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4,530PythonAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 2/5Setup · moderate

In one sentence

A 17-day Python course for people who manage servers and automate infrastructure, with daily lessons connecting Python basics to real DevOps tasks like AWS scripting and API building.

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    What it does
      17-day curriculum
      DevOps Python focus
    Tech Stack
      Python
      Boto3
      Flask
      AWS
    Topics Covered
      Python basics
      File operations
      Cloud automation
      Web API building
    Audience
      DevOps engineers
      Automation learners
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Learn Python through DevOps examples like log analysis scripts and server configuration management

USE CASE 2

Automate AWS tasks, manage cloud servers and storage buckets using Python scripts with Boto3

USE CASE 3

Build a small web API with Flask and connect GitHub to JIRA so comments automatically create tickets

What is it built with?

PythonBoto3FlaskAWS

How does it compare?

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Stars4,5304,5294,529
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/52/5
Audienceops devopsops devopsgeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

AWS automation examples require an Amazon Web Services account and IAM credentials configured locally.

So what is it?

This repository is a structured Python learning course aimed at people working in DevOps, which is the practice of automating software deployment, infrastructure management, and operations. The course is organized as a 17-day curriculum, with each day covering a specific Python topic and connecting it to tasks a DevOps engineer would actually do. The early days cover Python basics: data types, strings, numbers, variables, functions, and operators. From there the course moves into topics more directly tied to automation work, such as reading environment variables, handling command line arguments, working with files, and using conditional logic and loops. Each day includes practice examples that frame the concepts in a DevOps context, such as writing a script to manage a list of server configurations or automating analysis of log files. The later days focus on practical projects. Day 12 covers file operations using Boto3, which is a library for working with Amazon Web Services. Day 13 goes further into AWS automation, covering how to manage cloud servers and storage buckets with Python scripts. Days 14 and 15 walk through building a small web API using Flask and connecting GitHub and JIRA, two tools widely used in software teams, so that a comment left on GitHub can automatically create a ticket in JIRA. The final two days cover Python interview questions at beginner and advanced levels. The repository does not include video content or external course materials based on what is in the README, it appears to be a reference outline with code examples organized by day.

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Prompt 1
I'm working through the python-for-devops course. Show me a working Day 12 Boto3 script that lists all S3 buckets in my AWS account
Prompt 2
Walk me through the GitHub-JIRA integration from Day 15 of python-for-devops: how does a GitHub comment trigger a JIRA ticket creation?
Prompt 3
Write a Python script following the python-for-devops style that reads environment variables and command-line arguments to manage a list of server configs
Prompt 4
Give me the Day 13 AWS automation pattern for starting and stopping EC2 instances with Python and Boto3

Frequently asked questions

What is python-for-devops?

A 17-day Python course for people who manage servers and automate infrastructure, with daily lessons connecting Python basics to real DevOps tasks like AWS scripting and API building.

What language is python-for-devops written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Boto3, Flask.

How hard is python-for-devops to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is python-for-devops for?

Mainly ops devops.

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