# DevOps & automation

> DevOps resources covering Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and SRE practices. Includes infrastructure as code patterns and observability platforms like Sentry and Application Insights.

Source: https://ali.id.au/practices/building/devops-automation/ (last edited 2026-10-12)

## Official resources

* [Azure DevOps documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/)
* [GitHub Actions documentation](https://docs.github.com/actions)
* [DevOps roadmap](https://roadmap.sh/devops)

## CI/CD platforms

* [Azure DevOps Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/devops/) - Microsoft's platform (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts)
* [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) - workflow automation ([marketplace](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions))
* [GitHub Secret Protection + Code Security](https://docs.github.com/code-security) - the unbundled successors to GitHub Advanced Security

## Version control

* [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
* [Git Flow](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow) (don't follow this too rigidly!)
* [GitHub Skills](https://skills.github.com/) - interactive tutorials
* [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/)
* [Pro Git book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)

## Monitoring and observability

* [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/)
* [App Insights](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/app-insights-overview) - Azure APM
* [Sentry](https://sentry.io/) - error tracking and performance monitoring
* [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/) - observability platform
* [Raygun](https://raygun.com/) - crash reporting and APM
* [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) - open-source product analytics
* [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) - monitoring and alerting
* [Grafana](https://grafana.com/) - observability dashboards

## Community resources and reading

* [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592)
* [The DevOps Handbook](https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliability-Organizations/dp/1942788002)
* [Site Reliability Engineering books](https://sre.google/books/)
* [Awesome DevOps](https://github.com/awesome-soft/awesome-devops)
* [DevOps subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/)
* [/r/sysadmin](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/) + [WinAdmins discord](https://discord.gg/winadmins)
* [/r/homelab](https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/) + [discord](https://discord.gg/homelab)

See also: development resources for [Microsoft 365](/platforms/m365-sharepoint/development/) and [Power Platform](/platforms/power-platform-d365/development/), and [Reading](/practices/learning/reading/) for industry news.