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YAML Fundamentals for DevOps, Cloud and IaC Engineers

Learn to visualize YAML documents like a pro!

Get hands-on with YAML and learn how to create well-structured documents for DevOps, cloud, and infrastructure automation tasks. Explore both block and flow styles, work with real-world examples, and understand how YAML fits into modern IT workflows.

Packt | Mar 2022 | 147 min

What You Will Learn

You will start by exploring YAML basics and syntax, then move on to practical exercises that show how to build and validate documents. Real-world examples from Kubernetes and Ansible help you see how YAML is used in industry. Animated explanations and hands-on coding make each concept easy to grasp.

Key Features

  • Create and validate YAML documents for configuration and automation tasks
  • Compare YAML with JSON, XML, and HTML to understand strengths and use cases
  • Use Python and VS Code to read, extract, and manipulate YAML data

Target Audience

Ideal for DevOps, cloud, and infrastructure engineers, as well as software developers and architects looking to add YAML to their toolkit. If you have a basic IT background and want to confidently create and manage YAML files for automation and configuration, this course is for you.

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