AWS Fundamentals for System Administrators

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This course introduces Amazon AWS cloud capabilities to administrators, engineers, and architects looking to design and deploy on the AWS cloud. It covers core AWS skills and concepts needed to begin working with AWS and to achieve AWS certification.


AWS is the world’s leading cloud platform provider, it has revolutionized and modernized the way we do IT. Today, AWS certifications are the hottest and most sought after in the industry, especially for individuals interested in the role of cloud architect, cloud engineer and cloud administrator.

Some of the major topics that we will cover in this course include:

AWS Global Infrastructure
AWS security measures
How to use the AWS Free Tier
Working with AWS Storage
AWS Networking
And much more

By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid understanding of how various AWS services are architected and how you can use them.

However, before beginning this course, you should have a solid working knowledge of virtualization, networking essentials, and general systems administration. A great first step to acquiring this knowledge is to explore the various courses on Pluralsight.


01. Getting Started

AWS Certification Tracks
What Is Cloud Computing
Key Dates in the History of Cloud Computing
Summary

02. Introduction to AWS
AWS History
Onpremises Components
Doityourself vs. AWS
Summary

03. Understanding AWS Global Infrastructure
What Is Elastic Computing
Regions and Availability Zones
Summary

04. Understanding AWS Security Measures
The Physical Access
Shared Security Responsibility Model
Identity and Access Management IAM
Summary

05. The AWS Free Tier
The AWS Free Tier
How to Sign Up
Provision Free Tier Resources
Interacting with an EC2 Instance
Summary

06. Working with AWS Storage Ephemeral and S3
Understanding Ephemeral Storage
Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
Configuring S3
Summary

07. Working with AWS Storage EBS and Glacier
Understanding Elastic Block Storage EBS
Configuring EBS from the AWS Management Console
Understanding Glacier
Summary

08. AWS Compute Options
Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
EC2 Compute Unit ECU
EC2 Instance Types
Summary.

09. Understanding EC2 Pricing
Ondemand Instances
Reserved Instances RI
Reserved Instances RI Scenarios
Spot Instances
Summary

10. Understanding AWS Networking, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling
Module Introduction
What Is Virtual Private Cloud VPC
VPC Network Security
Elastic Load Balancing ELB
VPC Walkthrough
Amazon Route 53
AWS CloudWatch
Auto Scaling
Module Summary

11. Amazon Database Options, APIs, and Lambda
Module Introduction
Amazon RDS Options
NonRDS Options
Database Creation
Amazon APIs
Amazon Lambda
Module Summary

12. Amazon Simple Services
Module Introduction
Simple Email Service SES
Simple Queue Service SQS
Simple Notification Service SNS
Configuring SNS
Module Summary

13. CloudFront, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudTrail
Module Introduction
CloudFront
CloudFormation
Elastic Beanstalk
CloudTrail
Module Summary