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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

1) Cloud Foundations and AWS

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

Practical Application:

  • Setting up an account, initial configuration, and navigating the console
  • Configuring users in IAM (Identity and Access Management)

2) Computing and Networking

  • 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 groups
    • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Practical Application:

  • Launching and connecting to an EC2 instance
  • Building a basic VPC with both public and private subnets

3) Storage 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 solutions)

Practical Application:

  • Creating and configuring 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 control strategies
  • Monitoring
    • Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, log analysis, and alarms
    • AWS CloudTrail: auditing user activity
  • Automation
    • AWS CloudFormation: managing infrastructure as code

Practical Application:

  • Setting up alarms within CloudWatch
  • Executing a basic deployment using CloudFormation

5) Integration, API Gateway, and Final Project

  • Service Integration
    • Amazon API Gateway: creation, configuration, and securing APIs
    • Integrating with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
    • Designing highly available and scalable architectures
    • Introduction to managed services (ECS/EKS)
  • Best Practices
    • Applying the Well-Architected Framework
    • Managing and optimising AWS costs

Final Project Practical Application:
Develop a simple web application on AWS by integrating:

  • API Gateway + Lambda (for a serverless backend)
  • S3 (for static site content or asset storage)
  • RDS or DynamoDB (for the data layer)
  • CloudWatch (for system monitoring)

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of fundamental IT concepts
  • General experience with networking principles
  • Familiarity with databases and web application development

Target Audience

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

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