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Course Outline
1) Cloud Fundamentals and AWS
- Cloud Computing concepts
- Service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid, Multicloud)
- Introduction to AWS
- Global infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
- Accessing AWS Management Console and CLI
Hands-on:
- Account creation, initial setup, and console navigation
- User configuration in IAM (Identity and Access Management)
2) Computing and Networking
- Compute Services
- Amazon EC2: instances, AMIs, types, auto scaling
- AWS Lambda: serverless computing
- Networking Services
- Amazon VPC: subnets, routes, gateways, security
- Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Hands-on:
- Launching and accessing an EC2 instance
- Creating a simple VPC with public and private subnets
3) Storage and Databases
- Storage Services
- Amazon S3: buckets, policies, versioning
- Amazon EBS and Amazon EFS
- Database Services
- Amazon RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- Amazon Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- DynamoDB (NoSQL)
Hands-on:
- Creating and configuring an S3 bucket for static website hosting
- Creating an RDS database and accessing it via EC2 instance
4) Security, Monitoring, and Automation
- Security and Governance
- IAM (users, groups, roles, and policies)
- Secrets Manager and Parameter Store: best practices for secret management
- AWS Organizations and cost control
- Monitoring
- Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and alarms
- AWS CloudTrail: activity auditing
- Automation
- AWS CloudFormation: infrastructure as code
Hands-on:
- Creating alarms in CloudWatch
- Simple deployment using CloudFormation
5) Integration, API Gateway, and Final Project
- Service Integration
- Amazon API Gateway: creation, configuration, and API security
- Integration with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
- Highly available and scalable architectures
- Using managed services (ECS/EKS – introduction)
- Best Practices
- Well-Architected Framework
- AWS cost management and optimization
Final Project Hands-on:
Building a simple web application on AWS integrating:
- API Gateway + Lambda (serverless backend)
- S3 (static site or asset storage)
- RDS or DynamoDB (data layer)
- CloudWatch for monitoring
Requirements
- An understanding of basic IT concepts
- Experience with general networking
- Familiarity with databases and web applications
Audience
- IT professionals
- System administrators
- Developers exploring cloud platforms
35 Hours
Delivery Options
Private Group Training
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- Pre-course call with your trainer
- Customisation of the learning experience to achieve your goals -
- Bespoke outlines
- Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners
- Training scheduled on a date of your choice
- Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience
Private Group Prices RRP from €11400 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, €3600 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.
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Testimonials (5)
Trainer had good grasp of concepts
Josheel - Verizon Connect
Course - Amazon Redshift
The practice part.
Radu - Ness Digital Engineering
Course - AWS: A Hands-on Introduction to Cloud Computing
The training was more practical
Siphokazi Biyana - Vodacom SA
Course - Kubernetes on AWS
The trainer knew exactly what they were speaking about.
Madumetsa Msomi - BMW
Course - AWS DevOps Engineers
All good, nothing to improve
