# DevOps Learning Resources

Spawned by [this conversation and blog post](http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2015/11/05/how-did-you-learn-ops-devops/), this is a list of resources which a person can use to acquire the knowledge necessary to become a kickass Ops/DevOps/Infrastructure professional.

* [Schools & Learning Programs](https://github.com/vmbrasseur/devops-learning-resources#schools--learning-programs)
* [Books & Blogs](https://github.com/vmbrasseur/devops-learning-resources#books--blogs)
* [Conferences & Meetups](https://github.com/vmbrasseur/devops-learning-resources#conferences--meetups)

## Schools & Learning Programs

* [AWS Training and Certification](https://aws.amazon.com/training/)
* [BCS Professional Certification](http://certifications.bcs.org/)
* [CAT Braindump](http://braindump.cat.pdx.edu/) at [Portland State University](https://www.pdx.edu/) in Portland, Oregon, USA
* [DevOps Bootcamp](http://devopsbootcamp.osuosl.org/) at [Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSU OSL)](http://osuosl.org/) in Corvalis, Oregon, USA
* [Master Programme in Network and System Administration](https://www.hioa.no/eng/Studies/TKD/Master/Network-and-System-Administration) at [Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences](https://www.hioa.no/eng) in Oslo, Norway
* [Ops School Curriculum](http://www.opsschool.org) ([GitHub](https://github.com/opsschool/curriculum))
* [O'Reilly: Programming for Sysadmins Learning Path ](http://shop.oreilly.com/category/learning-path/programming-for-sysadmins.do)

## Books & Blogs

* [Continuous Delivery](http://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Delivery-Deployment-Automation-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321601912): By [Jez Humble](https://twitter.com/jezhumble) and [David Farley](http://www.davefarley.net/)
* [DevOps Weekly](http://www.devopsweekly.com/): Weekly newsletter of all-things-DevOps
* [Effective DevOps](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920039846.do) by [Jennifer Davis](https://twitter.com/sigje) and [Katherine Daniels](https://twitter.com/beerops)
* [Scalar Software](http://scalarsoftware.com/) DevOps Blog
* [Server Density DevOps Newsletter](https://blog.serverdensity.com/devops-newsletter/)
* [Sysadmin Casts](https://sysadmincasts.com/): Bite-sized sysadmin screencasts (released weekly)

## Podcasts

* [Arrested DevOps](https://www.arresteddevops.com/)
* [DevOps Cafe](http://devopscafe.org/)
* [Ship Show](http://theshipshow.com/)
* [The Food Fight Show](http://foodfightshow.org/)
* [Ops All The Things](https://www.opsallthethings.com/)

## Conferences & Meetups

* [AWS re:Invent](https://reinvent.awsevents.com/)
* [Cascadia IT](http://casitconf.org/)
* [ChefConf](https://www.chef.io/chefconf/)
* [Config Management Camp](http://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/)
* [DevOps Days](http://www.devopsdays.org/)
* [DevOps Enterprise Summit](http://devopsenterprise.io/)
* [Docker Meetups](https://www.docker.com/community/meetup-groups)
* [LCA](http://linux.conf.au/)
* [LISA](https://www.usenix.org/conferences)
* [LOPSA-EAST](http://lopsaeast.org/)
* [LOPSA local chapter meetups](https://lopsa.org/Chapters)
* [Monitorama](http://monitorama.com/)
* [OLF](https://ohiolinux.org/)
* [OpenStack Summit](https://www.openstack.org/summit/)
* [OSCON](http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/)
* [PuppetConf](https://puppetconf.com/)
* [SCALE](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/)
* [SREcon and SREcon Europe](https://www.usenix.org/conferences)
* [Velocity](http://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity)
