AWS Essential Training for Developers

Introduction

• What is the best way to use AWS?
• How to choose AWS services
• What you need to know

1. AWS Essential Setup

• The AWS root account
• Learn how to create an IAM user group
• Learn how to create an IAM user and access key
• Break down the bill in AWS
• Set a budget to save money

2. On-Premise to AWS

• On-premise infrastructure
• Birth of the cloud: EC2 and S3
• Where in the world are your AWS services?
• Get closer to users with Local Zones

3. IaaS Compute

• Learn how to create an EC2 instance
• What is the best EC2 instance type?
• Learn how to create a key pair
• Set up a web server
• Stopping and starting vs. rebooting instances
• Right-sizing with EC2 autoscaling
• Learn how to create backups with an AMI Snapshot
• Saving money in EC2

4. IaaS Networking

• Using security groups as firewalls
• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Public and private subnets
• Internet and NAT gateways
• Static addresses with Elastic IPs
• Using VPNs to access private subnets
• Scaling with Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
• Learn how to create an Application Load Balancer (ALB)
• Point a domain to your EC2s with Route 53

5. IaaS Storage

• Hard drives with Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• NAS with Elastic File System (EFS)
• Web storage with Simple Storage Service (S3)
• Upload a file to S3 from the AWS CLI
• Use the SDK to create a file within S3
• IAM roles for EC2
• Putting together all of the IAM resources
• Storing passwords with Secrets Manager
• Long-term storage with S3 Glacier
• Serve content faster with CloudFront

6. Database as a Service (DBaaS)

• What is database as a service (DBaaS)?
• Relational Database Service (RDS)
• NoSQL databases
• In-memory caches
• Big data databases
• Buffer data with a message queue

7. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Hosting web apps with Elastic Beanstalk
• Running containers on AWS
• Using Kubernetes with AWS
• Serverless functions with Lambda
• Managing long-running jobs

8. Software as a Service (SaaS)

• User authentication for your app
• Designing backend APIs
• Helpful machine learning services

9. DevOps with AWS

• What is DevOps?
• Developer tools within AWS
• Infrastructure as Code with AWS
• Monitoring with CloudWatch
• DevOps using machine learning

10. Security on AWS

• AWS Shield and firewalls with WAF
• Spot issues with Inspector, GuardDuty, and Macie
• Manage EC2 with Systems Manager
• Traceability with CloudTrail and Security Hub
• Investigate threats with AWS Detective

Conclusion

• Check for unwanted charges
• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Getting help from AWS Support
• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (CLF-C01)