AWS Essential Training for Developers

Course details

Learn the best ways to host your application within AWS. Instructor Jeremy “JV” Villeneuve guides you through how to make the best use of services like infrastructure as a service, database as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service using hands-on real-world examples. Along the way, explore DevOps and security within AWS, as well as skills that are beneficial in preparing for the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification exam (CLF-C02). By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with skills needed to leverage the full power of AWS services to build and maintain complete applications.

Learning objectives
Explore the AWS tools for creating automated workflows.
Maintain a replayable script of your cloud infrastructure with CloudFormation.
Explore the monitoring and logging tools provided by AWS.
Leverage various AI services available for your applications.

Concepts

Introduction

What is the best way to use AWS
How to choose AWS services
Visualizing the cloud in the real world

On-Premises to AWS

On-premises infrastructure
Birth of the cloud - EC2 and S3
Where in the world are your AWS services
Faster speeds with Local Zones and Wavelength Zones

AWS Essential Setup

The AWS root account
AWS Identity Center
Creating a new user
Break down the bill in AWS
Setting a budget to save money

IaaS Compute

Creating an EC2 instance
Choosing the right EC2 instance type
Creating a key pair
Setting up a web server
Stopping and starting vs. rebooting instances
Right-sizing with EC2 autoscaling
Creating backups with an AMI Snapshot
Saving money in EC2
Challenge - Restore an EC2 instance
Solution - Restore an EC2 instance

IaaS Networking

Using security groups as firewalls
Editing security groups
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Public and private subnets
Internet and NAT gateways
Static addresses with Elastic IPs
Using VPNs to access private subnets
Scaling with Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
Creating an Application Load Balancer (ALB)
Pointing a domain to your EC2s with Route 53
Challenge - Add a server to your load balancer
Solution - Add a server to your load balancer

IaaS Storage

Hard drives with Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Storing passwords with Secrets Manager
NAS with Elastic File System (EFS)
Web storage with Simple Storage Service (S3)
Uploading a file to S3 from the AWS CLI
IAM roles for EC2
Using the SDK to create a file within S3
Putting together all of the IAM resources
Long-term storage with S3 Glacier
Serving content faster with CloudFront

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

What is database as a service (DBaaS)
Relational Database Service (RDS)
Create an Aurora database
NoSQL databases
In-memory caches
Big data databases
Data Analytics in AWS
Challenge - Aurora
Solution - Aurora

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Hosting web apps with Elastic Beanstalk
Running containers on AWS
Using Kubernetes with AWS
Serverless functions with Lambda
Create a Lambda function
Challenge - Lambda function
Solution - Lambda function

Application Integration

Buffering data with a message queue
EventBridge
Designing backend APIs
Managing long-running jobs

Software as a Service (SaaS)

User authentication for your app
Helpful machine learning services
Artificial intelligence models and tools

DevOps with AWS

What is DevOps
Continuous integration and deployment (CI CD)
Developer tools within AWS
Infrastructure as Code with AWS
Monitoring with CloudWatch
Log monitoring with AWS
DevOps using Machine Learning
Challenge - Cloudwatch
Solution - Cloudwatch

Security on AWS

AWS Shield and firewalls with WAF
Spot issues with Inspector, GuardDuty, and Macie
Manage EC2 with Systems Manager
Traceability with CloudTrail and Security Hub
Investigate threats with AWS Detective

AWS the Right Way

AWS Well-Architected Framework
Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Keep in the know with AWS
Getting help from AWS Support

Conclusion

Check for unwanted charges
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (CLF-C02)