Cloud Operations on AWS

Course Description & Learning Outcomes

-Who Should Attend-

• System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud

• Informational technology workers who want to increase their cloud operations knowledge

-What You'll Learn-

• Identify the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, an AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar

• Manage access to AWS resources using AWS accounts and organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources by using AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS Cloud Trail, and AWS Config

• Develop a resource deployment strategy using metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and AWS Control Tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment

• Automate resource deployment by using AWS services, such as AWS Cloud Formation and AWS Service Catalog

• Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through Cloud Ops lifecycle processes, such as deployments and patches

• Configure a highly available cloud environment that uses AWS services, such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing, to route traffic for optimal latency and performance

• Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to scale out your cloud environment based on demand

• Use Amazon Cloud Watch and associated features, such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets, to monitor your cloud environment.

• Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment by using AWS services, such as AWS Cloud Trail and AWS Config

• Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private and Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC and protect your resources from disruptions of service

• State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS Cloud Environment

• Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS Cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier

• Build a comprehensive cost model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs by using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost & Usage Report