The capstone brings the whole program together in one focused, hands-on project. Working for a mid-market retailer modernizing toward Linux and IBM Cloud, you’ll start from a pre-provisioned starter environment of Linux and Windows systems on IBM Cloud. First, you’ll bring those systems to a provided specification, implement least-privilege access, and verify connectivity. Next, you’ll operate the environment, instrumenting it with monitoring, automating one recurring operations task, and capturing evidence that both actually work. Finally, you’ll diagnose a set of injected issues and assemble an Operations Handoff Pack: an architecture diagram, a configuration and access summary, your monitoring and automation evidence, and a troubleshooting runbook. The capstone teaches no new skills; it proves the ones you’ve built. Your work is evaluated with a single rubric across configuration correctness, sound operational practice, quality of automation and monitoring, and clarity of documentation. The result is a concrete, well-documented work sample you can share with employers, the kind of end-to-end evidence that helps an entry-level candidate show what they can do.

Capstone: Operate a Cloud-Enabled Environment End to End
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Capstone: Operate a Cloud-Enabled Environment End to End
This course is part of IBM IT Systems Administration and Cloud Operations Professional Certificate

Instructor: LearnQuest Network
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What you'll learn
Bring a pre-built Linux and Windows environment on IBM Cloud to a provided specification and secure it with least privilege
Instrument the environment with working monitoring and automate a recurring operations task, with evidence that both work
Diagnose injected system and network issues and record your findings in a clear, reusable troubleshooting runbook
Assemble an Operations Handoff Pack with an architecture diagram and access summary that another operator could use
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