AWS A cad emy Clou d Fou n d ation s

Course Introduction

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Module overview

Topics Activities
• Course objectives and overview • AWS Documentation scavenger hunt

• AWS certification exam information

• AWS Documentation

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Module objectives

After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Recognize the purpose of the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations course
• Recognize the course structure
• Recognize the AWS certification process
• Navigate the AWS Documentation website

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Course Introduction

Section 1: Course objectives and overview

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Course prerequisites

• General Required Knowledge

• IT technical knowledge

• IT business knowledge

• Preferred Knowledge
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

• Working knowledge of distributed systems

• Familiarity with general networking concepts

• Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures

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Course objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Define the AWS Cloud.
• Explain the AWS pricing philosophy.
• Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS.
• Describe security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud including AWS Identity and Access
Management (IAM).
• Create an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
• Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• Differentiate between Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3 Glacier.
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Database services including Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS),
Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora.
• Explain AWS Cloud architectural principles.
• Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.

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Course outline

• Module 1: Cloud Concepts Overview • Module 6: Compute

• Module 2: Cloud Economics and Billing • Module 7: Storage

• Module 3: AWS Global Infrastructure • Module 8: Databases

Overview
• Module 9: Cloud Architecture
• Module 4: AWS Cloud Security
• Module 10: Automatic Scaling and
• Module 5: Networking and Content Monitoring
Delivery

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Module 1: Cloud Concepts Overview

Module sections:
• Introduction to cloud computing
• Advantages of cloud computing
• Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Moving to the AWS Cloud – The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS
CAF)

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Module 2: Cloud Economics and Billing

Module sections:
• Fundamentals of pricing
• Total Cost of Ownership
• AWS Organizations
• AWS Billing and Cost Management
• Technical support

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Module 3: AWS Global Infrastructure Overview

Module sections:
• AWS Global Infrastructure
• AWS services and service category overview

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Module 4: AWS Cloud Security

Module sections:
• AWS shared responsibility model
• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Securing a new AWS account
• Securing accounts
• Securing data on AWS
• Working to ensure compliance

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Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery

Module sections:
• Networking basics
• Amazon VPC
• VPC networking
• VPC security
• Amazon Route 53
• Amazon CloudFront

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Module 6: Compute

Module sections:
• Compute services overview
• Amazon EC2
• Amazon EC2 cost optimization
• Container services
• Introduction to AWS Lambda
• Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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Module 7: Storage

Module sections:
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier

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Module 8: Databases

Module sections:
• Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon Aurora

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Module 9: Cloud Architecture

Module sections:
• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Reliability and availability
• AWS Trusted Advisor

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Module 10: Automatic Scaling and Monitoring

Module sections:
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

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Course Introduction

Section 2: AWS certification exam information

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AWS certification exams

This course helps

prepare you for the
AWS Cloud
Practitioner
certification exam
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam

• Details about the exam—including how to register for it—are at

https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/

• Download and carefully read the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

• Download the sample exam questions

• See the recommended path to attain the certification at

https://aws.amazon.com/training/path-cloudpractitioner/

• AWS Academy Cloud Foundations covers much of the same material found in the Cloud
Practitioner Essentials course, but in greater depth.

• There is additional free digital training available at aws.training

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Course Introduction

Section 3: AWS Documentation

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AWS Documentation

• Find user guides, developer guides, API references, tutorials, and more.
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/

• Whitepapers are also available at https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/,

including these which are recommended reading for the AWS Cloud
Practitioner exam:
• Overview of Amazon Web Services
• Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices
• How AWS Pricing Works
• The Total Cost of (Non) Ownership of Web Applications in the Cloud

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Activity - AWS • Navigate the AWS Documentation
Documentation website
Scavenger Hunt • Start from the main page at
https://docs.aws.amazon.com
• Five challenge questions for the class
appear in the following slides

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AWS Documentation • Question #1: What guides and
Scavenger Hunt – references exist for the Amazon EC2
Question 1 service?

• Answer:
• User Guides for Linux and Windows
• API Reference
• AWS CLI Reference
• EC2 Instance Connect Reference
• User Guide for Auto Scaling
• VM Import/Export User Guide

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AWS Documentation • Question #2: Can you find the
Scavenger Hunt – documentation that describes how
Question 2 to create an Amazon S3 bucket?

• Answer:
• From https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ click S3
• Click the Getting Started Guide
• Click Create a Bucket

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AWS Documentation • Question #3: Can you find a one-
Scavenger Hunt – sentence summary of the AWS
Question 3 Cloud9 service?

• Answer:
• AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based
integrated development environment
(IDE) that you use to write, run, and
debug code.

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AWS Documentation • Question #4: Which programming
Scavenger Hunt – languages does the AWS Lambda
Question 4 service API support?

• Answer:
• From the main AWS Documentation
page, click the AWS Lambda link
• Click the API Reference link
• Click Getting Started > Tools to find a
table that lists the following languages:
Node.js, Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Go,
and PowerShell

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AWS Documentation • Question #5: Find the tutorial that
Scavenger Hunt – describes how to run a serverless Hello
World application, then scroll through the
Question 5 documented steps. What two AWS services
does the tutorial have you use?

• Answer:
• From the main AWS Documentation page, click
Tutorials and Projects
• In the Websites & Web Apps area, click the
tutorial.
• The tutorial has you use AWS Lambda and
Amazon CloudWatch.

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Course Introduction

Module wrap-up

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Module summary

In summary, in this module, you learned how to:

• Recognize the purpose of the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations course
• Recognize the course structure
• Recognize the AWS certification process
• Navigate the AWS Documentation website

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Additional resources

• AWS Certification
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Documentation

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Thank you

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