Amazon Web Services AWS LiveLessons

Amazon Web Services AWS LiveLessons

by Richard Jones, Richard Jones
Released December 2016
Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN: 0134702182

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Video description

6 Hours of Video Instruction on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overview

Six hours of video instruction on Amazon Web Services with coverage on cloud computing and available AWS services, as well as a guided hands-on look at using services such as EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), S3 (Simple Storage Service), and more.

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) LiveLessons is a unique video product designed to provide a solid foundational understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure-as-a-service products. The course covers concepts necessary to understand cloud computing platforms, working with virtual machines, storage in the cloud, security, high availability, and more. Amazon Web Services (AWS) LiveLessons contains 11 independent video lessons totaling 6 hours of instruction. The videos contain in-depth instruction using live demos, slide instruction, and video captures. Demonstrations of Amazon Web Services and third-party cloud solutions are included to provide necessary context and experience for further study and use of AWS.

Skill Level

* All Levels * Beginner

What You Will Learn

Lesson 1: AWS Overview Lesson 2: Security in AWS Lesson 3: Networking in AWS Lesson 4: Computing in AWS Lesson 5: Storage in AWS Lesson 6: Databases in AWS Lesson 7: Analytics in AWS Lesson 8: Developer and Management Tools Lesson 9: Mobile and Application Services Lesson 10: High Availability & Fault Tolerance Lesson 11: Course Wrap Up

Who Should Take This Course

Working software developers, system administrators, or solution architects who want to migrate applications to or build applications natively in the cloud, and those pursuing AWS certification.

