Cloud Architect Professional (400)

Key skills

• Advanced Cloud Service Knowledge: Understanding of various Alibaba Cloud services, including ECS, OSS, RDS, SLS, Redis, and ACK, with an emphasis on
best practices for architecture and use cases.
• Networking Expertise: Proficient in designing and implementing complex network setups, including VPC, NAT Gateways, SLB, Global Accelerator (GA),
and Express Connect, tailored to varying business needs.
• Performance and Scalability Techniques: Experienced in building scalable solutions using Auto Scaling and SLB, while knowledgeable about performance
tuning decisions with Redis and ACK.
• Security and Compliance: Awareness of best practices for delivering secure enterprise applications, including DNS configurations and SSL certificate
management, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Content Delivery Strategies: Familiarity with utilizing CDN and ESA services to optimize content distribution and enhance the user experience.

Course outline

Course introduction
• Roadmap/agenda
• What the Cloud Architect role is about
• Pre-course survey

Module 1: Building Enterprise-grade Networks on Alibaba Cloud
• Cloud Networking Deep Dive
o Basic networking terminology
o Basic connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
§ Alibaba Cloud VPC advanced operations
§ Introduction to NAT gateway
o Service connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
§ SLB advanced discussion
§ Introduction to Global Accelerator
§ Introduction to Elastic IP
§ Introduction to Internet Shared Bandwidth and Data Transfer Plans
o Enterprise connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
§ General requirements for enterprise connectivity
§ Introduction to Cloud Enterprise Network
o Hybrid connectivity with Alibaba Cloud
§ What is hybrid connectivity?
§ Introduction to Smart Access Gateway
§ Introduction to Express Connect
§ Introduction to VPN Gateway

Module 2: Core Infrastructure Deep Dive
• Core Compute Infrastructure Deep Dive
o ECS deep dive and best practices
• Core Storage Infrastructure Deep Dive
o Basic storage terminology
o Introduction to Apsara Distributed File System
o Elastic Block Storage deep dive and best practices
o Apsara File Storage NAS deep dive and best practices
o OSS deep dive and best practices
o SLS deep dive and best practices
• Best Practices for Database Services
o ApsaraDB RDS deep dive and best practices
o PolarDB fundamentals
o Alibaba Cloud database management tools best practices

Module 3: Building Highly Available, Performant Cloud Architecture
• Leveling up Your Core Infrastructure
o Highly available architecture on Alibaba Cloud
§ Implementing HA with SLB
o Scalable architecture on Alibaba Cloud
§ Implementing rightsizing with Auto Scaling
o Performant architecture on Alibaba Cloud
§ Improving service performance with Redis
o Distributed architecture on Alibaba Cloud
§ Decoupling services with Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK)

Module 4: Delivering Services and Content on Alibaba Cloud
• Delivering Services and Content on Alibaba Cloud
o Delivering services on Alibaba Cloud
§ How users access your services on the cloud
§ Introduction to Alibaba Cloud DNS
§ Introduction to Alibaba Cloud Certificate Management Service
o Delivering content on Alibaba Cloud
§ Accelerating access to content
§ Alibaba Cloud CDN deep dive and best practices

Module 5: Securing Workloads on Alibaba Cloud
• Alibaba Cloud Security Deep Dive
o Common threats on the cloud
o Alibaba Cloud security services portfolio
o Network security
§ Introduction to Anti-DDoS
§ Introduction to Web Application Firewall
§ Introduction to Cloud Firewall
o Host security
§ Introduction to Security Center
o Data security
§ Introduction to Data Security Center
§ Introduction to KMS
§ Introduction to Cloud Hardware Security Module