECS
  • Setup monitoring: Build observability stack with CloudWatch and X-Ray
  • Practice blameless postmortems: Apply learning culture from incidents

Event Experience

The full-day DevOps workshop was a comprehensive and practical experience:

  • Full-day intensive: 8.5 hours of intensive learning and practice
  • Hands-on demos: Many real demos about CI/CD, IaC, Containers
  • Real case studies: Learning from successful DevOps enterprises
  • Career guidance: Career path and certification guidance
  • Networking: Connecting with DevOps engineers and cloud architects

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AWS Cloud Mastery Series #2 - DevOps on AWS

Overall, the workshop provided comprehensive knowledge of DevOps on AWS, from mindset to tools and best practices. This is an important foundation for anyone wanting to build and operate modern applications.