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DevOps Security: Security Best Practices

In this lab, you’ll practice your security skills. When you’re finished, you’ll have a solid understanding of the most common security best practices and how to put them into practice.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
1h 35m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Create Secure Containers

    You will make use of best practices to create secure and minimal container images. You will also use OpenSource tools like trivy to identify and fix the most common vulnerabilities within your image.

  3. Challenge

    Run Containers Securely

    You will run your container image securely by configuring runtime settings like resource limits and read-only filesystems. You will also control access to the docker container using user and group settings.

  4. Challenge

    Manage Sensitive Data

    You will modify an existing application to enhance security around secret management. You will use tools like HashiCorp Vault to securely store and manage sensitive information.

  5. Challenge

    Monitor Suspicious Activity

    You will use monitoring tools to detect potential suspicious activity. You will also simulate and respond to a basic security incident.

  6. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

Antonio is a DevOps Engineer who loves to experiment with cutting-edge technologies.

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