Architecting on AWS

Architecting on AWS training covers the basics of building IT infrastructure on AWS. The course is designed to teach solution architects how to improve and optimize the AWS cloud platform by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud solutions. Since design solutions can vary depending on the industry, application type, and size of the business, this course will focus on AWS cloud best practices and recommended design patterns; helping participants think through the process of creating ideal IT solutions for AWS. Case studies will also be presented throughout the course to illustrate how each AWS customer has designed their own infrastructure and the strategies and services they have implemented. There will also be opportunities to build different infrastructures through a guided, hands-on approach.

What will you learn during the training?

• How to make architectural decisions based on the design principles and best practices recommended by AWS?
• How to leverage AWS services so that your infrastructure is reliable and highly available?
• How to make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to improve performance and reduce costs?
• How to use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions?

• Solutions Architects for people working or looking for a job
• Solution Design Engineers for people working or looking to work
• Operators and developers who will be responsible for implementing, operating, developing and supporting AWS-based environments and solutions and want to acquire the necessary basic skills.

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

• Welcome and course outcomes

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

• AWS Services and Infrastructure ű
• 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), Patterns and 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

Module 5: Storage

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

Module 6: Database Services

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

Module 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

Module 8: Automation

• CloudFormation
• AWS Systems Manager Module 9: Containers
• Microservices
• Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
• Containers Day 3

Module 10: Networking Part 2

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

Module 11: Serverless Architecture

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

Module 12: Edge Services

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

Module 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.

• Completion of the AWS Technical Essentialsc. training or knowledge of its material is strongly recommended
• Practical knowledge of distributed systems
• Knowledge of basic networking concepts
• Practical knowledge of multi-tier architectures
• Knowledge of cloud computing concepts