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Program overview
Online
On-site
Hybrid
GitHub Copilot for DevOps Automation
Build a strong foundation in using GitHub Copilot for real DevOps automation, from prompt patterns to production-ready script and YAML generation. Learn how to accelerate Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Terraform workflows while maintaining enterprise standards for security, validation, and troubleshooting.
Duration:
2 Days
Level:
Intermediate
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1500+ users onboarded
Who will Benefit from this Training?
Training Objectives
Build a high-performing, job-ready tech team.
Personalise your team’s upskilling roadmap and design a befitting, hands-on training program with Uptut
Key training modules
Comprehensive, hands-on modules designed to take you from basics to advanced concepts
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- GitHub Copilot for DevOps Workflows
- What GitHub Copilot is and how it supports DevOps automation day to day
- Where Copilot helps most: scripts, YAML, Dockerfiles, Kubernetes, and IaC starters
- Enterprise expectations: review, validation, and human ownership of generated code
- Workspace setup and safe usage patterns for automation repos
- Prompt Patterns for Automation and Infrastructure
- Writing prompts with clear requirements, constraints, and expected outputs
- Adding validation, error handling, and least-privilege constraints to prompts
- Iterating on generated artifacts instead of accepting first drafts
- Building a reusable prompt checklist for DevOps tasks
- Hands-on: Craft prompts that generate a script and a workflow skeleton to review standards
- Generating Shell Scripts and Operational Utilities
- Using Copilot for checks, backups, cleanup, and operational glue scripts
- Improving readability, exit codes, logging, and failure handling
- Avoiding insecure defaults such as hardcoded secrets or overly broad permissions
- Hands-on: Generate and harden an operational utility script with Copilot assistance
- Dockerfiles and Image Workflows with Copilot
- Generating Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds and non-root users in mind
- Improving image size, base-image choices, and build clarity
- Pairing Copilot output with image build and basic validation steps
- Hands-on: Create and refine a production-minded Dockerfile with Copilot
- Kubernetes Manifests and Helm Starters
- Generating Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and basic Helm chart starters
- Adding probes, resources, and securityContext fields Copilot often misses
- Reviewing manifests for common misconfigurations before apply
- Hands-on: Generate a microservice manifest set and tighten it for production readiness
- GitHub Actions Workflows with Copilot Assistance
- Scaffolding CI workflows for build, test, lint, and artifacts
- Adding environments, approvals, and secrets handling patterns
- Reusable workflow ideas and standardization across repositories
- Hands-on: Generate a GitHub Actions workflow and refine gates with Copilot
- Terraform and IaC Template Generation
- Using Copilot for starter Terraform modules and variable/output structure
- Prompting for safer defaults and explicit resource boundaries
- Reviewing generated IaC for public exposure and overly permissive IAM
- Hands-on: Generate a starter Terraform module and fix insecure defaults
- Troubleshooting YAML, Pipelines, and Config Failures
- Using Copilot to explain pipeline failures, YAML errors, and config mismatches
- Turning error logs into concrete fix candidates with validation steps
- Knowing when not to trust generated fixes without tests or dry-runs
- Hands-on: Diagnose a broken workflow or manifest with Copilot-assisted troubleshooting
- Capstone: End-to-End DevOps Automation with Copilot
- Assemble Dockerfile, Kubernetes manifests, and a GitHub Actions workflow with Copilot help
- Apply secure practices: secrets handling, least privilege, and review gates
- Create a reusable template pack teams can standardize across projects
- Hands-on: Deliver an end-to-end automation workflow assisted by GitHub Copilot
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Training Delivery Format
Flexible, comprehensive training designed to fit your schedule and learning preferences
Opt-in Certifications
AWS, Scrum.org, DASA & more
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Labs and capstone projects
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Lifetime Access
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Skill-Gap Assessment
Analysing skill gap and assessing business requirements to craft a unique program
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Personalisation
Customising curriculum and projects to prepare your team for challenges within your industry
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Implementation
Supplementing training with consulting support to ensure implementation in real projects
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Why this course
- Faster automation delivery: Teams build pipelines, scripts, and templates faster with Copilot-assisted scaffolding.
- Improved standardization: Create reusable templates and consistent patterns across projects and teams.
- Reduced operational mistakes: Copilot helps spot common YAML and pipeline issues early when paired with validations and checks.
- Better onboarding: Engineers ramp up faster with guided generation and explanations for DevOps artifacts.
- More time for engineering: Less time writing repetitive YAML and boilerplate, more time improving reliability and governance.
Training objectives
- Understand what GitHub Copilot is and how it supports DevOps workflows.
- Use Copilot effectively for infrastructure and automation tasks: shell scripting, YAML automation, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC templates.
- Write better prompts with clear requirements, constraints, validations, expected outputs, and error handling.
- Generate and improve DevOps artifacts: GitHub Actions workflows, Dockerfiles, Kubernetes manifests, and starter Terraform modules.
- Use Copilot to troubleshoot automation failures faster: pipeline failures, broken YAML, and configuration issues.
- Apply secure and enterprise-ready practices: secrets handling, least privilege automation, and avoiding insecure defaults.
- Build a complete DevOps automation workflow with Copilot assistance.
- Create reusable templates that teams can standardize across projects.
Who will benefit
- DevOps Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
- Platform Engineers
- SRE Teams
- Developers working with CI/CD pipelines
- Teams adopting GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Copilot
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Frequently Asked Questions
2. Will my team get any practical experience with this training?
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With our focus on experiential learning, we have made the training as hands-on as possible with assignments, quizzes and capstone projects, and a lab where trainees will learn by doing tasks live.
3. What is your mode of delivery - online or on-site?
We conduct both online and on-site training sessions. You can choose any according to the convenience of your team.
4. Will trainees get certified?
Yes, all trainees will get certificates issued by Uptut under the guidance of industry experts.
5. What do we do if we need further support after the training?
We have an incredible team of mentors that are available for consultations in case your team needs further assistance. Our experienced team of mentors is ready to guide your team and resolve their queries to utilize the training in the best possible way. Just book a consultation to get support.