Top 5 AWS Architecture and Infrastructure Strategies
Published by Pearson
Discover how to effectively use and manage your AWS resources
- Learn the 5 key strategies needed to effectively configure and manage AWS resources.
- Get key insights into AWS usage, including security and cost optimization.
- See real-world use cases and tactics while learning hands-on skills.
Top 5 AWS Architecture and Infrastructure Strategies is a 4-hour course designed to pinpoint the best approach to effective AWS configuration and management. These strategies are critical for new AWS users and for any newly created AWS account. Best-selling author and trainer Chad Smith will show you how to execute tasks and assist with managing AWS resources for production and at scale. This focused training will explore 5 key strategies: CloudTrail audit logs; protecting the root account; cost visibility; basic account security; and resource governance.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:
- Implementation patterns for new or existing AWS accounts that reduce operational overhead, provide extra security, as well as cost visibility
- The difference between actions that must be performed once in an account, actions performed on a region-by-region basis, and actions that are performed per-resource
- How to correlate Well-Architected Framework principles and guidance with hands-on tasks
And you’ll be able to:
- Implement basic AWS account security and protect the root account
- Deploy cost visibility and attribution features to understand your AWS bill effectively
- Configure resource governance options to manage your AWS resources at scale
This live event is for you because...
- You want to use AWS but are not sure how to properly configure your AWS account
- You’re already using AWS and want to ensure you are following best practices
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of the AWS ecosystem, including: Billing, Account structure, Root accounts and IAM users
- Basic understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Course Set-up
Recommended Preparation
- Watch: Amazon Web Services (AWS), 3rd Edition, by Chad Smith
- Watch: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) by Chad Smith
Recommended Follow-up
- Watch: AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C02) by Chad Smith
- Attend: Hands-on AWS in 3 Weeks by Chad Smith
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Introduction (10 min)
Strategy 1: CloudTrail Audit Logs (30 min)
- Enable and Configure CloudTrail
- Deliver CloudTrail logs to CloudWatch Logs
Break (10 min)
Strategy 2: Protect the Root Account (30 min)
- Enable MFA
- Send email upon root account usage
- Create Administrator IAM user and group
Strategy 3: Cost Visibility (60 min)
- Enable IAM access to billing
- Enable compute optimizer
- Configure cost allocation tags
- Cost optimization hub
- Enable the Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
- Understand Cost Explorer
- Create a Zero-cost Budget
Break (10 min)
Strategy 4: Basic Account Security (30 min)
- Enable S3 Account-level Block Public Access
- Configure default EBS volume encryption
- Enable GuardDuty
- Configure IAM password policy
- Disable STS in unused regions
Strategy 5: Resource Governance (50 min)
- Configure S3 storage lens
- Enable AWS Health event notifications
- Understand Resource Groups and lifecycle events
- Enable AWS Config
- Create Config rule for required tags
Q&A (10 min)
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+.