A collection of production-ready DevOps & Cloud project templates designed for
DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and Platform Engineers.
This repository is a GitHub Template Repository — use it to quickly bootstrap real-world DevOps projects with best practices.
This repo helps you:
- Start DevOps projects faster
- Follow industry-standard folder structures
- Practice real-world DevOps workflows
- Build portfolio-ready projects
- Prepare for DevOps / Cloud interviews
- ✅ Docker & Docker Compose templates
- ✅ CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- ✅ Kubernetes manifests
- ✅ Terraform infrastructure templates
- ✅ Helm charts
- ✅ Monitoring & logging setup
- ✅ Security & scanning examples
- ✅ Documentation templates
devops-project-templates/
├── templates/
│ ├── docker-only/
│ ├── ci-cd-github-actions/
│ ├── kubernetes-app/
│ ├── terraform-aws-infra/
│ └── full-devops-pipeline/
├── .github/
│ └── workflows/
├── scripts/
├── docs/
└── README.md
- Click "Use this template" button at the top
- Create a new repository
- Choose a template folder
- Customize variables & configs
- Deploy 🚀
git clone https://github.com/NotHarshhaa/devops-project-templates.git
cd devops-project-templates
# Run setup script
chmod +x scripts/setup.sh
./scripts/setup.shPerfect for: Simple containerized applications
- Multi-stage Dockerfile with security best practices
- Docker Compose with development and production configs
- Nginx reverse proxy configuration
- Health checks and monitoring setup
Quick Start:
cd templates/docker-only
docker-compose up -dPerfect for: Automated testing and deployment
- Complete CI pipeline (lint, test, security scan, build)
- CD pipeline with multi-environment deployment
- Blue-green deployment strategy
- Automated cleanup and maintenance
Features:
- Parallel test execution
- Docker image building and pushing
- Security vulnerability scanning
- Slack/email notifications
- Rollback capabilities
Perfect for: Container orchestration
- Production-ready Kubernetes manifests
- Helm charts for templated deployments
- Horizontal Pod Autoscaling
- Service monitoring with Prometheus
- Ingress configuration with TLS
Components:
- Deployments, Services, Ingress
- ConfigMaps and Secrets
- ServiceAccounts and RBAC
- NetworkPolicies
- Monitoring and logging
Perfect for: Cloud infrastructure deployment
- Complete AWS infrastructure as code
- Multi-environment support (dev/staging/prod)
- VPC, EKS, RDS, S3, and monitoring modules
- Security best practices and cost optimization
- State management with remote backend
Infrastructure:
- VPC with public/private subnets
- EKS Kubernetes cluster
- RDS PostgreSQL database
- S3 buckets with encryption
- IAM roles and policies
Perfect for: Complete end-to-end DevOps workflow
- Integration of all technologies
- Comprehensive monitoring and observability
- Security scanning and compliance
- Cost optimization and governance
- Complete operational procedures
End-to-End Features:
- GitOps workflows
- Service mesh integration
- Advanced monitoring
- Disaster recovery
- Performance optimization
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Containerization | Docker, Docker Compose, Containerd |
| Orchestration | Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins |
| Infrastructure | Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi |
| Cloud Platforms | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| Monitoring | Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch |
| Logging | ELK Stack, Fluentd, Loki |
| Security | Trivy, Snyk, OWASP, Falco |
| Networking | Istio, Envoy, Nginx |
| Databases | PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB |
# Install required tools
- Docker & Docker Compose
- kubectl
- helm
- terraform
- aws cli
- node.js & npm# Clone and setup
git clone <repository-url>
cd devops-project-templates
./scripts/setup.sh
# Configure AWS credentials
aws configure
# Validate setup
./scripts/validate-all.sh- Container security scanning
- Infrastructure security checks
- IAM roles and policies
- Network security groups
- Secret management
- Compliance scanning
- Prometheus metrics collection
- Grafana dashboards
- Log aggregation
- Distributed tracing
- Alert management
- Performance monitoring
- Auto-scaling policies
- Load balancing
- Caching strategies
- CDN integration
- Resource optimization
- Performance testing
- Right-sized resources
- Spot instances
- Reserved instances
- Storage lifecycle policies
- Cost monitoring
- Budget alerts
| Role | Use Case |
|---|---|
| DevOps Engineers | Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines |
| Cloud Engineers | Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure |
| SREs | Ensure reliability and performance |
| Platform Engineers | Build internal developer platforms |
| Students & Freshers | Learn DevOps best practices |
| Interview Candidates | Build portfolio projects |
- 🐳 Docker Template Guide
- 🔄 CI/CD Template Guide
- ☸️ Kubernetes Template Guide
- 🌩️ Terraform Template Guide
- 🚀 Full Pipeline Guide
- Start with Docker-Only Template
- Learn containerization basics
- Understand Docker Compose
- Practice Dockerfile optimization
- Move to CI/CD GitHub Actions Template
- Learn CI/CD concepts
- Set up automated testing
- Implement deployment pipelines
- Use Kubernetes Application Template
- Learn orchestration concepts
- Implement Helm charts
- Set up monitoring
- Master Terraform AWS Infrastructure
- Learn Infrastructure as Code
- Implement security best practices
- Build Full DevOps Pipeline
- All infrastructure defined in code
- Version-controlled configurations
- Automated provisioning and updates
- State management and locking
- Automated testing and validation
- Multi-environment deployments
- Rollback capabilities
- Security scanning integration
- Least privilege access
- Encryption everywhere
- Security scanning at all stages
- Compliance and audit logging
- Microservices design
- Container orchestration
- Auto-scaling and resilience
- Observability first
- Declarative configurations
- Automated synchronization
- Drift detection
- Version-controlled deployments
- Use Docker template for quick prototyping
- Add CI/CD for automated deployments
- Scale with Kubernetes as you grow
- Migrate to full pipeline when ready
- Start with Terraform for infrastructure
- Implement comprehensive CI/CD
- Add monitoring and observability
- Follow security and compliance
- Progress through templates sequentially
- Build portfolio of DevOps skills
- Practice real-world scenarios
- Prepare for certifications
- Implement full DevOps pipeline
- Add advanced monitoring
- Optimize for cost and performance
- Ensure high availability
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Make your changes
- Add tests and documentation
- Submit a pull request
- New templates and examples
- Bug fixes and improvements
- Documentation enhancements
- Security updates
- Performance optimizations
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Inspired by real-world production environments
- Built with community feedback and best practices
- Special thanks to open-source tools we use
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| 🚀 Getting Started | Start your DevOps journey |
| 📚 All Documentation | Complete documentation |
| 🐳 Docker Template | Containerization basics |
| ☸️ Kubernetes Template | Orchestration mastery |
| 🌩️ Terraform Template | Infrastructure as Code |
| 🔄 CI/CD Template | Automation pipelines |
| 🚀 Full Pipeline | Complete DevOps solution |
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