SIT226 - Cloud Automation Technologies
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Guy Wood-Bradley |
| Prerequisite: | SIT102 and SIT103 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SIT727 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The environment in which we develop and deploy network services is changing. Monolithic architectures are being replaced with new approaches such as cloud native applications which exploit a highly modular architecture. Operations teams are no longer responsible for maintaining just a handful of applications, but potentially hundreds or thousands of microservices that live entirely in the cloud and are interdependent and individually scalable. This cannot be achieved manually and so a combination of DevOps and automation is used to manage the deployment of software.
In this unit we will examine how to package modern network services and then deploy them to the cloud using Kubernetes. Students will learn what containers are, how they are created, and how they are used in software deployments. Containers are only a partial solution, providing the various servers and frameworks used, so we will also review how other types of resources are represented and their connection to the container to form a complete application deployment. Various operational aspects of Kubernetes are addressed in detail, including automatic application scaling, software update management, management of application data and secrets, storage configuration, security mechanisms, and cluster management.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain how computing resources are represented within cloud systems and how they are managed within both public and private cloud systems to a range of audiences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Install and configure Kubernetes and associated resources for deploying, monitoring, and managing network services and applications. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Evaluate the application of public and/or private cloud services for the deployment of network services and applications, including consideration of business impacts. | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Collaborate with software architects, developers, and dev-ops teams on developing and maintaining cloud-deployed network services and applications across the lifecycle. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning portfolio | Portfolio consists of a number of artefacts including scripts, business reports, presentations along with critique and reflections. | 100% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SIT226 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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