Architecting on AWS

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AWS unlocked. Learn, Certify, Succeed!

Learn, Certify, Succeed!

Architecting on AWS is for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, and developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting. In this course, you will learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architectural solutions differ depending on industry, types of applications, and business size. 
AWS Authorized Instructors emphasize best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and guide you through the process of designing optimal IT solutions, based on real-life scenarios.

The modules focus on account security, networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, automation, containers, serverless architecture, edge services, and backup and recovery. At the end of the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned with confidence.

Key Facts

Course Level

Intermediate

Duration

3 days

Intended audience

  • Solution architects
  • Solution-design engineers
  • Developers seeking an  understanding of AWS architecting
  • individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification

Prerequisites

  • Completed AWS Security Essentials, or …
  • Working knowledge of distributed systems
  • Familiarity with general networking concepts
  • Familiarity with IP addressing
  • Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
  • Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

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Detailed Course Outline

Course Objectives
  • Identify AWS architecting basic practices
  • Summarize the fundamentals of account security
  • Identify strategies to build a secure virtual network that includes private and public subnets
  • Practice building a multi-tier architecture in AWS
  • Identify strategies to select the appropriate compute resources based on business use cases
  • Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services based on business scenarios
  • Compare and contrast AWS database services based on business needs
  • Identify the role of monitoring, load balancing, and auto scaling responses based on business needs
  • Identify and discuss AWS automation tools that will help you build, maintain, and evolve your infrastructure
  • Discuss hybrid networking, network peering, and gateway and routing solutions to extend and secure your infrastructure
  • Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment
  • Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples
  • Discuss the ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security
  • Explore AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business continuity
This course includes presentations based on use cases, group discussions, demonstrations, assessments, and hands-on labs.

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

  • AWS Services and Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure Models
  • AWS API Tools
  • Securing your infrastructure
  • The Well-Architected Framework
  • Hands-on lab: Explore Using the AWS API Tools to Deploy an EC2 Instance

Module 2: Account Security

  • Security Principals
  • Identity and Resource-Based Policies
  • Account Federation
  • Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Module 3: Networking, Part 1

  • IP Addressing
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patternsand Quotas
  • Routing
  • Internet Access
  • Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
  • Security Groups

Module 4: Compute

  • Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
  • EC2 Instances and Instance Selection
  • High Performance Computing on AWS
  • Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which
  • Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Day 2

Modul 5: Storage

  • Shared File Systems
  • Shared EBS Volumes
  • Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes
  • Data Migration Tools

Modul 6: Database Services

  • AWS Database Solutions
  • Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)
  • DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases
  • Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS
  • Scaling
  • Caching and Migrating Data
  • Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Modul 7: Monitoring and Scaling

  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
  • Invoking Events
  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost
  • Hands-on Lab: Configure High Availability in Your Amazon VPC

Modul 8: Automation

  • CloudFormation
  • AWS Systems Manager

Modul 9: Containers

  • Microservices
  • Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
  • Containers

Day 3

Modul 10: Networking Part 2

  • VPC Peering & Endpoints
  • Transit Gateway
  • Hybrid Networking
  • Route 53

Modul 11: Serverless Architecture

  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose
  • Step Functions
  • Compare Amazon SQS to Amazon MQ
  • Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture

Modul 12: Edge Services

  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager
  • Compare AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Outposts
  • Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin

Modul 13: Backup and Recovery

  • Planning for Disaster Recovery
  • AWS Backup
  • Recovery Strategies

Capstone Lab: Build an AWS Multi-Tier Architecture

Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario.
The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection.
Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation.

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Architecting on AWS

  • Learn AWS best practices
    with AWS Authorized Instructors
  • Design resilient IT solutions
    using the AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Hands-on labs & real-world scenarios
    for practical learning
  • Master key AWS services
    security, networking, compute, storage, databases, automation,containers, serverless & more
  • Build and apply
    your own AWS architecture with confidence

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