# linkedin/school-of-sre

At LinkedIn, we are using this curriculum for onboarding our entry-level talents into the SRE role.

Repository: https://github.com/linkedin/school-of-sre
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/school-of-sre
Homepage: https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: sre, linux, networking, git, python, mysql, nosql, hadoop, system-design, security
Last push: 2025-12-25T12:44:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 59, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2137, "days_push": 251, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8136, forks 738 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:13.832288+00:00)

## What it is
School of SRE is LinkedIn's open-source curriculum for training entry-level engineers into Site Reliability Engineering roles. It provides structured courses covering Linux, networking, Git, Python, databases, big data, system design, and security fundamentals.

## Use cases
- learn site reliability engineering from scratch
- onboard junior engineers into an SRE role
- study linux and networking fundamentals for ops
- prepare for SRE interviews
- self-study system design and databases
- train a team on reliability engineering practices

## When to choose
- you want a free structured SRE curriculum from a major tech company
- you are onboarding entry-level talent into infrastructure roles
- you need foundational coverage of linux, networking, git, python, and databases

## When to avoid
- you need advanced or hands-on production SRE tooling rather than learning material
- you want interactive labs or certifications rather than reading material
- you need vendor-specific cloud platform training

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, security, database, networking
- domain: education, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: sre, site-reliability-engineering, curriculum, onboarding, linux, mysql, system-design, linkedin, devops

## Member repositories
- linkedin/school-of-sre (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.832288+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:50.930597+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/linkedin/school-of-sre (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.832288+00:00, sha f3eb28c8146a)
  - homepage: https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:29.775352+00:00, sha 1ba70f0c9b5e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.