In this course, you learn to perform the complete workflow associated with a Snowball Edge device: from creating a Snowball Edge job to returning the device. You logically walk through the Snowball Edge process in the six modules in this course. Demonstration videos are included in each module to provide you with hands-on examples of the processes and supported AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands. Each module includes Snowball client commands and examples of use and sample outputs to help you perform the tasks required to complete a Snowball Edge job.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for:
- Cloud administrators
- Storage administrators
- Cloud architects
- Migration engineers
Course Objectives
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Create IAM users and roles, and create your Snowball Edge job
- Prepare your environment for receiving your Snowball Edge device
- Connect, power on, update, and configure your Snowball Edge device for data transfer or compute operations
- Test, estimate, and monitor data transfer rates and times
- Determine the appropriate data transfer methods and interface
- Perform data transfer to your Snowball Edge device
- Configure Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) compute instances, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes, and AWS Lambda functions
- Shut down services and the Snowball Edge device
- Ship and monitor the return of your Snowball Edge device
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
- Completed the AWS Snowball Edge Getting Started course
- Completed the AWS Snowball Edge Logistics and Planning course
- Physical and cloud storage foundational skills
- Foundational AWS skills (Cloud Practitioner Essentials certified or equivalent)
Delivery Method
This course is delivered through:
- Digital training
Duration
- 4 hours
Course Outline
This course covers the following concepts:
- Module One – AWS Snowball Edge: Creating a Job
- Job creation prerequisites
- Creating a job
- Job creation demonstration
- Module Two – AWS Snowball Edge: Preparing to Receive Your Device
- Configure security
- Configure workstation resources
- Configure connectivity
- Module Three – AWS Snowball Edge: Connecting and Starting Your Device
- Connecting your Snowball Edge device
- Unlocking the device
- Downloading credentials
- Configuring device and services profiles
- Module Four – AWS Snowball Edge: Data Transfer to Your Snowball Edge Device
- Data transfer planning
- Data transfer using file interface
- Data transfer using the Amazon S3 Adapter
- Validating transferred data
- Module Five – AWS Snowball Edge: Configuring Compute Resources
- Configuring Amazon EC2 compute
- Creating local security groups
- Configuring Amazon EBS volumes
- Configuring AWS Lambda and AWS IoT Greengrass
- Module Six – AWS Snowball Edge: Returning Your Device
- Shutting down compute and data transfer services
- Shutting down the Snowball Edge device
- Tracking the return job status
- Validating data transfers into your Amazon S3 buckets
