Duration: 5 days – 35 hrs
Overview
The AWS Operations Essentials course is a 5-day program designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to effectively operate and manage AWS infrastructure and services. This course covers best practices, automation, monitoring, and troubleshooting techniques to ensure smooth and efficient AWS operations. Whether you are an AWS administrator, DevOps engineer, or cloud operations professional, this course will help you enhance your operational capabilities on AWS.
Objectives
• Understand the fundamental concepts of cloud computing. Develop proficiency in operating AWS resources securely and efficiently.
• Gain hands-on experience with operational tasks related to AWS services.
• Implement automation for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Learn best practices for monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing AWS resources.
• Prepare for AWS Certified SysOps Administrator certification or further specialization in AWS operations.
Audience
• AWS administrators and operations professionals
• DevOps engineers and cloud operations teams
• System administrators and network engineers with AWS responsibilities
• Anyone responsible for managing and maintaining AWS resources in their organization.
Prerequisites
• Completion of the “Essentials of AWS” course or equivalent knowledge.
• Basic understanding of AWS services and concepts.
• Familiarity with general IT operations and system administration principles.
Course Content
Day 1: Introduction to AWS Operations
• Course Overview and Introduction
• Welcome and course logistics
• Understanding the role of AWS operations in cloud environments
• AWS Global Infrastructure
• AWS Regions and Availability Zones
• Understanding the AWS network backbone
• Access and Identity Management (IAM)
• IAM principles and best practices
• IAM policies and roles
Day 2: Compute and Scaling
• Amazon EC2 Operations
• EC2 instance lifecycle
• Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
• Optimizing EC2 instances for cost and performance
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Application deployment and scaling
• Managing AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments
Day 3: Storage and Data Management
• Amazon S3 Operations
• Managing S3 buckets and objects
• Versioning, lifecycle policies, and data migration
• Data transfer and access control
• Amazon RDS Operations
• Backup and restore strategies
• Scaling RDS instances
• Monitoring RDS performance
Day 4: Networking and Security
• Amazon VPC Operations
• VPC configuration and maintenance
• Security groups, NACLs, and VPNs
• VPC peering and transit gateways
• Security Best Practices
• Security monitoring and incident response
• AWS security tools and services
• Compliance and governance on AWS
Day 5: Automation and Management
• AWS CloudFormation
• Infrastructure as Code (IAC) principles
• Creating and managing templates
• AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor
• Monitoring AWS resources
• Cost optimization and recommendations
• Setting up custom CloudWatch alarms
• Course Recap and Q&A
• Review of key concepts and best practices
• Open discussion and Q&A session
