This is the digital course supplement for the Becoming a Cloud Practitioner Part 2 course. Gain the foundational skills to build secure, reliable AWS networking and compute. In this four-part series, you'll learn the key concepts and services to use and understand the AWS Cloud. In part two, you'll gain the skills needed to implement secure, reliable networking, compute, and AWS account strategies.
This course will teach you how to set up virtual private clouds (VPCs) with subnets, internet gateways, route tables, and security groups. You'll learn to launch Amazon EC2 virtual servers and connect to instances. You'll also compare computing options like EC2, Lambda functions, and containers, and explore serverless and edge computing models.
Hands-on simulations let you build your own VPC, attach storage, and deploy a static website. You'll benefit from the flexibility to choose the right compute services for each unique use case. Leverage AWS networking expertise to focus on delivering business value instead of managing infrastructure.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Set up a virtual private cloud (VPC) with public/private subnets
- Launch Amazon EC2 instances and attach EBS volumes
- Configure networking components like internet gateways, route tables, security groups
- Compare compute services like EC2, Lambda, containers
- Gain knowledge of AWS billing and cost management features, including free tier, pricing models, and cost allocation
- Follow best practices for security, availability and cost optimization
Intended Audience:
This course is intended for one or more of the following personas:
- Individuals who are curious about AWS Cloud technologies.
- Individuals in both technical and non-technical roles.
- Individuals looking reskill for the AWS Cloud.
- Business decision makers.
Prerequisites
- Ability to use desktop and laptop computers.
- Understanding of the internet and how to navigate web pages.
- Understanding of physical networking, protocols, virtual desktops, and servers.
- Understanding of physical storage devices.
- Understanding of AWS global infrastructure.
- Understanding of AWS networking services and how to build a functioning Amazon VPC solution.
- Understanding of Amazon S3 and object storage.
These skills can be gained by taking the following AWS Skills Center course:
- [Computer Foundations Series] Parts 1-4
- [Becoming a Cloud Practitioner Part 1]
Course outline
- [Topic A] Networking in AWS
- Review physical network components
- Amazon VPC service
- Amazon VPC configuration
- [Topic B] VPC networking components
- Organizing resources in your Amazon VPC
- Opening your Amazon VPC to traffic
- Controlling traffic in your Amazon VPC.
- [Topic C] Compute services
- Types of AWS compute
- Foundations for Amazon EC2
- Introduction to containers
- Introduction to serverless compute
- Introduction to edge compute
- [Topic D] AWS account and billing strategies
- AWS account strategies
- AWS billing strategies
