Compute infrastructure

● Troubleshoot VMs, IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS), Red Hat OpenShift and serverless services on IBM Cloud

● Configure for high availability and scalability

● Explain the impact of compute on service performance

Networking

● Troubleshoot external connections to IBM Cloud

● Troubleshoot inter service connectivity on IBM Cloud

● Explain the reliability ramifications of IBM Cloud networking features

● Explain the impact of networking on service performance

Storage and data management

● Manage storage and data attributes

● Manage data replication and retention

● Explain the impact of storage on service performance

● Monitor data security and compliance

● Identify storage data durability and capacity management

Reliability and resiliency

● Design and improve reliability for the system/service

● Design for failure and recovering from failure

Deployment automation

● Design non-disruptive deployment

● Troubleshoot provisioning of IBM Cloud resources

● Implement Infrastructure as Code

● Explain the responsibilities of the SRE to the CI/CD Pipelines

● Troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines

Module 1: Compute Infrastructure

You will cover the following topics:

● IBM Cloud service models: IaaS, PaaS, and FaaS

● Troubleshooting VMs on IBM Cloud

● Troubleshooting clusters on IBM Kubernetes Service

● Troubleshooting clusters on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

● Troubleshooting serverless services

Module 2: Networking

You will cover the following topics:

● Applying IBM Cloud networking features

● Implementing and managing virtual networks on IBM Cloud

● Configuring name resolution on IBM Cloud

● Managing performance on IBM Cloud

● Troubleshooting external connections on IBM Cloud

● Troubleshooting interservice connectivity on IBM Cloud

Module 3: Storage and data management

You will cover the following topics:

● Managing storage and data attributes

● Managing storage accounts

● Managing data on IBM Cloud

● Managing data replication and retention

Module 4: Reliability and resiliency

You will cover the following topics:

● Importance of reliability and resiliency for services

● Designing and improving Reliability for systems and services

● Designing for failure and recovering from failure

Module 5: Deployment automation

You will cover the following topics:

● Deployment automation

● Implement Infrastructure as Code

● SRE responsibilities to CI/CD pipeline