Duration: 1 Day
Overview
Especially helpful if you do not have a technical background, this course introduces Amazon Web Services (AWS) products, services, and common solutions with immersive exercises and hands-on activities. You will gain proficiency in AWS and become empowered to make informed decisions about IT solutions based on business requirements.
What You Will Learn
- Key AWS compute and storage products and services, including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Block Store (EBS), Auto Scaling, CloudFormation templates, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and Amazon Glacier
- Key AWS security approaches.
- Create an S3 bucket and manage objects associated with that bucket
- Launch and manage server instances in the AWS cloud
- AWS online tools and resources
Audience
Individuals who need a basic introduction to AWS core services
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Introduction to AWS
- Navigate the AWS Management Console
- Recognize AWS Global Infrastructure
- Describe the security measures AWS provides
2. AWS Storage
- Identify key AWS storage options
- Describe Amazon EBS
- Create an Amazon S3 bucket and manage associated objects
3. Compute Services & Networking
- Identify the different AWS compute and networking options
- Describe an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Create an Amazon EC2 instance
- Use Amazon EBS with Amazon EC2
4. Managed Services & Database
- Describe Amazon DynamoDB
- Understand key aspects of Amazon RDS
- Launch an Amazon RDS instance
5. Deployment and Management
- Identify what is CloudFormation
- Describe Amazon CloudWatch metrics and alarms
- Describe Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Course Labs
Lab 1: Amazon S3
- Overview of the Amazon S3 Management Console
- Creating an Amazon S3 bucket and configuring access logging
- Uploading objects and managing object-level permissions
- Accessing objects from a web browser
- Modifying object metadata
- Encrypting objects with Server Side Encryption
- Creating folders and applying bucket-wide security with a bucket policy
- Enabling Life Cycle policies to archive and delete log
Lab 2: Amazon EC2
- Overview of the EC2 Management Console
- Creating an EC2 key pair and a security group to allow RDP
- Choosing a correct Windows AMI and launching an instance
- Creating an AMI with customizations
- Modifying object metadata
- Creating, attaching, detaching and migrating an EBS volume
- Managing an instance's lifecycle, including: Termination protection,starting, stopping, resizing and terminating the instance
Lab 3: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
- Overview of the ELB Management Console
- Creating an ELB for HTTP traffic
- Configuring health checks
- Understanding ELB properties
Lab 4: Amazon RDS
- Overview of the RDS Management Console
- Creating and modifying Security Groups
- Launching a MySQL instance
- Connecting to and utilizing the MySQL instance
- Working with and adjusting the database
