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AWS Event-Driven Automation and Operations

Published by Pearson

Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced

Real-World Automation Skills using AWS CloudWatch, Config, EventBridge, GuardDuty, and Firewall Manager

One of the most powerful features of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem is the ability to automate based on service or application events. AWS certification exams assess these skills with an increasing percentage of questions. Employers are starting to select candidates based on AWS automation experience, because proper automation reduces risk of outages caused by human error. This training session gets you started using event driven automation in AWS with real world examples and live demonstrations. Whether you are focused on SysOps tasks, Continuous Delivery, or DevSecOps, these discussions and demonstrations can give you the edge to qualify for jobs in these technology disciplines!

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand how to use:

  • CloudWatch Logs, Metric Filters and Alarms
  • AWS Config
  • AWS EventBridge
  • AWS GuardDuty
  • AWS Firewall Manager

And you’ll be able to:

  • Implement issue mitigation using built-in AWS features
  • Know when to choose an AWS Lambda function for customized automation in case a built-in feature isn’t available
  • Integrate services together to actively remediate issues rather than passively send notifications

This live event is for you because...

  • You're a technology professional working with AWS services and seeking ways to be more operationally efficient, while lowering the risk of human error stemming from manual actions.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following AWS offerings: deploy and manage each resource type and understand the degree of complexity of tasks involved:

  • VPC
  • EC2
  • Lambda
  • S3
  • IAM

Course Set-up

Recommended Preparation

  • Attend Live Training: Getting Started with AWS taught by Chad Smith: Search O’Reilly for upcoming date
  • Attend Live Training: Hands-on AWS in 3 Weeks taught by Chad Smith: Search O’Reilly for upcoming date
  • Watch lessons on VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM in Amazon Web Services (AWS) LiveLessons (Video) by Richard Jones: https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/amazon-web-services/9780135581247/

Recommended Follow-up

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

What is “event driven”? (20 mins)

CloudWatch Metrics, Metric Filters and Alarms (40 mins)

  • Discussion - log formats and alarm generation
  • Demo – Metric filter to capture AWS Console password changes
  • Demo – Implement EC2 recovery based on availability metrics

Break (10 mins)

AWS Config (30 mins)

  • Discussion - Config architecture and activation
  • Demo – Automated deletion for un-attached EBS volumes

Break (10 mins)

AWS EventBridge (55 mins)

  • Discussion - EventBridge architecture
  • Demo – Add a security group to all newly launched EC2 instances
  • Demo – Cross-account forwarding for AMI creation events

Break (10 mins)

AWS GuardDuty (25 mins)

  • Discussion - GuardDuty features and limitations
  • Demo – Deliver high severity GuardDuty findings to a Slack channel

AWS Firewall Manager (30 mins)

  • Discussion - Firewall Manager implementation and requirements
  • Demo - Revert unauthorized Security Group rule addition

Q&A (10 mins)

Your Instructor

Chad Smith

Chad Smith is a technology professional, author and trainer focused on cloud infrastructure and management. He is the Principal Cloud Architect at Brightkey.cloud and has a wealth of personal real-world experience in cloud adoption, infrastructure design, operations and security. Chad holds current AWS certifications in Architecture, SysOps, Security, Networking and Databases and is also certified in CompTIA Cloud+.

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Skill covered

Amazon Web Services (AWS)