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Cloud Operations on AWS (formerly Systems Operations) with AWS Jam

Course Summary:

This course teaches systems operators and anyone performing cloud operations functions how to manage and operate automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on AWS. You will learn about cloud operations functions, such as installing, configuring, automating, monitoring, securing, maintaining, and troubleshooting these services, networks, and systems. The course also covers specific AWS features, tools, and best practices related to these functions. The final day is an AWS Jam, a gamified event, with teams competing to score points by completing a series of challenges according to established best practices based on concepts covered in the course. You get to experience a wide range of AWS services in a series of real-world scenarios that represent common operational and troubleshooting tasks. The end result is developing, enhancing, and validating your skillsets in the AWS Cloud through real-world problem solving, exploring new services, features, and understanding how they interoperate.

Course Duration: 3 Days

Course Content:

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 CloudOps

Day 4 - AWS Jam

Participate in team-based challenges in a real AWS environment
Compete with your colleagues in a gamified, hands-on learning experience

Apply your learning from the course on various AWS services