Systems Operations on AWS Description
The Systems Operations on AWS course is designed to help individuals operate highly available and scalable infrastructure on the AWS platform. In this course, we demonstrate how to effectively manage and support AWS resources. We cover concepts such as provisioning infrastructure, deploying applications, tracking costs, monitoring utilization, and creating backups.
Bring Your Own Device
Please note that this class requires you to bring your own device. Plan to… Show more come to class with the following:
A notebook computer with Wi-Fi (labs cannot be completed on an iPad or tablet device)
Administrator access to the computer, if Windows
Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (IE not supported)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to teach you how to:
Use Amazon EC2 features to provision, monitor, scale and distribute compute infrastructure
Create Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) resources such as subnets, network access control lists, and security groups
Backup AWS and on-premise resources using AWS services
Create Amazon EC2-VPC subnets
Use Amazon CloudWatch metrics to monitor the health and utilization of AWS resources
Use AWS CloudFormation to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment
Leverage resource tagging to allocate costs and optimize resource planning
Intended Audience
Systems Administrators, Operations Managers, and individuals responsible for supporting operations on the AWS platform
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
AWS Essentials course or equivalent knowledge required
Working knowledge of systems administration
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
Linux or Windows command-line experience
Delivery Method
This course will be delivered through a mix of:
Instructor-Led Training (ILT)
Hands-on Labs
Group Exercise
Hands-on Activity
This course allows you to test new skills and apply knowledge to your working environment through a variety of practical exercises.
Duration - 3 Days
This course will cover the following concepts on each day:
Day 1
AWS platform and access
Amazon VPC
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Compute (Availability Zones, Amazon EC2 instance types, calling EC2 services, Elastic Block Store-backs AMIs)
Hands-on Labs
Day 2
Tagging
Backup (AWS resources and on-premise resources with AWS services)
Operations Security
Hands-On Labs
Day 3
Logging
Cost Control
Elastic Infrastructure (Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balance, Launch Configuration)
Monitoring and Auto Scaling
Hands-On Labs
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