Cloud Operations on AWS

Course code

CO-AWS

Duration

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

This course teaches system administrators, operators, and anyone performing day-to-day operations in the AWS Cloud how to install, configure, automate, monitor, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the services, networks, and systems on AWS necessary to support business applications. The course also covers specific AWS features, tools, and best practices related to these functions.

Objectives

What you’ll learn

Identify the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, an AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar
Manage access to AWS resources using AWS accounts and organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources by using AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config
Develop a resource deployment strategy using metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and AWS Control Tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment
And much more

Prerequisites

Who should take this course

System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud
IT workers who want to increase their cloud operations knowledge

What experience you’ll need

Successfully completed the AWS Technical Essentials classroom training
A background in either software development or systems administration
Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows
Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)

Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS

What is Cloud Operations
AWS Well-Architected Framework
AWS Well-Architected Tool

Module 2: Access Management

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations

Module 3: System Discovery

Methods to interact with AWS services
Tools for automating resource discovery
Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config

Module 4: Deploy and Update Resources

Cloud Operations in deployments
Tagging strategies
Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
Deployment using AWS Control Tower

Module 5: Automate Resource Deployment

Deployment using AWS CloudFormation
Deployment using AWS Service Catalog
Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code

Day 2

Module 6: Manage Resources

AWS Systems Manager
Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code

Module 7: Configure Highly Available Systems

Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon Route 53

Module 8: Automate Scaling

Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling
Scaling with Spot Instances
Managing licenses with AWS License Manager

Module 9: Monitor and Maintain System Health

Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads
Monitoring AWS infrastructure
Monitoring applications
Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure

Module 10: Data Security and System Auditing

Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation
Implementing detection mechanisms
Automating incident remediation

Day 3

Module 11: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks

Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Networking beyond the VPC

Module 12: Mountable Storage

Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance
Using Amazon EBS snapshots
Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources
Creating backup and data recovery plans
Configuring shared file system storage
Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery

Module 13: Object Storage

Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3

Module 14: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization

Gaining AWS cost awareness
Using control mechanisms for cost management
Optimizing your AWS spend and usage
Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOp

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Cloud Operations on AWS

Course code:

CO-AWS

Duration:

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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