10 Devops Fundamentals

Question 1

Where does the term DevOps come from?

Answer 1

Combination of software developers (DEV) and IT Operations (Ops)

Question 2

What is the primary concern with devops?

Answer 2

As much as possible automate code integration, product building, testing, and deployment of small chunks of code as often as possible

Question 3

What are some of the reasons to use containers and cloud environments with devops?

Answer 3

Building, testing, and deploying the software product

Question 4

What does a deployment environment represent?

Question 5

What is git as it is used with devops?

Answer 5

Software that tracks modifications of files

Question 6

What is the git add command used for?

Answer 6

Add files in the working directory to the staging area

Question 7

T/F the remote repository must always exist if you are using git?

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the git commit command used for?

Answer 8

Add all staged files to the local repository

Question 9

What are the 7 devops practices as described by this course?

Answer 9

Configuration management
Continuous integration
Automated testing
Infrastructure as Code
Continuous delivery
Continuous deployment
Continuous monitoring

Question 10

What is configuration management in devops?

Answer 10

the practice of controlling and managing changes to software using version control in a standard and repatable way. Involves version control software like git

Question 11

What is continuous integration in devops?

Answer 11

practice that requires devs to integrate code into a shared repository often and obtain rapid feedback on its success during active development of a product

Question 12

What is automated testing in devops

Answer 12

practice of using software to control the execution of software tests and the comparison of the results

Question 13

What is infrastructure as code in devops?

Answer 13

used to define code that when executed can create an entire physical or virtual environment. Used to version control the infrastructure

Question 14

What is continuous deployment in devops?

Answer 14

practice that strives to automate product deployment from start to finish. If a build has passed automatic tests the code will be deployed

Question 15

What is continuous delivery in devops?

Answer 15

practice of making every change to source code ready for a production release as soon as automated testing validates it

Question 16

What is continuous monitoring in devops?

Answer 16

practice of monitoring, alerting, and taking action in key areas to give teams visibility into the health of the application in the prod environment

Question 17

What is the primary use of containers in devops?

Answer 17

packaging an application with its dependencies to ensure if it works in one environment it will work in another

Question 18

What are the 6 environments in an ideal devops progression setup?

Answer 18

Local
Development
Integration
Testing/QA
Staging
Production