AWS Technical Essentials
COURSE OUTLINE:
The AWS Technical Essentials Instructor-Led Training course introduces AWS products, services, and common solutions with demos, knowledge checks, and hands-on lab activities. It provides learners with the basic fundamentals to become more proficient in AWS and empowers them to make informed decisions about IT solutions based on business requirements.
Audience
- Individuals responsible for articulating the business benefits of AWS services
- Any individual who is new to AWS
- SysOps Administrators and Developers who are interested in using AWS services
Learning Objectives
- 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
- Use Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) to launch an application
- Identify Deployment and Management options
This is an emerging technology course. Course outline is subject to change as needed.
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)