AWS Technical Essentials

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Why study this course

This course introduces you to essential AWS services and common solutions. The course
covers the fundamental AWS concepts related to compute, database, storage, networking, monitoring, and security. You will start working in AWS through hands-on course experiences.

The course covers the concepts necessary to increase your understanding of AWS services, so that you can make informed decisions about solutions that meet business requirements. Throughout the course, you will gain information on how to build, compare, and apply highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

This course includes presentations, hands-on labs, demonstrations, videos, and knowledge checks.

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What you’ll learn

This course is designed to teach participants how 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

AWS at Lumify Work

Lumify Work is an official AWS Training Partner for Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Through our Authorised AWS Instructors, we can provide you with a learning path that’s relevant to you and your organisation, so you can get more out of the cloud. We offer virtual and face-to-face classroom-based training to help you build your cloud skills and enable you to achieve industry-recognised AWS Certification.

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Who is the course for?

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

Course subjects

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, Optimisation, and Serverless

Monitoring
Optimisation
Alternate serverless employee directory application architecture
Hands-On Lab: Configure High Availability for Your Application

Module 7: Course Summary

Please note: This is an emerging technology course. Course outline is subject to change as needed.

Prerequisites

It is recommended that attendees have:

IT experience
Basic knowledge of common data center architectures and components (servers, networking, databases, applications, and so on)
No prior cloud computing or AWS experience required

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