SysOps Administrator Associate (300)

Key skills

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Expertise in designing, deploying, and managing scalable solutions on Alibaba Cloud.
• Proficiency in Monitoring Tools: Skilled in utilizing Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) and ActionTrail for real-time performance tracking
and alerting.
• Automation Proficiency: Experience in automating and managing deployments and infrastructure while applying IaC principles.
• Access Control Management: Proficient in configuring Resource Access Management (RAM) to effectively manage user permissions, roles, and policies effectively.
• Cost Optimization Strategies: Familiarity with cost management techniques, including preemptible instances, reserved instances, and effective utilization of
resource plans.
• Disaster Recovery Planning: Proficient in designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies using Cloud Backup and disaster recovery services.

Course outline

Course introduction
• Roadmap/agenda
• What the SysOps Administrator role is about
• Pre-course survey

Module 1: Identity and Access Management on Alibaba Cloud
• Resource Access Management Fundamentals
o Importance of access control
§ Concept of identity on the cloud
§ Principle of least privilege
o What is RAM
§ Authentication and authorization
§ How RAM works
o User and role management
§ Planning username conventions & management
§ Manage roles, not users
§ RAM roles
o Implementing access control policies
§ Access control methods
§ Role-based access control
§ Attribute-based access control
§ RAM policies
§ Writing secure and manageable policies

Module 2: Observability on Alibaba Cloud
• Introduction to Observability
o Monitoring metrics & logging
o Data you should keep track of
o What makes a good monitoring system?
• Application Real-time Monitoring Service (ARMS) Fundamentals
o Setting up alerts and monitoring performance metrics
o Creating alerts based on performance thresholds
o Monitoring resource utilization: CPU, memory, and disk I/O
• ActionTrail Fundamentals
o What is ActionTrail
o Understanding the importance of action auditing, tracking API calls, and configuration changes

Module 3: Resource Deployment & Network Management on Alibaba Cloud
• Designing and deploying scalable solutions on Alibaba Cloud
o Key components: ECS, VPC, SLB
o Principles of high availability and fault tolerance
o Understanding regions and zones
o Discussing the implications of region and zone selection for resilience and latency
• Networking fundamentals in Alibaba Cloud
o Overview of VPCs, Security Groups, NAT Gateways, and Route Tables
o Configuring Security Groups and Firewalls
o Setting rules to control inbound and outbound traffic
o Best practices for securing network configurations
o Interconnecting networks
§ Implementing VPN connections
§ Understanding Express Connect
§ VPC Peering

Module 4: Planning for Disaster Recovery on Alibaba Cloud
• Disaster Recovery and Backup on Alibaba Cloud
o Understanding disaster recovery strategies
o What is RTO and RPO
o Types of disaster recovery solutions
o Backup strategies on Alibaba Cloud
§ Backing up ECS
§ Backing up ApsaraDB RDS
• Introduction to Cloud Backup
o What is Cloud Backup
o Basic operations
§ Configuring automated backups for different services

Module 5: Automating Deployment on Alibaba Cloud
• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps Practices
o Managing resources efficiently
o Automated deployments
o Benefits of IaC in cloud operations
o Popular IaC tools
• Resource Orchestration Service Fundamentals
o What is ROS
o Concepts & components
§ Stacks & templates
§ Resource dependencies
§ Lifecycle management
o Basic operations
§ Creating and managing stacks in ROS

Module 6: Cost Optimization Techniques on Alibaba Cloud
• Cost Optimization Techniques on Alibaba Cloud
o Overview of cost management
§ Why cost management matters
§ Billing models for Alibaba Cloud core services
o Understanding cost optimization offerings on Alibaba Cloud
§ Preemptible instances and reserved instances
§ Resource plans
o Implement cost savings with Auto Scaling
§ Rightsizing resources
§ Advanced operations on Auto Scaling