Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Recognize the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, a WellArchitected Framework pillar.
• Manage access to AWS resources using AWS Accounts and Organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources using AWS services such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config.
• Develop a resource deployment strategy utilizing metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images, and Control tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment.
• Automate resource deployment using AWS services such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog.
• Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through SysOps lifecycle processes such as
• deployments and patches.
• Configure a highly available cloud environment that leverages AWS services such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing to route traffic for optimal latency and performance.
• Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud auto scaling to scale your cloud environment based on demand.
• Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets to monitor your cloud environment.
• Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment using AWS services such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config.
• Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service.
• State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS cloud environment.
• Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier.
• Build a comprehensive costing model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost & Usage Report.

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)

Course Content

Day One

• Module 1: Introduction to System Operations on AWS
• Module 2a: Access Management
• Module 2b: System Discovery
• Module 3: Deploy and Update Resources
• Module 4: Automate Resource Deployment

Day Two

• Module 5: Manage Resources
• Module 6a: Configure Highly Available Systems
• Module 6b: Automate Scaling
• Module 7: Monitor and Maintain System Health
• Module 8: Data Security and System Auditing

Day Three

• Module 9: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks
• Module 10a: Mountable Storage
• Module 10b: Object Storage
• Module 11: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization

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