Architecting on AWS

Course Objectives:

– Gain proficiency in AWS architecting basic practices.

– Utilize AWS management tools such as the AWS Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and CloudFormation in a hands-on lab environment.

– Implement robust account security through policy enforcement.

– Design and deploy an elastic, secure, virtual network comprising private and public subnets.

– Construct an AWS core networking infrastructure.

– Develop a layered security approach for Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets.

– Select and deploy appropriate compute resources based on business use-cases.

– Create and configure a VPC, and deploy an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance in a lab environment.

– Set up an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) within the VPC.

– Evaluate and compare various AWS storage products and services to address specific business scenarios.

– Analyze different types of AWS database services to meet specific business needs.

– Build a highly available, auto-scaling database layer in a lab environment.

– Explore the business value of AWS monitoring solutions and their role in event-driven load balancing and auto-scaling responses.

– Identify and implement AWS automation tools for infrastructure build, maintenance, and evolution.

– Discuss network peering, VPC endpoints, gateway, and routing solutions for specific use-cases.

– Explore hybrid networking configurations to extend and secure your infrastructure.

– Examine the benefits of microservices as an effective decoupling strategy for highly available applications at scale.

– Utilize AWS container services for rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment.

– Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services through practical examples.

– Build a serverless infrastructure in a lab environment.

– Discuss how AWS edge services address latency and security concerns.

– Create a CloudFront deployment with an S3 backend in a lab environment.

– Explore AWS backup and recovery solutions, along with best practices for ensuring resiliency and business continuity.

– Design a highly available and secure cloud architecture to solve a business problem in a project-based, facilitator-guided lab.