Course Overview

Cloud Operations on AWS course teaches systems operators and anyone performing system operations functions how to install, configure, automate, monitor, secure, maintain and troubleshoot the services, networks, and systems on AWS necessary to support business applications. Systems Operations on AWS training also covers specific AWS features, tools, and best practices related to these functions.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3 Days

Delivery Type: Instructor-Led Training

Course Objectives

• Recognize the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, a Well-Architected 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

Prerequisites

Required

• A 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)
• AWS Technical Essentials

Who Should Go For This Training?

• System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud
• Informational technology workers who want to increase the system operations knowledge

Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS

• What is Cloud Operations
• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• AWS Well-Architected Tool

Module 2: Access Management

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations

Module 3: System Discovery

• Methods to interact with AWS services
• Tools for automating resource discovery
• Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
• Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config

Module 4: Deploy and Update Resources

• Cloud Operations in deployments
• Tagging strategies
• Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
• Deployment using AWS Control Tower

Module 5: Automate Resource Deployment

• Deployment using AWS CloudFormation
• Deployment using AWS Service Catalog
• Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code

Day 2

Module 6: Manage Resources

• AWS Systems Manager
• Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code

Module 7: Configure Highly Available Systems

• Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon Route 53

Module 8: Automate Scaling

• Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling
• Scaling with Spot Instances
• Managing licenses with AWS License Manager

Module 9: Monitor and Maintain System Health

• Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads
• Monitoring AWS infrastructure
• Monitoring applications
• Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure

Module 10: Data Security and System Auditing

• Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation
• Implementing detection mechanisms
• Automating incident remediation

Day 3

Module 11: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks

• Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
• Networking beyond the VPC

Module 12: Mountable Storage

• Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance
• Using Amazon EBS snapshots
• Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources
• Creating backup and data recovery plans
• Configuring shared file system storage
• Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery

Module 13: Object Storage

• Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3

Module 14: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization

• Gaining AWS cost awareness
• Using control mechanisms for cost management
• Optimizing your AWS spend and usage
• Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOp