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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

1) Cloud Basics and AWS Overview

  • Core cloud computing concepts
  • Service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
  • Deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid, Multicloud)
  • Overview of AWS services
  • Global infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
  • Accessing the AWS Management Console and CLI

Practical Application:

  • Creating an account, initial setup, and navigating the console
  • Configuring users in IAM (Identity and Access Management)

2) Compute and Networking Services

  • Compute Services
    • Amazon EC2: instances, AMIs, instance types, and auto scaling
    • AWS Lambda: Serverless computing capabilities
  • Networking Services
    • Amazon VPC: Subnets, route tables, gateways, and security controls
    • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Practical Application:

  • Launching and connecting to an EC2 instance
  • Designing a simple VPC with public and private subnets

3) Storage Solutions and Databases

  • Storage Services
    • Amazon S3: Buckets, access policies, and versioning
    • Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS
  • Database Services
    • Amazon RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
    • Amazon Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
    • DynamoDB (NoSQL)

Practical Application:

  • Setting up 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 management: users, groups, roles, and policies
    • Secrets Manager and Parameter Store: Best practices for managing secrets
    • AWS Organizations and cost management strategies
  • Monitoring
    • Amazon CloudWatch: Metrics, log management, and alarms
    • AWS CloudTrail: Auditing user and API activity
  • Automation
    • AWS CloudFormation: Implementing infrastructure as code

Practical Application:

  • Configuring alarms in CloudWatch
  • Performing a basic deployment using CloudFormation

5) Integration, API Gateway, and Capstone Project

  • Service Integration
    • Amazon API Gateway: Creation, configuration, and security
    • Integrating with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
    • Designing highly available and scalable architectures
    • Introduction to managed services (ECS/EKS)
  • Best Practices
    • The Well-Architected Framework
    • AWS cost management and optimization techniques

Capstone Project:
Development of a simple web application on AWS integrating:

  • API Gateway + Lambda (Serverless backend)
  • S3 (Static site or asset storage)
  • RDS or DynamoDB (Data persistence layer)
  • CloudWatch for performance monitoring

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of fundamental IT concepts
  • Practical experience with general networking principles
  • Basic familiarity with databases and web application structures

Target Audience

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

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