AWS Developer Associate Training Course

Day 1

Module 1: Account Setup & Onboarding

• Account Registration Process
• Introduction to the Amazon Management Console
• Management Activities and Billing Fundamentals
• Understanding Amazon Pricing Models

Module 2: The AWS Ecosystem – High-Level Overview

• General Overview of AWS Services
• EC2 – Introductory Concepts
• EBS – Foundational Overview
• Security Groups – Basic Concepts
• Elastic IP – Key Features
• CloudFront – Core Functionality
• S3 – Primary Uses
• Glacier – Archive Storage Basics
• IAM – Identity Management Fundamentals
• RDS – Relational Database Basics

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

• Provisioning a Windows Server 2012 Instance
• Decrypting Passwords and Configuring RDP Shortcuts
• Establishing Connections to the Windows 2012 EC2 Instance
• Terminating the Windows Server 2012 Instance

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

• Creating New Security Groups
• Modifying Existing Security Group Rules
• Removing Unnecessary Security Groups

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

• Creating Standard Volumes
• Managing Snapshots: Creation and Deletion
• Attaching Volumes to Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 14.04 Instances
• Detaching and Deleting Volumes

Module 6: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) (Hands-On Lab)

• Exercise 6.1
  1. Launching Two Ubuntu EC2 Instances with User Data for Apache Web Servers
  2. Editing HTML Files on Both Servers
  3. Testing Web Server Accessibility via the Internet
• Exercise 6.2
  1. Provisioning an Elastic Load Balancer
  2. Registering Both Ubuntu Servers with the ELB
  3. Validating Elastic Load Balancer Performance
  4. Decommissioning the Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route53

• Introduction to Route53
• Demonstrating Route53 Integration with ELB (Instructor-Led)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-On Lab)

• S3 Overview and Cost Structure
• Creating Buckets and Folders
• Uploading, Downloading, Sharing, and Deleting Objects
• Removing Buckets

Day 2

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

• Launching a Windows Server 2012 R2 Instance
• Implementing Web Server Configuration via PowerShell User Data
• Verifying Successful Execution of User Data
• Terminating the Instance

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

• Provisioning an Ubuntu EC2 Instance
• Configuring Web Servers Using User Data
• Confirming User Data Execution Success

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

• Understanding Metadata
• Retrieving Metadata for Your EC2 Instance
• Terminating the Ubuntu Instance

Module 4: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) (Hands-On Lab)

• S3 Overview and Pricing Details
• Creating an S3 Bucket
• Implementing File Versioning
• Hosting Static Websites on S3
• Configuring Cross-Region Replication for Objects
• Using Route53 Redirects for Static Web Access (Instructor Demo)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-On Lab)

• Glacier Overview and Pricing Information
• Establishing Lifecycle Policies
• Retrieving Data from Glacier
• Automating Data Deletion from S3 Based on Rules

Module 6: AWS CloudFormation

• Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation
• Creating New Stacks in CloudFormation
• Deploying Sample Templates in JSON Format
• Utilizing Existing Templates for Deployment

Day 3

Module 7: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Introduction to IAM – A Comprehensive Look
• AWS Federation with Active Directory (Theoretical Discussion)
• Getting Started with IAM Configuration
• IAM Roles – Delegation and Federation (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating New Roles
  2. Assuming Existing Roles
  3. Removing Roles
• IAM Users and Groups (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating Users and Groups
  2. Assigning Users to Groups
  3. Configuring Password Policies
  4. Attaching Policies to Users
  5. Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Advanced IAM Roles (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating Roles with Full EC2 and S3 Access
  2. Launching an EC2 Instance and Verifying CLI Access

Module 8: AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Working Effectively with the AWS CLI
• Launching Instances with Full S3 and EC2 Access
• Configuring the AWS CLI Client
• Creating Security Groups via CLI
• Generating Key Pairs via CLI
• Provisioning EC2 Instances via CLI
• Stopping EC2 Instances via CLI
• Terminating EC2 Instances via CLI
• Creating Load Balancers via CLI
• Deleting Load Balancers via CLI
• Creating S3 Buckets via CLI
• Uploading and Downloading Objects to/from Local Machine via CLI
• Listing Buckets via CLI
• Removing Buckets via CLI

Module 9: Application Development and Deployment Best Practices

• Deploying Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Setting Up Python Beanstalk Environments
• Configuring IIS Environments
• Decommissioning Python and Beanstalk Environments

Day 4

Module 10: AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• Introduction to VPC – A Comprehensive Guide
• Understanding VPC Configurations
  1. VPC with a Single Public Subnet
  2. VPC with Public and Private Subnets
  3. Implementing VPC Peering
  4. Managing Access Control Lists
• Configuring VPC Resources (Hands-On Student Lab)
  1. Creating a VPC
  2. Defining Subnets
  3. Setting Up Internet Gateways
  4. Configuring Routing Tables
  5. Establishing a NAT Instance
  6. Creating Security Groups
  7. Launching Instances within the VPC

Module 11: AWS Managed Services & Databases using Python SDK

• Understanding Amazon DynamoDB
• Key Features of Amazon RDS
• Configuring Python SDK for DynamoDB Access
• Creating Tables with Python SDK
• Inserting Items Using the SDK
• Executing Queries with Python SDK
• Deleting Items Using the SDK

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theoretical Discussion)

• Overview of Amazon RDS
• Comparing Self-Managed Databases on EC2 vs. Managed RDS Services

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

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