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Week 4 · Capstone

10 Cloud DevOps projects. One is yours to ship.

Your Week-4 capstone is one DevOps project, built individually. The cohort works from a fixed set of 10 Cloud DevOps projects. Each follows the same backbone, but the DevOps focus changes, so every portfolio is distinct.

🏁 10 capstone projects🛠️ Docker · AKS · CI/CD📈 Monitoring · docs
🏁 Capstone project catalog10 projects
Project 01
Banking Application on AKS ⭐

Deploy a multi-tier banking application to Kubernetes with secure config.

Docker · AKS · Azure CI/CD · ConfigMaps and Secrets · Container Insights

Project 02
Multi-Tier App with Autoscaling (HPA)

Deploy a multi-tier web app that scales automatically under load.

Deployments · HPA · resource limits · Container Insights metrics

Project 03
Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipeline

Ship an app through a complete multi-stage Azure DevOps pipeline.

Azure DevOps Pipelines · multi-stage YAML · ACR

Project 04
Microservices Deployment on AKS

Deploy a small set of services that talk to each other on Kubernetes.

Microservices · Services · Ingress routing · ConfigMaps

Project 05
Secrets & Config Management

Deploy an app where all config and credentials are managed the right way.

ConfigMaps · Secrets · Azure Key Vault · secure configuration

Project 06
Zero-Downtime Releases

Release new versions safely with rolling updates and blue-green.

Deployment strategies · Services · rollback

Project 07
Infra Provisioning with Shell + Azure CLI

Automate cloud infrastructure creation, then deploy an app onto it.

Linux/shell scripting · Azure CLI · VM/AKS/networking provisioning

Project 08
Observability with Azure Monitor

Deploy an app to AKS and build out full monitoring around it.

Azure Monitor · Container Insights · KQL log queries · alerting

Project 09
Docker Compose to Kubernetes Migration

Take a multi-container Compose app and run it on Kubernetes.

Docker · Docker Compose · Deployments and Services on AKS

Project 10
End-to-End DevOps Pipeline (Web App)

Build the complete DevOps lifecycle for a web application.

Full CI/CD · AKS · Application Gateway · monitoring · docs

The project backbone: source code in GitHub, a Dockerized application, an Azure CI/CD pipeline (build, push to ACR, deploy), deployment to AKS with a Service and Application Gateway, monitoring with Azure Monitor and Container Insights, and full documentation. Present it live on Demo Day.

Tools & skills you'll master

A working DevOps toolkit

Set up and work in a real cloud and DevOps environment and leave with the core skills employers look for.

🐧 Linux🐳 Docker☸️ Kubernetes☁️ Azure🔁 CI/CD
Shell scriptingGit & GitHubAKSACRConfigMaps & SecretsIngress & HPAAzure MonitorContainer InsightsApplication Gateway

Ready to build your portfolio?

Join the cohort, deploy a real project to AKS, and demo it on Demo Day.