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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

1) Cloud Basics and the AWS Ecosystem

  • Core principles of cloud computing
  • Understanding service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
  • Deployment strategies (Public, Private, Hybrid, and Multicloud)
  • An overview of the AWS platform
  • Global infrastructure architecture: Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
  • Navigating the AWS Management Console and utilizing the CLI

Practical Application:

  • Creating an account, performing initial setup, and mastering console navigation
  • Configuring users within IAM (Identity and Access Management)

2) Compute and Networking Services

  • Compute Services
    • Amazon EC2: managing instances, AMIs, instance types, and auto scaling
    • AWS Lambda: implementing serverless computing architectures
  • Networking Services
    • Amazon VPC: designing subnets, routes, gateways, and security settings
    • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) configurations

Practical Application:

  • Launching and connecting to an EC2 instance
  • Constructing a VPC that includes both public and private subnets

3) Storage Solutions and Database Services

  • Storage Services
    • Amazon S3: managing buckets, access policies, and versioning
    • Utilizing Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS
  • Database Services
    • Amazon RDS (supporting MySQL/PostgreSQL)
    • Amazon Aurora (supporting MySQL/PostgreSQL)
    • DynamoDB for NoSQL requirements

Practical Application:

  • Setting up and configuring an S3 bucket for static website hosting
  • Establishing an RDS database and establishing connectivity via an EC2 instance

4) Security, Monitoring, and Automation

  • Security and Governance
    • IAM management: users, groups, roles, and policies
    • Managing secrets effectively using Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
    • Utilizing AWS Organizations and controlling costs
  • Monitoring
    • Amazon CloudWatch: tracking metrics, logs, and setting alarms
    • AWS CloudTrail for comprehensive activity auditing
  • Automation
    • AWS CloudFormation: implementing infrastructure as code

Practical Application:

  • Setting up automated alarms within CloudWatch
  • Executing a simple deployment using CloudFormation templates

5) Integration, API Gateway, and Capstone Project

  • Service Integration
    • Amazon API Gateway: creation, configuration, and securing APIs
    • Integrating APIs with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
    • Designing highly available and scalable architectures
    • Introduction to managed container services (ECS/EKS)
  • Best Practices
    • Applying the Well-Architected Framework
    • Optimizing AWS cost management and efficiency

Final Project Hands-on:
Develop a simple web application on AWS by integrating:

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

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of IT concepts
  • General familiarity with networking principles
  • Basic experience with databases and web application development

Target Audience

  • IT professionals
  • System administrators
  • Developers seeking to explore cloud platforms

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