Functions and Modular Scripts

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 5. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

• Week 5: Bash Scripting & Automation (slug: bash-scripting-automation)

🟡 Beta bootcamp lab. Hands-on instructions, check scripts, and solve scripts are in place. Lab is part of the running TaskFlow project that grows across all 21 weeks of the bootcamp.

Master Bash functions, variable scoping, error handling, and function libraries to build maintainable automation scripts. This lab teaches you to create production-ready modular deployment scripts using industry best practices.

You'll learn to write reusable functions, understand variable scope and return values, implement proper error handling, create function libraries, and build modular deployment pipelines. These skills are essential for writing maintainable automation code in platform engineering.

By the end of this lab, you'll understand:

• Function declaration and invocation
• Variable scope (local vs global)
• Function parameters and return values
• Error handling in functions
• Creating reusable function libraries
• Sourcing and importing functions
• Building modular deployment scripts
• Testing and debugging functions