Automation Thinking Lab

Learn to identify automation opportunities and create your first automation scripts.

40 minutes

platform-engineering/automation

Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches you how to think about automation in platform engineering.

You'll learn to:

Analyze manual workflows to identify automation opportunities
Create simple but effective automation scripts
Implement automation best practices (error handling, logging, idempotence)
Document automation decisions and reasoning
Understand when to automate and when not to

Perfect for beginners starting their journey in DevOps and Platform Engineering, this lab provides practical experience with real-world automation scenarios that platform engineers encounter daily.

Key Resources:

Prerequisites

linux-essentials

bash-basics

command-line-basics

Technologies Covered

automationbashscriptingplatform-engineeringdevopsbest-practices

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the DevOps & Platform Engineering Overview course

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