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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

1) Cloud Basics and AWS Overview

  • Core concepts of cloud computing
  • 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 utilizing the CLI

Practical Exercises:

  • Account creation, initial configuration, and exploring the console interface
  • Setting up user profiles in IAM (Identity and Access Management)

2) Compute and Networking Services

  • Compute Services
    • Amazon EC2: instances, AMIs, instance types, and auto scaling
    • AWS Lambda: introduction to serverless computing
  • Networking Services
    • Amazon VPC: subnets, route tables, gateways, and security controls
    • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Practical Exercises:

  • Designing a basic VPC with both public and private subnets

3) Storage Solutions 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 database)

Practical Exercises:

  • Setting up 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 (users, groups, roles, and policy management)
    • Secrets Manager and Parameter Store: best practices for secret management
    • AWS Organizations and cost control mechanisms
  • Monitoring
    • Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, log analysis, and alarm configuration
    • AWS CloudTrail: auditing account activity
  • Automation
    • AWS CloudFormation: implementing infrastructure as code

Practical Exercises:

  • Configuring performance alarms in CloudWatch
  • Executing a simple deployment using CloudFormation

5) Service Integration, API Gateway, and Final Project

  • Service Integration
    • Amazon API Gateway: creation, configuration, and API security measures
    • Integrating with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
    • Designing highly available and scalable architectures
    • Introduction to using managed services (ECS/EKS)
  • Best Practices
    • Applying the Well-Architected Framework
    • AWS cost management and optimisation strategies

Final Project Hands-on:
Developing a simple web application on AWS that integrates the following components:

  • API Gateway + Lambda (serverless backend)
  • S3 (static site or asset storage)
  • RDS or DynamoDB (data persistence layer)
  • CloudWatch for continuous monitoring

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of fundamental IT concepts
  • Practical experience with general networking principles
  • Familiarity with database systems and web application development

Target Audience

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

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