AWS Technical Essentials

This course is intended for:

• Individuals responsible for articulating the business benefits of AWS services
• Individuals who are new to working with AWS services
• SysOps Administrators and Developers who are interested in using AWS services

This course is designed to teach you how to:

• Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform
• Navigate the AWS Management Console
• Understand the security measures AWS provides
• Differentiate AWS Storage options and create an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket
• Recognize AWS Compute and Networking options and use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
• Describe Managed Services and Database options, and launch an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance
• Identify Deployment and Management options

Module 1: Introduction & History to AWS

• Navigate the AWS Management Console
• Recognize AWS Global Infrastructure
• Describe the security measures AWS provides

Module 2: AWS Storage & Content Delivery

• Identify key AWS storage options
• Describe Amazon EBS
• Create an Amazon S3 bucket and manage associated objects

Module 3: Compute Services & Networking

• Identify the different AWS compute and networking options
• Describe an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Create an Amazon EC2 instance
• Verify how to use Amazon EBS

Module 4: AWS Managed Services & Database

• Describe Amazon DynamoDB
• Verify key aspects of Amazon RDS
• Execute an Amazon RDS drive application

Module 5: Deployment and Management

• Identify AWS CloudFormation
• Describe Amazon CloudWatch metrics and alarms
• Describe Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM)