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Complete Platform Engineering Capstone - Design & Implementation

Design and implement a production-grade platform from scratch, integrating all platform engineering skills learned throughout the bootcamp.

120 minutes
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Lab Overview

This capstone lab challenges you to design and build a complete production-grade Internal Developer Platform from the ground up. You'll apply all the skills learned throughout the bootcamp - from infrastructure as code to GitOps, Backstage developer portal, observability, and security - to create a real-world platform that could support a production engineering organization.

You'll design the architecture, implement infrastructure as code with Terraform, set up GitOps workflows with ArgoCD, deploy Backstage as the developer portal with a software catalog and self-service templates, deploy comprehensive monitoring, and implement production-grade security controls. This is your opportunity to demonstrate mastery of platform engineering principles.

By the end of this lab, you'll have a portfolio-worthy Internal Developer Platform that showcases your ability to build production-ready infrastructure with a unified developer experience.

What You'll Learn

Design a production-grade platform architecture with multiple environments

Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible

Set up GitOps workflows with ArgoCD for automated deployments

Deploy Backstage as the developer portal with software catalog and self-service templates

Integrate platform services into a unified developer experience through Backstage

Deploy comprehensive observability with monitoring, logging, and tracing

Implement production security controls and secrets management

Prerequisites

Completion of all previous Platform Engineering Bootcamp labs

Strong understanding of Kubernetes, IaC, and cloud platforms

Experience with GitOps, observability tools, and security practices

Ability to design and architect complex systems

Technologies Covered

platform-engineeringcapstone-projectkubernetesterraformgitopsargocdbackstagedeveloper-portalsoftware-catalogobservabilitysecurityproduction-ready

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