This course will cover the following concepts:
Day 1
Module 1: Introduction
- The real story of AWS
- Well-Architected Framework
- Six advantages of the cloud
- Global infrastructure
Module 2: The Simplest Architectures
- S3
- Glacier
- Choosing your regions
- Hands-on lab: Static Website
Module 3: Adding a Compute Layer
- EC2
- Storage solutions for instances
- Purchasing options such as dedicated host vs instances
Module 4: Adding a Database Layer
- Relational vs non-relational
- Managed databases
- RDS
- Dynamo DB
- Neptune
- Hands-on lab: Deploying a web application on AWS
Module 5: Networking in AWS Part 1
- VPC
- CIDR and subnets
- Public vs private subnets
- NAT and internet gateway
- Security groups
Day 2
Module 6: Networking in AWS Part 2
- Virtual Private Gateway
- VPN
- Direct Connect
- VPC peering
- Transit Gateway
- VPC Endpoints
- Elastic Load Balancer
- Route 53
- Hands-on lab: Creating a VPC
Module 7: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- IAM
- Identity federation
- Cognito
Module 8: Organizations
- Organizations
- Multiple account management
- Tagging strategies
Module 9: Elasticity, High Availability, and Monitoring
- Elasticity vs inelasticity
- Monitoring with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
- Auto scaling
- Scaling databases
- Hands-on lab: Creating a highly available environment
Module 10: Automation
- Why automate?
- CloudFormation
- AWS Quick Starts
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS OpsWorks
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Day 3
Module 11: Deployment Methods
- Why use a deployment method?
- Blue green and canary deployment
- Tools to implement your deployment methods
- CI/CD
- Hands-on lab: Automating infrastructure deployment
Module 12: Caching
- When and why you should cache your data
- Cloudfront
- Elasticache (Redis/Memcached)
- DynamoDB Accelerator
Module 13: Security of Your Data
- Shared responsibility model
- Data classification
- Encryption
- Automatic data security
Module 14: Building Decoupled Architecture
- Tight coupling vs loose coupling
- SQS
- SNS
Module 15: Optimizations and Review
- Review questions
- Best practices
- Activity: Design and architecture – two trues and one lie
Day 4
Module 16: Microservices
- What is a microservice?
- Containers
- ECS
- Fargate
- EKS
Module 17: Serverless
- Why use serverless?
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- AWS Step Functions
- Hands-on lab: Implementing a serverless architecture with AWS Managed Services
Module 18: Building for Resilience
- Using managed services greatly increases resiliency
- Serverless for resiliency
- Issues with microservices to be aware of
- DDoS
- Hands-on lab: Amazon CloudFront content delivery and automating WAF rules
Module 19: Networking in AWS Part 3
- Elastic Network Adapter
- Maximum transmission units
- Global Accelerator
- Site to site VPN
- Transit Gateway
Module 20: Understanding Costs
- Simple monthly calculator
- Right sizing your instances
- Price sensitive architecture examples
Day 5
Module 21: Migration Strategies
- Cloud migration strategies
- Planning
- Migrating
- Optimizing
- Hands-on lab: Application deployment using AWS Fargate
Module 22: RTO/RPO and Backup Recovery Setup
- Disaster planning
- Recovery options
Module 23: Final Review
- Architecting advice
- Service use case questions
- Example test questions
