AWS Developer Associate Training Course

DAY 1

Module 1: Account Setup?

• Registering a New User
• Introduction to the Amazon Management Console
• Overview of Management Activities and Billing
• Understanding Amazon Pricing

Module 2: The AWS Big Picture – A 10,000-Foot View?

• General Overview of 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. Launching Two Ubuntu EC2 Instances as Apache Web Servers with User Data
  2. Editing HTML Files on Both Servers
  3. Testing Web Servers via the Internet
• Lab 6.2
  1. Creating an Elastic Load Balancer
  2. Adding Both Ubuntu Servers to the ELB
  3. Testing the Elastic Load Balancer
  4. Deleting the Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route53

• What is Route53?
• Route53 Demo Integration with the Created ELB (Instructor-Led)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-on Lab)

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

DAY 2

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

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

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

• Launching an EC2 Ubuntu Cloud Server
• Implementing Web Server Configuration via User Data
• Verifying Successful Execution of User Data

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

• An Overview of Metadata
• Retrieving Metadata Information for 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
• Implementing File Versioning
• Setting Up Static Web Hosting in S3
• Cross-Region Replication of Objects
• Using Route53 Redirection for Static Web Access (Instructor Live Demo)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS Glacier: Overview and Pricing
• Establishing Lifecycle Policies
• Accessing Data from Glacier
• Configuring Automatic Deletion of 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
• Utilizing 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 a 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 Access to EC2 and S3
  2. Launching an EC2 Instance and Verifying CLI-Based Access

Module 8: AWS CLI

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

Module 9: Application Development and Deployment Best Practices

• Deploying Applications Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Setting Up a Python Beanstalk Environment
• Configuring an IIS Environment
• Terminating the 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. Setting Up Subnets
  3. Configuring the Internet Gateway
  4. Establishing Routing
  5. Configuring a NAT Instance
  6. Creating Security Groups
  7. Launching Instances

Module 11: AWS Managed Services & Database Using Python SDK

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

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theory Only)

• Exploring 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