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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

1) Cloud Basics and AWS Overview

  • Core principles of cloud computing.
  • Service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
  • Deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid, Multicloud).
  • Introduction to the AWS ecosystem.
  • Global infrastructure components: Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations.
  • Navigating the AWS Management Console and using the CLI.

Practical Exercise:

  • Setting up an account, initial configuration, and learning console navigation.
  • Configuring users within IAM (Identity and Access Management).

2) Compute and Networking Services

  • Compute Capabilities
    • Amazon EC2: instances, AMIs, instance types, and auto-scaling.
    • AWS Lambda: implementing serverless compute.
  • Networking Solutions
    • Amazon VPC: subnets, route tables, gateways, and security controls.
    • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).

Practical Exercise:

  • Provisioning and accessing an EC2 instance.
  • Designing a simple VPC with both public and private subnets.

3) Storage and Database Services

  • Storage Solutions
    • Amazon S3: buckets, access policies, and versioning.
    • Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS.
  • Database Options
    • Amazon RDS (supporting MySQL/PostgreSQL).
    • Amazon Aurora (supporting MySQL/PostgreSQL).
    • DynamoDB (NoSQL database).

Practical Exercise:

  • Setting up and configuring an S3 bucket for static website hosting.
  • Provisioning an RDS database and connecting to it via an EC2 instance.

4) Security, Monitoring, and Automation

  • Security and Governance
    • IAM: managing users, groups, roles, and policies.
    • Secrets Manager and Parameter Store: secure secret management practices.
    • AWS Organizations and cost management strategies.
  • Monitoring Tools
    • Amazon CloudWatch: tracking metrics, logs, and setting alarms.
    • AWS CloudTrail: auditing account activity.
  • Automation
    • AWS CloudFormation: managing infrastructure as code.

Practical Exercise:

  • Configuring alerts within CloudWatch.
  • Executing a basic deployment using CloudFormation.

5) Integration, API Gateway, and Capstone Project

  • Service Integration
    • Amazon API Gateway: creation, configuration, and securing APIs.
    • Connecting API Gateway with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.
    • Designing highly available and scalable architectures.
    • Overview of managed services (ECS/EKS).
  • Best Practices
    • The Well-Architected Framework.
    • Strategies for AWS cost management and optimization.

Capstone Project: Developing a simple web application on AWS that integrates:

  • API Gateway and Lambda for a serverless backend.
  • S3 for static site hosting or asset storage.
  • RDS or DynamoDB as the data layer.
  • CloudWatch for continuous monitoring.

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of fundamental IT principles.
  • Practical experience with general networking concepts.
  • Familiarity with database systems and web application development.

Intended Audience

  • IT specialists.
  • System administrators.
  • Developers looking to explore cloud platforms.

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