About LiveLessons Video Training

LiveLessons Video Training series publishes hundreds of hands-on, expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. This professional and personal technology video series features world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, IBM Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall, Sams, and Que. Topics include IT Certification, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, Home and Office Technologies, Business and Management, and more.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Amazon Web Services AWS LiveLessons: Introduction
  2. Lesson 1: AWS Overview
    1. 1.0 Learning objectives
    2. 1.1 What is “Cloud Computing”?
    3. 1.2 Global Infrastructure - Part 1: Regions
    4. 1.3 Global Infrastructure - Part 2: Availability Zones
    5. 1.4 Global Infrastructure - Part 3: Edge Locations
    6. 1.5 Scope of Services
    7. 1.6 Service Overview
  3. Lesson 2: Security in AWS
    1. 2.0 Learning objectives
    2. 2.1 Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management
    3. 2.2 Demo: Creating a User and Group
    4. 2.3 Demo: Creating Access Keys
    5. 2.4 Permissions and Policies
    6. 2.5 Demo: Creating and Attaching Policies
    7. 2.6 Understanding Roles
    8. 2.7 Demo: Creating Roles
    9. 2.8 Federated Users
    10. 2.9 Demo: Managing an MFA Device
    11. 2.10 Resource Policies
    12. 2.11 Demo: Applying Resource Policy
    13. 2.12 Use Case: Using Roles for Cross Account Access
    14. 2.13 Best Practices
  4. Lesson 3: Networking in AWS
    1. 3.0 Learning objectives
    2. 3.1 Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    3. 3.2 Demo: Creating a VPC
    4. 3.3 Demo: Adding Subnets
    5. 3.4 Routing
    6. 3.5 Demo: Routing to the Internet
    7. 3.6 Public, Private, and Hybrid Subnets
    8. 3.7 Network Access Control Lists (NACL)
    9. 3.8 Security Groups
    10. 3.9 Demo: Creating and Applying an NACL
    11. 3.10 Demo: Creating a Security Group
    12. 3.11 VPC Peering
    13. 3.12 VPC Peering Scenarios
    14. 3.13 Demo: Peering Two VPCs
    15. 3.14 VPN Access
    16. 3.15 AWS Direct Connect
  5. Lesson 4: Computing in AWS
    1. 4.0 Learning objectives
    2. 4.1 Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    3. 4.2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
    4. 4.3 Demo: Launching a Linux Instance
    5. 4.4 Key Pairs
    6. 4.5 Instance Metadata Service
    7. 4.6 Demo: Instance Metadata Service
    8. 4.7 Bootstrapping with Userdata
    9. 4.8 Demo: Launching a Windows Instance
    10. 4.9 Demo: Stopping and Terminating Instances
    11. 4.10 Billing Options
    12. 4.11 Use Case: Highly-Available Web Application
    13. 4.12 Introduction to AWS Lambda
    14. 4.13 Demo: Hello World in AWS Lambda
    15. 4.14 Use Case: Image Processing with AWS Lambda
  6. Lesson 5: Storage in AWS
    1. 5.0 Learning objectives
    2. 5.1 Overview of AWS Storage Options
    3. 5.2 Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
    4. 5.3 Demo: Creating Buckets and Objects
    5. 5.4 Bucket Security with Resource Policies
    6. 5.5 Demo: Creating a Bucket Policy for Public Read
    7. 5.6 Introduction to Amazon Glacier
    8. 5.7 Demo: Adding Lifecycle Rules
    9. 5.8 Instance Store Volumes
    10. 5.9 Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
    11. 5.10 Amazon EBS Volume Types and Performance
    12. 5.11 Demo: Creating an EBS Volume
    13. 5.12 Demo: Mounting an EBS Volume on Linux
    14. 5.13 Demo: Mounting an EBS Volume on Windows
    15. 5.14 Amazon EBS Snapshots
    16. 5.15 Demo: Creating a Snapshot
    17. 5.16 Use Case: Video Transcoding and Archival
  7. Lesson 6: Databases in AWS
    1. 6.0 Learning objectives
    2. 6.1 Overview of AWS Database Options
    3. 6.2 Introduction to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
    4. 6.3 Data Durability with Amazon RDS
    5. 6.4 Demo: Launch an Amazon RDS Instance
    6. 6.5 Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB and Data Models in Amazon DynamoDB
    7. 6.6 Demo: Creating an Amazon DynamoDB Table
    8. 6.7 Demo: Scan and Query Operations
    9. 6.8 Introduction to Amazon ElastiCache
    10. 6.9 Introduction to Amazon Redshift
    11. 6.10 Use Case: Database for E-Commerce
  8. Lesson 7: Analytics in AWS
    1. 7.0 Learning objectives
    2. 7.1 Real-Time Stream Processing with Amazon Kinesis - Part 1
    3. 7.2 Real-Time Stream Processing with Amazon Kinesis - Part 2
    4. 7.3 Big Data with Amazon Elastic MapReduce
    5. 7.4 AWS Data Pipeline
    6. 7.5 Use Case: Video Subscription Service Business Intelligence
  9. Lesson 8: Developer and Management Tools
    1. 8.0 Learning objectives
    2. 8.1 Monitoring with Amazon Cloudwatch
    3. 8.2 Log Collection with Amazon Cloudwatch Logs
    4. 8.3 Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation
    5. 8.4 Demo: Creating Resources with AWS Cloudformation
    6. 8.5 Application Management Services
    7. 8.6 Demo: Launching an Application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  10. Lesson 9: Mobile and Application Services
    1. 9.0 Learning objectives
    2. 9.1 Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
    3. 9.2 Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
    4. 9.3 Amazon Simple Email Services (SES)
    5. 9.4 Amazon Cognito
    6. 9.5 Amazon Mobile Analytics
  11. Lesson 10: High Availability and Fault Tolerance
    1. 10.0 Learning objectives
    2. 10.1 Introduction to Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
    3. 10.2 Listeners and SSL Certificates
    4. 10.3 Load Balancing Algorithms
    5. 10.4 Demo: Creating an ELB
    6. 10.5 Introduction to Auto Scaling
    7. 10.6 Demand-based Scaling
    8. 10.7 Demo: Creating an Auto Scaling Group
  12. Lesson 11: Course Wrap Up
    1. 11.0 Learning objectives
    2. 11.1 The Ideal
    3. 11.2 Best Practices
    4. 11.3 The Exam
  13. Summary
    1. Amazon Web Services AWS LiveLessons: Summary

Product information

  • Title: Amazon Web Services AWS LiveLessons
  • Author(s): Richard Jones, Richard Jones
  • Release date: December 2016
  • Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
  • ISBN: 0134702182