AWS Cloud Technical Essentials
Are you in a technical role and want to learn the fundamentals of AWS? Do you aspire to have a job or career as a cloud developer, architect, or in an operations role? If so, AWS Cloud Technical Essentials is an ideal way to start. This course was designed for those at the beginning of their cloud-learning journey - no prior knowledge of cloud computing or AWS products and services required! Throughout the course, students will build highly available, scalable, and cost effective application step-by-step.
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- Level Foundation
- Duration 25 hours
- Course by Amazon Web Services
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Are you in a technical role and want to learn the fundamentals of AWS? Do you aspire to have a job or career as a cloud developer, architect, or in an operations role? If so, AWS Cloud Technical Essentials is an ideal way to start. This course was designed for those at the beginning of their cloud-learning journey - no prior knowledge of cloud computing or AWS products and services required! Throughout the course, students will build highly available, scalable, and cost effective application step-by-step. Upon course completion, you will be able to make an informed decision about when and how to apply core AWS services for compute, storage, and database to different use cases. You'll also learn about cloud security with a review of AWS' shared responsibility model and an introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). And, you'll know how AWS services can be used to monitor and optimize infrastructure in the cloud. AWS Cloud Technical Essentials is a fundamental-level course and will build your competence, confidence, and credibility with practical cloud skills that help you innovate and advance your professional future. Enroll in AWS Cloud Technical Essentials and start learning the technical fundamentals of AWS today! Note: This course was designed for learners with a technical background. If you are new to the cloud or come from a business background, we recommend completing AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials before enrolling in this course.
Modules
Welcome to the Course
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3
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3
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- Welcome to AWS Cloud Technical Essentials
- Meet the Instructors
- Course Feedback
3
Readings
- Welcome to the Course
- Course Roadmap
- Pre-Course Survey
Getting Started with AWS Cloud
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3
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3
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3
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- Introduction to Week 1
- AWS Global Infrastructure
- Interacting with AWS
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Readings
- Reading 1.2: What is AWS?
- Reading 1.3: AWS Global Infrastructure
- Reading 1.4: Interacting with AWS
Security in the AWS Cloud
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2
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Discussion
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Discussions
- Discussion - Best Practices for Securing your AWS Account
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Videos
- Security and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model
- Protect the AWS Root User
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- Reading 1.5: Security and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model
- Reading 1.6: Protect the AWS Root User
AWS Identity and Access Management
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- Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management
- Role Based Access in AWS
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- Reading 1.7: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management
- Reading 1.8: Role Based Access in AWS
Week 1 Exercise & Assessment
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3
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Assignment
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- Ready for the lab?
- Week 1 Quiz
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- Lab 1: Introduction to IAM
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Videos
- Introduction to Lab 1
- Demo AWS IAM
- Hosting the Employee Directory Application on AWS
3
Readings
- IAM Roles and the Employee Directory Application
- Default Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for Amazon EC2
- Mid-Course Survey
AWS Compute
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10
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5
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1
Discussion
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Discussions
- Discussion - Self Reflection
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- Introduction to Week 2
- Compute as a Service on AWS
- Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Amazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle
- Demonstration: Launching the Employee Directory Application
- Container Services on AWS
- Introduction to Serverless
- Serverless with AWS Fargate
- Introduction to AWS Lambda
- Choose the Right Compute Service
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- Reading 2.1: Compute as a Service on AWS
- Reading 2.2: Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Reading 2.25: Amazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle
- Reading 2.3: Container Services on AWS
- Reading 2.4: Serverless and AWS Lambda
AWS Networking
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5
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4
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5
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- Networking on AWS
- Introduction to Amazon VPC
- Amazon VPC Routing
- Secure Your Network with Amazon VPC Security
- Hybrid Connectivity with AWS
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- Reading 2.5: Networking on AWS
- Reading 2.6: Introduction to Amazon VPC
- Reading 2.7: Amazon VPC Routing and Security
- Common network troubleshooting steps for Amazon VPC
Week 2 Exercise & Assessment
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Assignment
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- Ready for the lab?
- Week 2 Quiz
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External Tool
- Lab 2: Creating a VPC
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- Introduction to Lab 2
- Demo Re-launching Employee Directory App
Storage on AWS
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6
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4
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Discussion
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Discussions
- Discussion - Serverless
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Videos
- Introduction to Week 3
- Storage Types on AWS
- Amazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store
- Object Storage with Amazon S3
- Choose the Right Storage Service
- Demo Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket
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Readings
- Reading 3.1: Storage Types on AWS
- Reading 3.2: Amazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store
- Reading 3.3: Object Storage with Amazon S3
- Reading 3.4: Choose the Right Storage Service
Databases on AWS
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4
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Discussion
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Discussions
- Discussion - Consider this Scenario
4
Videos
- Explore Databases on AWS
- Amazon Relational Database Service
- Purpose Built Databases on AWS
- Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
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Readings
- Reading 3.5: Explore Databases on AWS
- Reading 3.6: Amazon Relational Database Service
- Reading 3.8: Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
- Reading 3.9: Choose the Right AWS Database Service
Week 3 Exercise & Assessment
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Assignment
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- Ready for the lab?
- Week 3 Quiz
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- Lab 3: Configuring a Web Application
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- Introduction to Exercise 3
- Demo Creating an Amazon DynamoDB Table
Monitoring on AWS
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3
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3
Videos
- Introduction to Week 4
- Monitoring on AWS
- Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch
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- Reading 4.1: Monitoring on AWS
- Reading 4.2: Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch
Optimization
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3
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3
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3
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- Optimizing Solutions on AWS
- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
- Route Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
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- Reading 4.3: Optimizing Solutions on AWS
- Reading 4.4: Route Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
- Reading 4.5: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Week 4 Exercise & Assessment
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Assignment
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- Ready for the lab?
- Week 4 Quiz
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- Lab 4: Configure High Availability for Your Application -
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- Introduction to Lab 4
- Demo Making Employee Directory Application
Going Serverless
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Assignment
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- Self-Graded Activity: Capstone Project
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- Redesigning the Employee Directory
Generative AI services on AWS
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- Introduction to Amazon Bedrock
- Introduction to Amazon Q
- Amazon Q Developer Basics
- Amazon Q Developer Demonstration
- Amazon Q Developer Security Scanning
End of Course Assessment
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- End of Course Assessment
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- Post-Course Survey
Morgan Willis
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