Architecting on AWS - Associate Certification

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A Quick Glance

Our 3-day Amazon course prepares you to become an AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate, showing you understand how to design and deploy secure applications using AWS technologies.

The training demonstrates how to design effective AWS infrastructure using proven best practices and principles. It will show you how infrastructure can be designed for greater scalability, reliability and availability and prepare you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam.

Who should take this course

Cloud Infrastructure Engineers
Cloud Solution Architects
Integration Architects
DevOps Engineers
Platform Engineers
Technical Leads
IT Operations/Architecture Leads

Prerequisites

You should have good knowledge of the essentials of AWS and familiarity with networking and cloud computing concepts.

Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices
Leverage AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available
Leverage AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure
Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs
Use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions

Course Overview

As well as instructor-led training, the course also features 5 hands-on labs, allowing you to practice your skills and understand how to use technologies such as Amazon CloudFormation and Amazon CloudFront.

Course Content

AWS Foundations

Core AWS Computing
Cloud Concepts
AWS Storage
Event-Driven Scaling
Amazon VPC
VPC Networking Fundamentals
Elastic Network Interface
VPC Peering
Routing Inside VPC
AWS CloudFormation
CloudFront
Identity and Asset Management (IAM)
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Route 53

Designing AWS-based Systems

Core AWS Architectural Principles
EC2
DynamoDB
Fault Tolerance
- Amazon SQS
- Amazon S3
- Amazon SimpleDB
- Amazon RDS
Cost Efficiency
Elastic Load Balancer

Implementation and Deployment

Scaling Applications
Direct Connect
Large Datastore Designs

Data Security

AWS Compliance
Secure AWS
Security Platform
Security, Identity, and Compliance Products
Cloud Deployment Models
Cloud Security Model
Shared Responsibility Model

Hands-On Labs

Lab 1 - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Creating a VPC
Creating the Subnets, Route Tables, and Internet Gateway
Launching a Web-Server Instance into the Public Subnet
Launching an EC2 Instance into the Private Subnet as a Mock Database Server
Connecting to the Machines
Setting Up Network Address Translation Gateway

Lab 2 – Identity Access and Management

Creating a New User
Create Administrators Group
Adding Users to the Administrators Group
Creating Developers Group
Adding Users to the Developers Group
Creating a Role
Launching an EC2 Instance with a Role
Checking Role Permissions

Lab 3 – Route 53

Registering a Domain Name
Configuring Domain for Use with Route 53
Configure Domain Record Sets
Creating a Route 53 DNS Failover Server

Lab 4 – Amazon CloudFormation

Creating a Stack
Deleting a Stack

Lab 5 – Amazon CloudFront

Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket and Populating it with Files
Starting up a WordPress Instance
Configuring a Cloud Distribution

Exam Preparation

Practice Assignments
Understanding the exam format

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About Exeter

Located in Devon, England, Exeter has a population of 129,800 citizens (as of 2016). It lies on the River Exe, around 37 miles northeast of Plymouth. In Britain, it was the most south-westerly settlement of the Romans. During the Middle Ages and after that Exeter became a religious centre with the Exeter Cathedral coming up in the 11th Century. During the Reformation, Exeter became Anglican. The 19th century saw Exeter rise as a trade centre for wool and wool products. The First World War brought a decline to this trading city and it could not be rebuilt till after the Second World War. As of now, Exeter flourishes as a business centre and a place for tourism.

Public Services

The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary provide policing services in Exeter. They are based at Middlemoor in the east of the city. The fire service is provided by the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service with two fire stations located at Danes Castle and Middlemoor. A hospital by The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust is located to the south-east of the city centre. There are ambulance services also in Exeter which are provided by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Landmarks

Some of the prominent buildings in Exeter are:

The Cathedral
Nicholas Priory
Mary Steps Church
The Exeter Synagogue
Ruins of Rougemont Castle
The Guildhall
The Custom House
The Devon County War Memorial

Northernhay Gardens

Northernhay Gardens is the oldest public open space in England that was laid out in 1612 for Exeter residents. The Northernhay Gardens reflect a Victorian design. It is home to various monuments. The monuments included are the war memorial by John Angel, The Deer Stalker statue by E. B. Stephens, and the Volunteer Memorial from 1895. There are also the statues of John Dinham, Thomas Dyke Acland and Stafford Northcote.