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CloudFoundry Essentials

Master the Open Source PaaS standard. Deploy, scale, and manage applications without worrying about underlying infrastructure or Kubernetes complexity.

Cloud Foundry offers a developer-centric experience for deploying applications. This course teaches you to use the CF CLI to push code, bind services (databases, messaging), and scale applications horizontally with a single command. You will understand the architecture of Buildpacks, Droplets, and the Router. We cover troubleshooting application crashes, managing routes, and using the marketplace to provision services. Ideal for developers in large enterprises using VMware Tanzu or SAP BTP.

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⏱️ 5-Minute Lessons (Bite-sized learning)
🚀 21-Lesson Path (Independent modules)
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Complete Course Syllabus

  • 1
    CF Architecture
    The Router, Diego Cells, and the Cloud Controller.
  • 2
    Deploying Apps
    Pushing code, manifests, and buildpack detection.
  • 3
    Service Marketplace
    Provisioning and binding database services to apps.
  • 4
    Scaling & Routing
    Mapping domains and increasing instance counts.
  • 5
    Troubleshooting
    analyzing crash logs and SSH-ing into instances.

Estimated completion time: 21 lessons • Self-paced learning • Lifetime access

Career Outlook

Estimated Salary
$110k - $150k

Career Paths

Platform Engineer $120k-$160k
Cloud Foundry Admin $130k-$170k
Software Engineer $110k-$150k

What You Will Learn

Deploy applications using 'cf push' and Buildpacks
Bind managed services like PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ to apps
Scale applications horizontally and vertically via CLI
Manage application routes and domain mapping
Troubleshoot deployment logs and SSH into containers

Skills You Will Gain

Cloud Foundry CLI PaaS Concepts Buildpacks Service Binding Log Analysis

Who Is This For

Enterprise Developers
DevOps Engineers
Platform Users

Prerequisites

Linux CLI
Basic Web Dev

CloudFoundry Essentials FAQs

Vs K8s?

CF is higher abstraction (App focus); K8s is container focus.

Is it dead?

No, widely used in Fortune 500 (VMware Tanzu).

Coding required?

No, just CLI commands and configuration.

Certification?

Prepares for CFCD certification.

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Tech Stack & Tools

CF CLI
BOSH (Intro)
PostgreSQL Service

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