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DAY 1

Module 1: Account Setup

  • Creating an AWS Account
  • Overview of the Amazon Management Console
  • Understanding Management Activity and Billing
  • Amazon Pricing Structure

Module 2: AWS Big Picture – High-Level Overview

  • General Overview of AWS
  • EC2 – Overview
  • EBS – Overview
  • Security Groups – Overview
  • Elastic IP – Overview
  • CloudFront – Overview
  • S3 – Overview
  • Glacier – Overview
  • IAM – Overview
  • RDS – Overview

Module 3: Amazon EC2 – Windows Server 2012 (Hands-on Lab)

  • Launching a Windows Server 2012 Instance
  • Decrypting Password and Downloading the RDP Shortcut Client
  • Connecting to the EC2 Windows 2012 Instance
  • Terminating the Windows Server 2012 Instance

Module 4: Amazon EC2 – Security Groups (Hands-on Lab)

  • Creating Security Groups
  • Modifying Security Groups
  • Deleting Security Groups

Module 5: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Hands-on Lab)

  • Creating Standard Volumes
  • Creating and Deleting Snapshots
  • Attaching Volumes to Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 14.04 Servers
  • Disassociating and Deleting Volumes

Module 6: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) (Hands-on Lab)

  • Lab 6.1
    1. Launching Two Ubuntu EC2 Instances as Apache Web Servers using User Data
    2. Editing HTML Files on Both Servers
    3. Testing Web Servers via the Internet
  • Lab 6.2
    1. Creating an Elastic Load Balancer
    2. Adding Both Ubuntu Servers to the ELB
    3. Testing the Elastic Load Balancer
    4. Deleting the Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route 53

  • Understanding Route 53
  • Route 53 Demo: Integration with the previously created ELB (Instructor-led demonstration only)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-on Lab)

  • AWS S3 Overview and Pricing
  • Creating Buckets and Folders
  • Uploading, Downloading, Sharing, and Deleting Objects
  • Deleting Buckets

DAY 2

Module 1: Amazon EC2 – Windows Server 2012 with User Data (Hands-on Lab)

  • Launching the Windows 2012 R2 Server
  • Configuring a Web Server using PowerShell Command-based User Data
  • Validating Successful Execution of User Data
  • Terminating the Ubuntu Server

Module 2: Amazon EC2 – Ubuntu 14.04 with User Data (Hands-on Lab)

  • Launching the EC2 Ubuntu Cloud Server
  • Utilizing Web Server User Data
  • Validating Successful Execution of User Data

Module 3: Amazon EC2 – Ubuntu 14.04 with Metadata (Hands-on Lab)

  • Overview of Metadata
  • Fetching Metadata Information About Your EC2 Instance
  • Terminating the Ubuntu Server

Module 4: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) (Hands-on Lab)

  • AWS S3 Overview and Pricing
  • Creating an S3 Bucket
  • File Versioning
  • Hosting Static Websites on S3
  • Cross-Region Replication of Objects
  • Using Route 53 Redirects to Access Static Websites (Live Demo by Instructor)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-on Lab)

  • AWS Glacier Overview and Pricing
  • Creating Lifecycle Policies
  • Accessing Data from Glacier
  • Setting Up Automatic Deletion Rules for Data in S3

Module 6: AWS CloudFormation

  • Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation
  • CloudFormation – Creating a New Stack
  • Deploying a Sample Template in JSON Format
  • Utilizing Existing Templates for Deployment

DAY 3

Module 7: AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

  • What is IAM? – Comprehensive Introduction
  • AWS Federation with Active Directory – Theoretical Overview Only
  • Getting Started with IAM
  • IAM Roles – Delegation and Federation (Hands-on Lab)
    1. Creating a Role
    2. Assuming a Role
    3. Deleting a Role
  • IAM Users and Groups (Hands-on Lab)
    1. Creating Users and Groups
    2. Adding Users to Groups
    3. Setting Up Password Policies for Users
    4. Attaching Policies to Users
    5. Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication for Users
  • IAM Roles (Hands-on Lab)
    1. Creating an IAM Role with Full EC2 and S3 Access
    2. Launching an EC2 Instance and Validating CLI-Based Access

Module 8: AWS CLI

  • Working with the AWS CLI
  • Launching an Instance with Full S3 and EC2 Access
  • Configuring the AWS CLI Client
  • Creating a Security Group via CLI
  • Creating a Key Pair via CLI
  • Launching an EC2 Instance via CLI
  • Stopping an EC2 Instance via CLI
  • Terminating an EC2 Instance via CLI
  • Creating a Load Balancer via CLI
  • Deleting a Load Balancer via CLI
  • Creating an S3 Bucket via CLI
  • Uploading and Downloading Objects Between Local Machine and S3 via CLI
  • Listing Buckets via CLI
  • Deleting Buckets via CLI

Module 9: Application Development and Deployment Best Practices

  • Application Deployment Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • Deploying a Python Beanstalk Environment
  • Deploying an IIS Environment
  • Terminating Python and Beanstalk Environments

DAY 4

Module 10: AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • What is VPC? – Comprehensive Introduction
  • Understanding VPC Configurations
    1. VPC with a Single Public Subnet
    2. VPC with Public and Private Subnets
    3. VPC Peering
    4. Access Control Lists
  • Configuring VPC Instances (Hands-on Lab by Students)
    1. Creating a VPC
    2. Subnets
    3. Internet Gateway
    4. Routing
    5. Configuring a NAT Instance
    6. Creating Security Groups
    7. Launching Instances

Module 11: AWS Managed Services & Database Management Using Python SDK

  • Description of Amazon DynamoDB
  • Verifying Key Aspects of Amazon RDS
  • Configuring Python SDK to Access DynamoDB
  • Creating Tables Using Python SDK
  • Inserting Items Using the SDK
  • Querying Data Using Python SDK
  • Deleting Items Using the SDK

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theoretical Overview Only)

  • Description of Amazon RDS
  • Managing Your Own Database on EC2 vs. Using RDS

Module 13: AWS SNS, SQS, and SWF (Theoretical Overview Only)

  • Simple Notification Service (SNS) – Overview and Use Cases
  • Simple Queue Service (SQS) – Overview and Use Cases
  • Simple Workflow (SWF) – Overview and Use Cases

Requirements

Foundational Linux skills (such as working with files and directories)

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