Track 3: Platform Engineering
90 minutes | Advanced | Azure sandbox required
Master the full CI/CD lifecycle: PR-based deployments, headless mode, multi-environment promotion, policy compliance, and teardown.
What You Learn
- How PR-based plan and deploy workflows operate
- How headless mode turns GitHub Issues into deployed infrastructure
- How to promote deployments across environments (dev → staging → prod)
- How to assess policy compliance against CIS/NIST frameworks
- How to export existing Azure resources to IaC
- How to execute a full lifecycle teardown via PR
Labs
| Lab | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 1: CI/CD Pipeline | 20 min | PR-based plan, review, deploy workflow |
| Lab 2: Headless Mode | 15 min | Issue to auto-generated PR to deployment |
| Lab 3: Multi-Environment | 15 min | Dev/staging/prod promotion strategy |
| Lab 4: Policy Compliance | 15 min | Azure Policy assessment with CIS/NIST frameworks |
| Lab 5: IaC Export | 10 min | Export existing Azure resources to IaC |
| Lab 6: Destroy Lifecycle | 5 min | Full teardown via PR-based workflow |
Prerequisites
- GitHub account with Copilot access
- Azure subscription with Contributor + User Access Administrator roles
- Completed Track 2 or equivalent Git-Ape experience
Get Started
Open the full lab guides in the workshops/track-3-platform-engineering/ directory.