Cloud Operations on AWS with JAM

4 days

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This course (formerly known as «Systems Operations on AWS») prepares you to become a AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (Associate Level). You will learn how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform.

Content

Day 1

Cloud Operations on AWS Overview
Networking in the Cloud
Computing in the Cloud

Day 2

Storage and Archiving in the Cloud
Monitoring in the Cloud
Managing Resource Consumption in the Cloud

Day 3

Configuration Management in the Cloud
Creating Scalable Deployments in the Cloud
Creating Automated and Repeatable Deployments

Day 4: AWS Jam Day

Solve real-world challenges together as a team in a safe AWS environment, guided by your instructor
Compete against other teams to win the challenge with your colleagues and put your AWS skills into action
All challenges are based on the scope of the course and will support your learning curve in a very effective way

Benefits

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

AWS JAM Day will be featured on the final, 4th day of this course, as a gamified event where you will be split into teams to compete in a series of best practice challenges based on concepts covered in the course. In addition to the hands-on labs of the ILT courses, an additional day of curated and instructor-facilitated challenges allows learners to use AWS Jam to address real-world scenarios, representing common operational and troubleshooting tasks relevant for your job role. You will be able to apply your knowledge in a safe and real AWS environment and score points if you solve the challenge correctly. The aim of an AWS Jam is to develop, improve, and validate your skills in the AWS cloud and get ready to use your practical skills when you are back on your daily job.

This course prepares you to achieve the following official AWS Certification:
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.

Instructor

Horst Junker

Vladimir Sabo

Henrique Alves

Methods

This course comes in 4 instructor-led full day sessions with the instructor supervising the participants live. Each course consits of theory parts with live demos and practical lab exercises. The course can be attended virtually via Zoom. Please also refer to each course's description for specific details regarding the prerequisites and the covered topics.

The last day of the course is an AWS JAM: Transform your theoretical skills into practical doing by solving real-word problems in a sandbox environment.

Who should attend

This course is intended for the following job roles:

Cyber Security
CloudOps
DevOps

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

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)