AWS WAF is a web application firewall that lets you monitor the HTTP(S) requests that are forwarded to your protected web application resources. In this course, you will learn how to do the following:
- Describe how AWS WAF works
- Identify the technical concepts of AWS WAF
- List typical use cases for AWS WAF
- Specify what it would take to implement AWS WAF in a real-world scenario
- Recognize the benefits of AWS WAF
- Explain the cost structure of AWS WAF
Activities
- Presentation
- Architecture overview
- Technical demos
Course objectives
- Describe how AWS WAF†works
- Identify the technical concepts of AWS WAF
- Specify what it would take to implement AWS WAF in a real-world scenario
- Recognize the benefits of AWS WAF
- Explain the cost structure of AWS WAF
Intended audience
- Architects
- Cloud operators
- Developers
- DevOps engineers
- Infrastructure engineers
- Pre-sales consultants
- Security engineers
- Trainers
Recommended Skills
- AWS Cloud Essentials
- AWS Cloud Operations
Course outline
Module 1: Introduction to AWS WAF
- What does AWS WAF do?
- What problems does AWS WAF solve?
- What are the benefits of AWS WAF?
- How much does AWS WAF cost?
Module 2: Architecture and Use Cases
- How is AWS WAF used to architect a cloud solution?
- What additional architecture features could impact your service?
- What are the basic technical concepts of AWS WAF?
- What are typical use cases for AWS WAF?
- What else should I keep in mind about AWS WAF?
Module 3: Configuring and Testing AWS WAF
- How do I manually create an AWS WAF instance on the AWS Management Console?
- How do I create an Amazon API Gateway instance on the AWS Management Console?
- How do I create an AWS WAF instance and web ACL on the AWS Management Console?
- How do I add a managed rule group to a web ACL?
- How do I clean up the configured resources?
