Systems Operations on AWS

Course Description

This course is designed to teach those in a systems administrator or Development Operations (DevOps) role how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. The course covers the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, in addition to best practices for configuring and deploying systems.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

Understand the AWS infrastructures as it related to system operations such as the global infrastructure, core services and account security
Use the AWS Command Line Interface, and understand additional administration and development tools
Manage, secure, and scale compute instances on AWS
Identify container services and services available for serverless computing
Build virtual private networks with Amazon VPC
Configure and manage storage options utilizing the storage services offered with AWS
Monitor the health of your infrastructure with services such as Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config
Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tags, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Trusted Advisor
Create and configure automated and repeatable deployments with tools such as AMIs and AWS CloudFormation

This course is delivered through [a mix of]:

Classroom training
Hands-on labs
Virtual classroom training

Duration

3 day(s)

Time

9-5 PM

Price

$2,025

Labs

Hands-On Activity

This course allows you to test new skills and apply knowledge to your working environment through a variety of practical exercises.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

Systems administrators
Software developers, especially those in DevOps roles

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

Successfully completed the AWS Technical Essentials course
Background in either software development or systems administration
Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows
Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)

Outline

This course covers the following concepts:

Day One

Understanding Systems Operations on AWS
Tooling and Automation
Computing (Servers)
Computing (Scaling and Name Resolution)

Day Two

Computing (Serverless and Containers)
Computing (Database Services)
Networking
Storing and Archiving

Day Three

Monitoring and Security
Managing Resource Consumption
Creating Automated and Repeatable Deployments