IT Automation
It’s not that scary!
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Google IT Support Professional Certificate,
This course is designed to give you an introduction to concepts related to the automatic management of infrastructure in the IT industry. Using tools like scripting languages, version control, configuration management systems, and monitoring solutions, this course will give you an introduction to automation in IT. It will have an emphasis on creating automation that’s both scalable and manageable. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: - cite the fundamentals of programming using the Ruby language. - create basic automation scripts to perform system administration tasks. - use regular expressions to extract meaning from raw text. - manage code by using the version control system, Git. - develop and understand the benefits of tests for the scripts and automation they create. - deploy software using the Chef configuration management software and understand the principles of configuration management in the IT context. - track the health of technology systems through monitoring and become familiar with common monitoring concepts and practices Before taking this course, it's advised (but not required) that you complete the earlier courses in this program. It’s helpful to be familiar with the following concepts: - installation of software on a computer platform - basic computer network terminology and concepts - common system administrator tasks and responsibilities This course has been designed to be completed completely in-browser. You don’t have to install any software on your computer. However, supplemental readings and instructions are provided, where appropriate, if you want to install the software and tools that we discuss in order to experiment on your own systems. Except as otherwise noted, the contents on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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| Rating | 3.5★ based on 128 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 8 weeks |
| Effort | 8 - 10 hours per week |
| Starts | May 21 (310 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $49 |
| From | Google via Coursera |
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| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming IT & Networking |
| Tags | Computer Science Software Development Information Technology Support And Operations |
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it automation
I feel like I understand the theoretical application of IT automation although I did not fully grasp the practical very well.
IT Automation will keep you engaged and learning best practices with tools like ruby, git, github, editors (nano), chef , prometheus ... not scary, it is a challenge and a good learning expereince.
Also, course name is confusing: it's not about IT automation principles or scripting – it's about memorizing Ruby and Git specific syntax.
Its nice course, I learned lot of things from this course which will help me to advance my skills and guides to do automation Is all clear that IT automation is terrifying scary!
So happy to clear this course!IT automation: It was SCARY!!
Good exposure to IT automation.
The last 3 sections I think would be more applicable to "IT Automation" for monitoring systems and why it is important.
[hint: bring IT Automation back to life!
]Hats off to Google's fun+mental team for "deep diving" into rock solid 7 weeks of IT Automation: It's not that scary!
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first three weeks
It tries to cram an entire college-level Intro to CS course into the first three weeks so that it can apply this knowledge in the second half; considering that students were just taught what files and folders were a few modules back, this may be too ambitious.
first three weeks need to be more stretched out with more hands on questions to practice.
During the first three weeks there were issues with the labs, and the quizzes even were buggy.
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very helpful
very helpful, learn some coding and the instructor is genius.
Block-scheme style exercises with basic elements "IF-ELSE", "WHILE" and variables would be very helpful.
I found it very helpful.
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third week
There needs to be more instruction on the third week or a different design around the lab.
they give you 2 weeks of simple Ruby syntax and then tell you by the third week lab that you have to "rewrite" and "fix" their actual code.
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no longer
Week 4 - 6 and the final project felt very easy in comparison as you no longer continue programming after week 3.
While no longer required for the Google IT Support Professional certification, the material covered will make one's life as an IT Support person or System Administrator much easier.
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useful information
The videos narrated and facilitated by Devan were interesting and full of useful information.
Terrible This was a very challenging course but you learn useful information.
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will help
I honestly feel that it will help cement my career working in IT.
A good exposition for the tools that go into (scalable) IT infrastructuresAnd more..This is the worse course on Coursera you will complete your rest of life trying to pass the labs of this course because not working and all students stuck in these labs and the instructor not qualified and it impossible to understand him and no one will help you.And this course don't deserve even 1 star if you don't believe me just enroll to this course and watch how much the content of this course is awful and read the posts of students on discussion forums especially week 3.Super frustrating.
it support
By far the worst course in the Google IT Support Professional Certificate program.
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An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.
IT Specialist, Configuration Management $82k
Software Configuration Management 2 $84k
Application Configuration Management $93k
Configuration Management Analyst 1 $97k
Configuration Management Technician 2 $101k
Configuration Management Lead 3 $108k
Configuration Management, Asset Management $112k
Configuration/Data Management $117k
Change Configuration Management $120k
Engineer, Configuration Management $121k
Product Configuration Management $123k
Configuration Management Analyst 4 $162k
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| Rating | 3.5★ based on 128 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 8 weeks |
| Effort | 8 - 10 hours per week |
| Starts | May 21 (310 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $49 |
| From | Google via Coursera |
| Instructor | |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming IT & Networking |
| Tags | Computer Science Software Development Information Technology Support And Operations |
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