In this one-day course, AWS Technical Essentials, you will be introduced to AWS products, services, and common solutions with demos, knowledge checks, and hands-on lab activities. You will learn the basic fundamentals to become more proficient in AWS and be empowered to make informed decisions about IT solutions based on business requirements. This course allows you to test new skills and apply knowledge to your working environment through a variety of practical exercises.
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Individuals responsible for articulating the business benefits of AWS services
- Individuals new to AWS
- Sysops administrators and developers who are interested in using AWS services
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services
Navigate the AWS Management Console
Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Explore AWS networking services
Access and configure Amazon CloudWatch monitoring features
Course Introduction
Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Web Services
Introduction to AWS Cloud
Security in the AWS Cloud
Hosting the employee directory application in AWS
Hands-On Lab: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Module 2: AWS Compute
Compute as a service in AWS
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle
AWS container services
What is serverless?
Introduction to AWS Lambda
Choose the right compute service
Hands-On Lab: Launch the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC2
Module 3: AWS Networking
Networking in AWS
Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Amazon VPC routing
Amazon VPC security
Hands-On Lab: Create a VPC and Relaunch the Corporate Directory Application in Amazon EC2
Module 4: AWS Storage
AWS storage types
Amazon EC2 instance storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Object storage with Amazon S3
Choose the right storage service
Hands-On Lab: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket
Module 5: Databases
Explore databases in AWS
Amazon Relational Database Service
Purpose-built databases
Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
Choose the right AWS database service
Hands-On Lab: Implement and manage Amazon DynamoDB
Module 6: Monitoring, Optimization, and Serverless
Monitoring
Optimization
Alternate serverless employee directory application architecture
Hands-On Lab: Configure High Availability for Your Application
Module 7: Course Summary
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
Individuals responsible for articulating the technical benefits of AWS services to customers
Individuals interested in learning how to get started with AWS
SysOps administrators
Solutions architects
Developers