AWS Developer Associate Training Course

DAY 1

Module 1: User Sign-up

• Account Registration
• Introduction to the Amazon Management Console
• Overview of Management Activities and Billing
• Understanding Amazon Pricing

Module 2: The AWS Big Picture – A High-Level Overview

• Introduction to AWS
• EC2: An Overview
• EBS: An Overview
• Security Groups: An Overview
• Elastic IP: An Overview
• CloudFront: An Overview
• S3: An Overview
• Glacier: An Overview
• IAM: An Overview
• RDS: An Overview

Module 3: Amazon EC2 – Windows Server 2012 (Hands-on Lab)

• Launching a Windows Server 2012 Instance
• Decrypting the Password and Downloading the RDP Shortcut Client
• Connecting to the EC2 Windows 2012 Instance
• Terminating the Windows Server 2012 Instance

Module 4: Amazon EC2 – Security Groups (Hands-on Lab)

• Creating Security Groups
• Modifying Security Groups
• Deleting Security Groups

Module 5: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Hands-on Lab)

• Creating a Standard Volume
• Creating and Deleting Snapshots
• Attaching Volumes to Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 14.04 Servers
• Detaching and Deleting Volumes

Module 6: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) (Hands-on Lab)

• Lab 6.1
  1. Launch Two Ubuntu EC2 Instances as Apache Web Servers with User Data
  2. Edit HTML Files on Both Servers
  3. Test Your Web Servers via the Internet
• Lab 6.2
  1. Create an Elastic Load Balancer
  2. Add Both Ubuntu Servers to the ELB
  3. Test Your Elastic Load Balancer
  4. Delete Your Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route53

• Introduction to Route53
• Route53 Integration Demo with ELB (Demonstrated by Instructor)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS S3: Overview and Pricing
• Creating a Bucket and Folder
• Uploading, Downloading, Sharing, and Deleting Objects
• Deleting a Bucket

DAY 2

Module 1: Amazon EC2 – Windows 2012 with User Data (Hands-on Lab)

• Launching the Windows 2012 R2 Server
• Using PowerShell Command-Based User Data for the Web Server
• Verifying Successful Execution of User Data
• Terminating the Ubuntu Server

Module 2: Amazon EC2 – Ubuntu 14.04 with User Data (Hands-on Lab)

• Launching the EC2 Ubuntu Cloud Server
• Using Web Server User Data
• Verifying Successful Execution of User Data

Module 3: Amazon EC2 – Ubuntu 14.04 with Meta Data (Hands-on Lab)

• Overview of Metadata
• Retrieving Metadata Information About Your EC2 Instance
• Terminating the Ubuntu Server

Module 4: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS S3: Overview and Pricing
• Creating an S3 Bucket
• File Versioning
• Static Web Hosting in S3
• Cross-Region Replication of Objects
• Using Route 53 Redirects to Access Static Websites (Live Demo by Instructor)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS Glacier: Overview and Pricing
• Creating Lifecycle Policies
• Accessing Data from Glacier
• Configuring Auto-Delete for S3 Data Based on Rules

Module 6: AWS CloudFormation

• Infrastructure as Code Using CloudFormation
• CloudFormation – Creating a New Stack
• Deploying a Sample Template in JSON Format
• Using and Deploying Existing Templates

DAY 3

Module 7: AWS – IAM (Identity and Access Management)

• What is IAM? – A Comprehensive Introduction
• AWS Federation with Active Directory (Theory Only)
• Getting Started with IAM
• IAM Roles – Delegation and Federation (Hands-on Lab)
  1. Creating a Role
  2. Assuming a Role
  3. Deleting a Role
• IAM Users and Groups (Hands-on Lab)
  1. Creating a User and Group
  2. Adding a User to the Group
  3. Setting Up Password Policies for Users
  4. Attaching Policies to Users
  5. Enabling Dual-Factor Authentication for Users
• IAM Roles (Hands-on Lab)
  1. Creating an IAM Role with Full EC2 and S3 Access
  2. Launching an EC2 Instance and Validating CLI-Based Access

Module 8: AWS CLI

• Working with the AWS CLI
• Launching an Instance with Full S3 and EC2 Access
• Configuring the AWS CLI Client
• Creating a Security Group Using the CLI
• Creating a Key Pair Using the CLI
• Launching an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Stopping an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Terminating an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Creating a Load Balancer Using the CLI
• Deleting a Load Balancer Using the CLI
• Creating an S3 Bucket Using the CLI
• Uploading and Downloading Objects Between Your Local Machine and S3 via CLI
• Listing Buckets Using the CLI
• Deleting Buckets Using the CLI

Module 9: Application Development and Deployment Best Practices

• Deploying Applications Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Deploying a Python Beanstalk Environment
• Deploying an IIS Environment
• Terminating Python and Beanstalk Environments

DAY 4

Module 10: AWS – Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• What is VPC? – A Comprehensive Introduction
• Understanding VPC Configurations
  1. VPC with a Single Public Subnet
  2. VPC with Public and Private Subnets
  3. VPC Peering
  4. Access Control Lists
• Configuring VPC Instances (Student Hands-on Lab)
  1. Creating a VPC
  2. Subnets
  3. Internet Gateway
  4. Routing
  5. Configuring a NAT Instance
  6. Creating Security Groups
  7. Launching Instances

Module 11: AWS Managed Services & Database Using Python SDK

• Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
• Key Aspects of Amazon RDS
• Configuring Python SDK to Access DynamoDB
• Creating Tables Using Python SDK
• Inserting Items Using the SDK
• Querying Using Python SDK
• Deleting Items Using the SDK

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theory Only)

• Introduction to Amazon RDS
• Managing Your Own Database on EC2 vs. Using RDS

Module 13: AWS – SNS, SQS, and SWF (Theory Only)

• Simple Notification Service (SNS) – Overview and Use Cases
• Simple Queue Service (SQS) – Overview and Use Cases
• Simple Workflow (SWF) – Overview and Use Cases