AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Workbook

Automate Secure CI/CD Pipelines on AWS

Desmond Abara

• Publisher: Chiify
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9798259604070
• Subtopic: Certification Guides in Computer Science
• Index: Computer Science

AWS DevOps workbook and DOP-C02 exam prep. AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Workbook is the hands-on guide for mastering the DOP-C02 certification. CI/CD pipelines, AWS automation, and monitoring are the core of this lab-filled workbook, designed for beginners to pros. You'll build real-world pipeline scenarios, tackle exam drills, and learn to deploy with confidence. This book stands out by focusing on practical labs and exam-ready drills, unlike The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim and Securing DevOps: Security in the Cloud by Julien Vehent, which are more theoretical. With step-by-step exercises on AWS services like CodePipeline, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation, you'll gain skills to automate and monitor like a pro. Each chapter includes a lab, a drill, and a real-world scenario to ensure you're exam-ready. Whether you're new to DevOps or an experienced engineer, this workbook bridges the gap between theory and practice. What You'll Learn Build CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild Automate deployments using CloudFormation and Elastic Beanstalk Monitor applications with CloudWatch and X-Ray Implement security best practices for DevOps workflows Solve real-world pipeline challenges with hands-on labs This workbook includes over 50 labs, 100 exam-style drills, and 20 real pipeline scenarios to prepare you for the DOP-C02 exam. You'll also learn to integrate testing, rollback strategies, and cost optimization into your pipelines. The book is structured to build from basics to advanced topics, ensuring a smooth learning curve. By the end, you'll be able to design and manage AWS DevOps pipelines that are reliable, secure, and efficient. Desmond Abara brings years of AWS experience to create a resource that is both practical and exam-focused. If you're aiming to pass the DOP-C02 and become a skilled AWS DevOps engineer, this workbook is your essential companion. Unlike Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes: Building, Deploying, and Scaling Modern Applications in the Cloud by John Arundel and Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery: A Hands-On Guide to Deploying and Managing Software in Production by Yevgeniy Brikman, this workbook is laser-focused on AWS and the DOP-C02 exam. Get ready to transform your DevOps skills with hands-on practice.

Table of contents

• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Workbook
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Workbook
• Preface
• Chapter 1 — DevOps Foundations: Culture, Principles, and Your First Workload
• Chapter 2 — Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation and CDK
• Chapter 3 — Version Control and Collaborative Git Workflows
• Chapter 4 — Continuous Integration with CodeBuild and Automated Testing
• Chapter 5 — Building a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with CodePipeline
• Chapter 6 — Containerization and Orchestration with Docker and ECS
• Chapter 7 — Database Resilience: RDS Multi-AZ, DynamoDB Global Tables, and Caching
• Chapter 8 — High Availability and Auto Scaling for Compute and Data
• Chapter 9 — Observability: Metrics, Logs, and Traces with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Grafana
• Chapter 10 — Event-Driven Architectures with EventBridge and Step Functions
• Chapter 11 — Configuration Management and Parameterization with Systems Manager
• Chapter 12 — Secrets Management and Encryption with KMS and Secrets Manager
• Chapter 13 — Pipeline Security: IAM Least‑Privilege, Guard Duty, and Vulnerability Scanning
• Chapter 14 — Compliance and Governance with AWS Config, Audit Manager, and SCPs
• Chapter 15 — Incident Response Automation with Lambda, Step Functions, and Runbooks
• Chapter 16 — Disaster Recovery Planning and Chaos Engineering Experiments
• Chapter 17 — Optimising Cost, Performance, and Sustainability
• Chapter 18 — Operating in Production: Runbooks, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement
• About the Author