Architecting on AWS [AWSA]

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• Courses taken: AWS Technical Essentials
• Working knowledge of distributed systems and multi-tier architectures
• Familiarity with general networking concepts and cloud computing concepts

This course focuses on the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on the AWS platform. You will learn how to optimize the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how they fit into cloud-based solutions. Best practices and design patterns are covered to help you architect optimal IT solutions on the AWS Cloud. Build and explore a variety of infrastructures through guided discussions and hands-on activity.

Module 1: Introduction

• The Well-Architected Framework
• AWS Global Infrastructure

Module 2: The simplest architectures

• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Amazon S3 Glacier
• Choosing AWS Regions for your architectures
• Hands-on lab: Hosting a Static Website

Module 3: Adding a compute layer

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
• Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS)
• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• Amazon FSx

Module 4: Adding a database layer

• Database layer considerations
• Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
• Amazon DynamoDB
• AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
• Hands-on lab: Deploying a Web Application on AWS

Module 5: Networking in AWS Part 1

• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
• Network security in the cloud
• Hands-on lab: Creating a VPC

Module 6: Networking in AWS Part 2

• AWS VPN connections
• AWS Direct Connect (DX)
• VPC peering
• AWS Transit Gateway
• Load balancing on AWS
• Amazon Route 53

Module 7: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Account users and AWS IAM
• Federating users
• Amazon Cognito
• AWS Organizations

Module 8: Elasticity, high availability, and monitoring

• Amazon CloudWatch
• AWS CloudTrail
• Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
• Scaling your databases
• Hands-on lab: Creating a highly available environment

Module 9: Automation

• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS Systems Manager
• AWS OpsWorks
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Hands-on lab: Automating infrastructure deployment with AWS CloudFormation

Module 10: Caching

• Caching on AWS with Amazon CloudFront
• Session management
• Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)
• Amazon ElastiCache

Module 11: Building decoupled architectures

• Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
• Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

Module 12: Microservices and serverless architectures

• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
• AWS Fargate
• AWS Lambda
• Amazon API Gateway
• AWS Step Functions
• Hands-on lab: Implementing a serverless architecture with AWS Managed Services

Module 13: RTO/RPO and backup recovery setup

• Disaster planning
• Data replication
• Recovery strategies
• AWS Storage Gateway

Module 14: Optimization and review

• Best practices for optimization
• Review questions

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