Macquarie University

Continuous Deployment, Microservices and Cloud

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Macquarie University

Continuous Deployment, Microservices and Cloud

Matt Bushby

Instructor: Matt Bushby

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Distinguish continuous deployment from continuous delivery and describe how GitHub Actions supports automation.

  • Explain the relationship between DevOps, microservices, independent development, and scaling.

  • Describe how configuration management, infrastructure as code, and configuration as code support consistent environments.

  • Outline a cloud DevOps strategy using deployment automation and containerised microservices.

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November 2026

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This course is part of the DevOps Foundations: CI/CD, Automation & Cloud Deployment Specialization
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There are 2 modules in this course

In this topic, we will explore continuous deployment and its distinction from continuous delivery. We will discuss the deployment pipeline, automation with GitHub Actions, and the role of microservices in DevOps for scaling and autonomous development.

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In this topic, we will cover essential DevOps practices. We will explore DevOps configuration management, which automates system and software settings. We will discuss infrastructure as code (IaaC) and configuration as code (CaaC), enabling infrastructure and configuration management through scripts. We will also examine Docker and Kubernetes, tools used to build containerised microservices, and how cloud environments provide scalable and flexible support for the deployment and management of these microservices. 

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