Video description
Are you looking to learn more about AWS and what it can do for you or your company? Have you heard about it, but don't know how to take your business and network solutions to the AWS cloud? Perhaps you're a seasoned network techie looking to become an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate. If you can relate to any of those, the AWS Essentials and Solutions Architect Associate course is for you.
This course includes both AWS Technical Essentials and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate courses. If you're new to AWS and looking for a crash course to get to grips with the foundations, we recommend that you start right from the beginning with the Technical Essentials course, which isn't a certification exam prep course and doesn't cover exam domains, however, the following is a list of what it covers:
- Terminology and concepts related to the AWS platform
- How to navigate the AWS Management ConsoleKey concepts for AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Foundational services—Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
- Database services—Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
- Management services—AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor
Once you're well-versed with the basics, you'll move on to the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate video course, which will take you through the exam domains which are as follows:
- Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures (34%)
- Domain 2: Define Performant Architectures (24%)
- Domain 3: Specify Secure Applications and Architectures (26%)
- Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (10%)
- Domain 5: Define Operationally Excellent Architectures (6%)
What You Will Learn
- This course covers all the basics of AWS, from understanding the cloud and setting up a free AWS account to learning how to run an instance
- With this 2-for-1 course, you ll gain access to both the AWS Essentials and AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification prep courses
- You ll learn about the AWS Management Console, S3 buckets, EC2 instances, database services, security in the cloud, and the costs associated with AWS
Audience
This course is intended for anyone who's ever heard the term AWS and wants to know more about it. This course is also great for anyone who wants to move their business solutions to the AWS cloud and learn how AWS can help manage costs, security, storage, and computational needs. The AWS Solutions Architect – Associate course goes into detail and teaches you everything you need to pass the AWS Solutions Architect certification exam.
About The Authors
Total Seminars: Total Seminars, LLC, is a provider of PC and network repair seminars and certification training services through books, videos, and courseware for thousands of organizations throughout the world including the United Nations, the FBI, and all branches of the US Department of Defense.
Mike Meyers is the president and co-founder of Total Seminars, which produces the best-selling CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certification books with over 1 million books in print. He is affectionately called the “Alpha Geek” and is the industry’s leading authority on CompTIA Certifications. He has created several other best-selling video courses on CompTIA certifications with the Total Seminars team of instructors.
Mike has been involved in the computer and network repair industry since 1987 as a technician, instructor, author, consultant, and speaker. He is the author of numerous popular PC books and videos, including the best-selling CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide and CompTIA Network+ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide. His humorous and easy-to-follow approach to teaching comes through in his video training courses as well as his classroom instructor-led courses. Making IT concepts easy to understand and fun to learn helps students stay engaged and retain the information.
Tom Carpenter: Tom Carpenter is a 25+ year veteran of the IT industry. Like many, he started in entry-level systems support and quickly moved into the role of a systems analyst and network engineer. He founded SysEdCo in 1997 and have continued operating this technical content development and training company since that time. Having written more than 20 books for the IT industry, he brings a wealth of experience to any topic and hold many certifications from both vendors and vendor-neutral certification organizations.He is also the head of certification development for the CWNP program and am heavily involved in objectives development and exam creation within the certification industry.
Table of contents
- Chapter 1 : Introduction
- Chapter 2 : Essentials Chapter 1 - AWS Foundations and Services
- Chapter 3 : Essentials Chapter 2 - AWS Security Costs
- Chapter 4 : Solutions Architect Chapter 1 - AWS Cloud Services Overview
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Chapter 5 : Solutions Architect Chapter 2 - AWS Storage Design
- Storage Services
- S3 Storage Class
- S3 Terminology
- S3 Advanced Features
- Creating S3 Buckets Lab
- S3 Bucket Properties
- S3 Managing Objects Lab
- Glacier
- Setting up a Glacier Vault Lab
- Elastic Block Store (EBS)
- Creating EBS Volumes Lab
- Elastic File System (EFS)
- Creating an EFS File System Lab
- Integrating On-Premises Storage
- Storage Access Security Lab
- Storage Performance
- Chapter 6 : Solutions Architect Chapter 3 - Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Chapter 7 : Solutions Architect Chapter 4 - Compute Services Design
- Chapter 8 : Solutions Architect Chapter 5 - Compute Services Implementation
- Chapter 9 : Solutions Architect Chapter 6 - Compute Services Management
- Chapter 10 : Solutions Architect Chapter 7 - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Chapter 11 : Solutions Architect Chapter 8 - IAM Best Practices
- Chapter 12 : Solutions Architect Chapter 9 - Auto Scaling Solutions
- Chapter 13 : Solutions Architect Chapter 10 - Virtual Network Services
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Chapter 14 : Solutions Architect Chapter 11 - AWS Application Deployment
- Application and Deployment Services
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- Kinesis
- Kinesis Data Streams and Firehose
- Kinesis Data Analytics
- Reference Architectures
- CloudFront
- Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- Simple Notification Service (SNS)
- Simple Workflow (SWF)
- Step Functions
- OpsWorks
- Cognito
- Elastic MapReduce (EMR)
- CloudFormation
- CloudWatch
- Trusted Advisor
- Organizations
- Chapter 15 : Solutions Architect Chapter 12 - AWS Database Design
- Chapter 16 : Solutions Architect Chapter 13 - Database Deployment
- Chapter 17 : Solutions Architect Chapter 14 - Additional AWS Services
- Chapter 18 : Solutions Architect Chapter 15 - Operational Excellence with AWS
Product information
- Title: AWS Essentials and Solutions Architect Associate: The Total Course
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2019
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781838553722
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