Course Details
Course Code: AWS-SYSOPS; Duration: 3 Days; Instructor-led
System Operations on AWS is designed to teach those in a Systems Administrator or Developer Operations (DevOps) role how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. The course covers the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, as well as common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.
Audience
This programme is intended
- System Administrators
- Software Developers, especially those in a Developer Operations (DevOps) role
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
- Attended the AWS Technical Essentials course
- Background in either software development or systems administration
- Some experience with maintaining operating systems at the command line (shell scripting in Linux environments, cmd or PowerShell in Windows)
- Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)
Methodology
This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentation, discussion and practical exercise.
Course Objectives
In this course you will learn about:
- Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
- Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
- Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
- Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
- Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
- Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
- Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
- Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
- Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
- Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition
Outlines
Module 1 – Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS
- System Operations
- Deploying Systems
- Monitoring Systems
- Fortifying Systems
- Securing Systems
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
Module 2 - Working with AWS Cloud Services
- Introduction to AWS Cloud Services
- Systems Operations Using the AWS Toolset
- AWS Software Development Kits
- AWS Internet of Things (IoT) an Mobile Software Development Kits (SDKs)
Module 3 – Security and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Security on AWS
- Shared Responsibility Model
- AWS Security Responsibilities
- Customer Security Responsibilities
- AWS Global Infrastructure Security
- Physical and Environmental Security
- Business Continuity Management
- Network Security
- Network Monitoring and Protection
- AWS Compliance Program
- Securing your AWS Account with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Securing your AWS Cloud Services
- Monitoring to Enhance Security
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Flow Logs
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS Config
- Amazon Inspector
- AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF)
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Cloud Service-Specific Security
- Computer Services
- Networking
- Storage
- AWS Storage Gateway Security
- Database
- Application Services
- Deployment and Management Services
- Mobile Services
- Applications
Module 4 - Compute
- Introduction to AWS Compute Services
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
- Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon EC2)
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon Lightsail
- AWS Batch
Module 5 – Networking
- Introduction to Networking on AWS
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon (VPC)
- AWS Direct Connect
- Load Balancing
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Amazon Route 53
- Amazon CloudFront
Module 6 - Storage Systems
- Understanding different storage options
- Block Storage on AWS
- Object Storage on AWS
- Systems Operator Scenario: The Newspaper
- Additional Storage Solutions
Module 7: Databases
- Introduction to AWS Databases
- Monitoring Amazon RDS
- Non-Relational Databases
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Redshift
- Databases
- Monitoring Clusters
- Amazon ElastiCache
Module 8 – Application Deployment and Management
- Introduction to Application Deployment and Management
- Deployment Strategies
- Provisioning Infrastructure
- Deploying Applications
- Configuration Management
- Scalability Capabilities
- Monitoring Resources
- Continuous Deployment
- Deployment Services
Module 9 – Monitoring and Metrics
- Introduction to Monitoring and Metrics
- An Overview of Monitoring
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Amazon CloudWatch Events
- Amazon CloudWatch Logs
- Monitoring AWS Chares
- AWS CloudTrail
- AWS Config
Module 10 – High Availability
- Introduction to High Availability
- Amazon Simple Queue Service
- Amazon Simple Notification Service
- Highly Available Architectures
- Multi-Region High Availability
- Highly Available Connectivity Options
- Disaster Recovery
