AWS Essential Training for Administrators (2022)
5h 56mIntermediate2022-03-02
Authors
Shyam Raj
Technical Instructor, Network and Cloud Guru
Course details
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most widely used cloud platform and the go-to for many organizations looking to reduce costs by adopting a cloud infrastructure strategy. In this course, instructor Shyam Raj covers the tasks that are essential for cloud admins, including identity and access, security, storage, migration, monitoring, and more. Shyam begins with some fundamentals of cloud computing and AWS. He goes into IAM roles, policies, and best practices, then walks you through managing EC2 and storage. Shyam shows you how to use CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Event Bridge for monitoring and logging. Then he walks you through managing security and compliance. Shyam finishes with some practical advice on controlling your AWS costs and using the services available for a migration to AWS.
Skills covered
Cloud AdministrationAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCloud ServicesCloud PlatformsEssential TrainingCloud Computing
Concepts
Introduction
- Simplified AWS administration
- What you should know
Cloud Computing
- Cloud computing fundamentals
Introduction to AWS
- AWS fundamentals
- Tools to connect with AWS
Managing Identities and Access
- Introduction to IAM
- IAM users and groups
- IAM roles
- IAM policies
- IAM best practices
Managing Compute
- Amazon Machine Image
- EBS volumes
- Launching an EC2 instance
- Connect to the EC2 instance
- Launch templates
- Elastic IP and Elastic Network Interface
- Security groups
- Snapshots
- EC2 purchasing options
- Lambda
Managing Storage
- Amazon S3
- Configure an S3 bucket
- S3 Glacier
- Amazon EFS
- Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
- Cloud storage with AWS storage gateway
- AWS Backup
Monitoring and Logging
- CloudWatch
- CloudTrail
- EventBridge
Managing Security
- Access Analyzer
- Managing keys and secrets
- Amazon GuardDuty
- Protect sensitive data with Amazon Macie
- Manage SSL certificates with AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS Security Hub
Management and Compliance
- AWS Organizations
- Create an AWS Organization
- AWS Single Sign-On
- Introduction to AWS Control Tower
- Configure AWS Control Tower
- AWS Service Catalog
- AWS Resource Access Manager
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Config
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS License Manager
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Audit Manager
- AWS Directory Service
Controlling Costs
- AWS Pricing Calculator
- Cost allocation tags
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Cost Explorer
Migration
- Overview of migration services
- AWS Application Migration Service
- AWS Snow Family
- AWS Migration Hub
Conclusion
- Next steps