Getting Started with AWS
Published by Pearson
Go from the AWS basics to deploying key services
What is this training about, and why is it important?
- Go from core AWS basics to using key services and deploying infrastructures
- Find out how to adopt an AWS cloud-first strategy
- Explore best practices for using foundational services
- Learn by doing with real-world demos and exercises throughout
Get up to speed with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in this 2-day / 8-hour intensive exploration of AWS basics and key services. Learn the core concepts of about Infrastructure as a Service, to Software as a Service while exploring network, compute, storage security, databases, management tools and more. Best-selling author and trainer Chad Smith has designed this course to teach the essentials to adopting a cloud-first strategy.
This title includes hands-on demos throughout and acts as a deep dive into real-world AWS. Getting Started in AWS will help new and existing customers use the ecosystem to understand the foundational services and use them to deploy resources to match their requirements
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:
- AWS Basics and how to deploy simple infrastructures
- The differences between on-premises strategies and cloud strategies
- The terminology and architectural best practices behind foundational services
- Concise explanations and demonstrations for popular services such as VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch
And you’ll be able to:
- Create basic infrastructures including VPC networks and EC2 instances
- Provision database resources using RDS and DynamoDB
- Implement basics of identity management and permissions in an AWS account
This live event is for you because...
- You need to learn how to design systems that will be deployed in AWS
- You would like to learn to manage and audit AWS resources
- You are a programmer or application engineer who will be developing code to be deployed in AWS
- You are a functional or technical manager whose team is responsible for AWS infrastructure
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of general networking concepts, cloud computing, and multi-tier architectural design
Course Set-up:
(github link) https://github.com/arpcefxl/getting-started-with-aws
- Access to an AWS account
Recommended Preparation
- Watch: CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Complete Video Course by Ryan Lindfield
Recommended Follow Up:
- Watch: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) by Chad Smith
- Watch: Amazon Web Services (AWS), 3rd Edition by Chad Smith
- Attend: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Crash Course by Chad Smith
- Watch: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Complete Video Course by Chad Smith
- Watch: Cloud Essentials by Chad Smith
- Explore: Chad Smith's AWS Certified Solutions Architect Playlist
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Day One
Cloud Basics (30 mins)
- Fundamentals of cloud architecture and best practices
Global Infrastructure (15 mins)
- AWS Points of Presence and service scopes
Break - (10 mins)
Network - VPC, Route53 (60 mins)
- Building virtual networks using VPC
- DNS using Route53
Break (10 mins)
Compute - LightSail, Cloud9, EC2, Lambda (60 mins)
- LightSail and Cloud9 for one-click environments
- Virtual machine computing via EC2
- Serverless architectures with Lambda
Break (10 mins)
Storage - EBS, FSx, S3 (30 mins)
- Block storage using EBS
- Shared filesystems with FSx
- Object storage using S3
Q&A (10 mins)
Day Two
Database – RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB (30 mins)
- RDS for managed relational databases
- DynamoDB as a fully-managed NoSQL offering
Integrated Services - Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Beanstalk, ECS (60 mins)
- High availability with ELB and Auto Scaling
- Application environments with Beanstalk and ECS
Break (10 mins)
Security Services - IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Inspector (60 mins)
- Access control using IAM
- Monitoring security using CloudTrail and GuardDuty
- OS auditing using Inspector
Break (10 mins)
Monitoring Services - CloudWatch (+Logs +Events), SNS (30 mins)
- Instrumentation using CloudWatch
- Alarms, notifications and mitigation with SNS
Management Tools – AWS Backup, EC2 Launch Templates, AWS SSM (30 mins)
- Automated backups with AWS Backup
- Partial automation of EC2 launches with EC2 Launch Templates
- Operations automation using SSM
Q&A (10 mins)
Your Instructor
Chad Smith
Chad Smith is a technology professional, author and trainer focused on cloud infrastructure and management. He is the Principal Cloud Architect at Brightkey.cloud and has a wealth of personal real-world experience in cloud adoption, infrastructure design, operations and security. Chad holds current AWS certifications in Architecture, SysOps, Security, Networking and Databases and is also certified in CompTIA Cloud+.