Demystify the Cloud: Amazon Web Services Basics
Demystify the Cloud: Amazon Web Services Basics
What you’ll learn
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Amazon Web Services or AWS Cloud is often a "black box" of magic that you're told is vital to the success of a modern business. In this course, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional Sean Baier walks you through the fundamentals of Cloud Computing and breaks down the core cloud services AWS offers and provides common use-cases of each one. Sean starts by explaining what the cloud is, the pitfalls of life before the cloud, and why the need for the cloud arose. Continuing with cloud fundamentals, he covers the different cloud computing types and deployment models while discussing how they help solve some of the problems of the pre-cloud era. He then walks through each of the core top-level categories and their services, such as, Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, and Security. Throughout the course, Sean explains what each service is and how they help your team become more agile, innovate faster, and enable scalability. After watching this course you will be able to explain what the AWS cloud truly is, how it operates, and why it can be valuable to you in any role whether that's engineering, sales, marketing, or finance.
Syllabus
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What is the cloud? The cloud is a pretty vague term to explain something so vast, which makes it hard to understand what it really is! 2m
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Types of cloud computing AWS supports the needs of widely varying businesses through different cloud computing models and deployment strategies. 2m
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Understanding AWS cloud Of the various cloud services available, Amazon Web Service is the focus for this course. 4m
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EC2 instances types EC2 instances are virtual servers that allow you to run applications using AWS, and there are many different instance types you can use. 3m
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Serverless computing with lambda Lambda is a powerful offering in cloud computing which allows you to operate without a server. 4m
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AWS containers AWS offers highly advanced container services that allow you to deploy and manage your containerized applications. 2m
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AWS storage services A huge benefit of any cloud is the power of storage when it comes to data and information. 4m
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Route 53 & CloudFront Route53 and CloudFront are two powerful tools to deliver low latency applications, data, and content. 3m
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AWS API gateway Having an Amazon-managed API within the AWS API gateway has many advantages to help streamline your processes. 4m
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Amazon VPC Using the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud allows you to securely store your data within a provisioned and isolated section of the cloud. 3m
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NoSQL vs. relational NoSQL and relational databases both store and structure your data, though they each operate more effectively under different circumstances. 4m
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Additional database services In addition to NoSQL and relational databases, there are several other database services that AWS supports. 3m
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Warehousing and querying data Storing and being able to find your data easily make a huge difference in your ability to work quickly. 3m
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Streaming and processing data Processing your data is a crucial step that allows for you to gather insights from what you've collected. 6m
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Algorithms as a service Algorithms as a service allow you to develop, run, and use your algorithm without needing underlying architecture. 4m
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Simple queue service When working across multiple applications that you're able to decouple microservices as needed. 2m
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SNS & SES With distributed systems, you might find crafting event-driven messaging tough to manage across platforms. 5m
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Identity access management (IAM) Protecting user identities and staying compliant with governing policies is crucial. 6m
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Detection & protection It's your duty to protect any sensitive data you have, especially that which is considered personally identifiable information (PII). 2m
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Using CloudFormation Amazon cloud resources allow for you to build infrastructure as code, which allows for you to be less reliant on physical hardware. 2m
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Leveraging CloudWatch CloudWatch is AWS' tool for monitoring account activity and events, which can ultimately help you work more effectively. 6m
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Budgets & Cost Explorer AWS has many tools available to help you monitor how much you spend to use cloud tools. 1m
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The tip of the iceberg Thanks for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Sean Baier
Sean Baier is a Full Stack Software Engineer with a passion for teaching Software Development and DevOps. He is the creator of Deadbear.io, a free online learning platform the focuses on building and delivering full stack web applications. Sean's background in building, maintaining, and deploying distributed systems at scale offers first-hand experience using most AWS core services in production-level environments. Sean holds four AWS Certifications, is a DevOps Engineer Professional, Solutions Architect Associate, and Cloud Practitioner. Sean is a USMC veteran that knows first-hand the value of self-driven, continued online-education, and the roadblocks that prevent non-traditional students from achieving their educational dreams. He believes everyone should have easy access to continued education and strives to enable that through the power of tech.
Sean Baier
Full Stack Software Engineer and Youtube Creator
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