Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn about security management in AWS using Identity Access Management (IAM) and Key Management Service.

Topics :

User management through Identity Access Management (IAM)
Various access policies across AWS Services
API keys service access
Best practices for IAM
Key Management Service
Access billing and create alerts on billing

Hands-on:

Create new users who can login to AWS console
Create role for an application to access S3
Create policies for new user to have either admin or limited privileges
Credential rotation for IAM users
Login to AWS console via MFA
Create API keys for accessing AWS Services
Create Budget

Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn about the different Object Storage Services offered by AWS, identify when to use a specific service, how to store/transfer data using these services and optimize the storage cost.

Topics :

S3 bucket - Creation, Version Control, Security, Replication, Transfer Acceleration
Storage classes in S3
Life cycle policy in S3
Cost optimization for S3
CloudFront – Create and configure with S3
Snowball
✓Storage Gateway and its types

Hands-on:

Hosting a Static Website on Amazon S3
Versioning in AWS S3
Replicating data across regions
S3 Transfer acceleration
Transfer and retrieve data from Glacier through lifecycle policy
Upload a file to AWS S3 through a Website
Accessing a static website through Cloud Front

Learning Objectives:

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is the backbone of AWS. In this module, you will learn about the concepts associated with an EC2 instance and their usage. This module covers different Amazon AMIs, a demo on launching an AWS EC2 instance, ways to connect with an instance and how to host a website on AWS EC2 instance.

Topics :

Start, stop and terminate an EC2 Instance
Security Group
AMI
VPC, ENI, Public and Private IP
Storage services
EBS and its types
EFS
Cost optimization

Hands-on:

Host your website inside EC2
Create an AMI
Create an Elastic IP
Attaching an EBS volume externally
To create a snapshot
Mount EFS volumes

Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn the concepts of Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling and Route 53 to manage traffic.

Topics :

Elastic Load Balancer and its types
Comparison of Classic, Network and Application Load Balancer
Auto-Scaling
Components of Auto-Scaling
Lifecycle of Auto-Scaling
Auto-Scaling policy
Working of Route 53
Various Routing Policies

Hands-on:

Create a Classic Load Balancer
Create a Network Load Balancer
Work with Application Load Balancer and Auto-Scaling
Auto-Scaling and Scaling policy
Point a sub-domain to EC2 box in Route 53

Learning Objectives:

Schedule Management is the process of developing, maintaining and communicating schedules for Time and Resource in Project Management. This module emphasises the importance of delivering the Project on time. You will learn how to plan and estimate a project’s schedule, how to monitor and control it. Several related techniques are covered in-depth.

Topics :

Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Control Schedule

Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn about the different services provided by AWS. You will be provided with an overview of important resources required for architecting an application.

Topics :

Amazon RDS and its benefits
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
ElastiCache
Amazon RedShift
AWS Kinesis

Hands-on:

Storing an application data in MySQL DB using Relational Database Service (RDS)
Creating Tables, loading sample data and running queries
Redis Cache
Visualize the web traffic using Kinesis Data Stream

Learning Objectives:

This module introduces you to the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. You will learn to implement networking using public and private subnets with VPC. Also, this module demonstrates how to monitor your services.

Topics :

VPC – Benefits and Components
CIDR Notations
Network Access Control List v/s Security Groups
NAT – Network Address Translation
VPC peering
AWS CloudWatch
AWS CloudTrail
Trusted Advisor

Hands-on:

Create a Non-default VPC and attach it to an EC2 instance
Access Internet Inside Private Subnet Using NAT Gateway
Connect two instances in different VPCs using VPC peering
Monitor an EC2 instance using CloudWatch
Enable CloudTrail and Store Logs in S3
Explore the Trusted Advisor

Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn about the different Application services offered by AWS that are used for sending e-mails, notifications, and processing message queues. This module also deals with the latest trend of Serverless architecture using AWS Lambda.

Topics :

AWS Simple Email Service (SES)
AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS)
AWS Simple Work Flow (SWF)
AWS Lambda

Hands-on:

Send an email through AWS SES
Send a notification through SNS
Send an e-mail through Lambda when an object is added to S3
Send a notification through Lambda when a message is sent to SQS

Learning Objectives:

This module helps you learn various AWS services and tools used for configuration management and Automation.

Topics :

AWS CloudFormation
AWS OpsWorks - OpsWorks for Chef Automate, OpsWorks for Stack, OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprises
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Differentiate between CloudFormation, OpsWorks, and Beanstalk

Hands-on:

Installation of LAMP server in EC2 through CloudFormation
AWS OpsWorks Stack
Deploy a Web Application with DynamoDB using Beanstalk

Learning Objectives:

This module gives you an idea about the importance of AWS guidelines for Well Architected Framework. You will also learn about the Resilient and Performant architecture designs.

Topics :

Determine how to design high-availability and fault-tolerant architectures
Choose reliable/resilient storage
Determine how to design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services
Determine how to design a multi-tier architecture solution
Disaster Recovery Solution
Choose performant storage
Apply caching to improve performance
Design solutions for elasticity and scalability

Learning Objectives:

Adding to Module 10, this module covers the remaining three concepts behind AWS Well-Architected Framework – Securing Applications and Architectures, Designing Cost-Optimized Architectures, Defining Operationally Excellent Architectures.

Topics :

Well-Architected Framework
Specify Secure Applications and Architectures
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Define Operationally-Excellent Architectures

Learning Objectives:

This module primarily focuses on exam questionnaires and the tips that will prepare you for ‘AWS Solution Architect Certification Exam’.

Topics :

AWS Solution Architect Certification Exam Guide
Certification Exam Questionnaires

Learning Objectives:

In this module, you will learn how to implement DevOps tools on AWS.

Topics :

Overview of DevOps - Lifecycle, Stages in DevOps
AWS CodeCommit
AWS CodePipeline
AWS Code Deploy

Hands-on:

Implement AWS CodeCommit
Implement AWS CodePipeline