In this course, you will learn the benefits and technical concepts of AWS X-Ray. Using X-Ray, developers and operators can analyze the behavior of their distributed production applications with end-to-end tracing capabilities. X-Ray helps to identify performance bottlenecks, edge case errors, and other hard-to-detect issues.
In this course, you will also review the basics of X-Ray and the business and technical challenges it can solve.
·      Course level: Fundamental
·      Duration: 60 minutes
Activities
This course includes presentations, demonstrations, and knowledge checks.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to do the following:
·      Understand the basic technical concepts of X-Ray.
·      Understand both the business and technical challenges of X-Ray.
·      Learn how to use X-Ray with AWS Lambda to trace performance.
Intended audience
This course is intended for the following job roles:
·      Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, partners, and internal resources who wish to better understand how X-Ray can help them operate AWS solutions at scale.
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
·      A basic understanding of AWS offerings and the challenges that organizations face when operating.
Course outline
Section 1: Introduction
·      Lesson 1: Introduction to AWS X-Ray
·      Lesson 2: Architecture and Use Cases
Section 2: Using AWS X-Ray
·      Lesson 3: How Do I Generate Error Trace Data?
·      Lesson 4: How Do I View AWS X-Ray Metrics in the AWS Management Console?
·      Lesson 5: How Do I Query AWS X-Ray Metrics Using the AWS CLI?
·      Lesson 6: How Do I Remove the Resources Provisioned for This Course?
Section 3: Resources
·      Lesson 7: Learn More
·      Lesson 8: Contact Us
