AWS Developer Associate Training Course

DAY 1

Module 1: User Registration

• Account Sign-Up Process
• Introduction to the Amazon Management Console
• Overview of Management Activities and Billing
• Understanding Amazon Pricing Models

Module 2: AWS Big Picture – High-Level Overview

• General Overview of AWS
• EC2 – Introduction
• EBS – Introduction
• Security Groups – Introduction
• Elastic IP – Introduction
• CloudFront – Introduction
• S3 – Introduction
• Glacier – Introduction
• IAM – Introduction
• RDS – Introduction

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

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

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

• Creating New Security Groups
• Modifying Existing Security Groups
• Deleting Security Groups

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

• Creating Standard Volumes
• 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 Server Connectivity via the Internet
• Lab 6.2
  1. Creating an Elastic Load Balancer
  2. Registering Both Ubuntu Servers with the ELB
  3. Testing the Elastic Load Balancer
  4. Deleting the Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route 53

• Understanding Route 53
• Demonstration of Route 53 Integration with ELB (Instructor-led)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS S3 Overview and Pricing Structure
• 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 the Windows 2012 R2 Server
• Implementing PowerShell-Based User Data for a 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 an EC2 Ubuntu Cloud Server
• Utilizing User Data to Configure a Web Server
• Confirming Successful Execution of User Data

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

• Introduction to 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 Details
• Creating an S3 Bucket
• Implementing File Versioning
• Hosting Static Websites on S3
• Configuring Cross-Region Replication for Objects
• Using Route 53 Redirects for Static Web Access (Live Instructor Demo)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-on Lab)

• AWS Glacier Overview and Pricing Information
• Establishing Life Cycle Policies
• Accessing Data Stored in Glacier
• Configuring Rule-Based Auto-Deletion of Data from S3

Module 6: AWS CloudFormation

• Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation
• Creating a New Stack in CloudFormation
• Deploying a Sample JSON Template
• Utilizing and Deploying Existing Templates

DAY 3

Module 7: AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

• Comprehensive Introduction to IAM
• AWS Federation with Active Directory (Theoretical)
• 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 Users and Groups
  2. Adding Users to Groups
  3. Configuring 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 Validating 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 Local Machine and S3 via 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
• Deploying an IIS Environment
• Terminating Python and Beanstalk Environments

DAY 4

Module 10: AWS VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

• Comprehensive Introduction to VPC
• Understanding VPC Configurations
  1. VPC with a Single Public Subnet
  2. VPC with Public and Private Subnets
  3. VPC Peering
  4. Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Configuring VPC Instances (Student Hands-on Lab)
  1. Creating a VPC
  2. Defining Subnets
  3. Setting up an Internet Gateway
  4. Configuring 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
• Key Aspects of Amazon RDS
• Configuring Python SDK to Access DynamoDB
• Creating Tables using Python SDK
• Inserting Items using SDK
• Querying Data using Python SDK
• Deleting Items using SDK

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theoretical)

• Overview of Amazon RDS
• Managing Your Own Database on EC2 vs. Using RDS

Module 13: AWS SNS, SQS, and SWF (Theoretical)

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