Architecting on AWS plus Jam

Course Overview

Learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architecting on AWS is for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, and developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting. In this course, you will learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architectural solutions differ depending on industry, types of applications, and business size. AWS Authorized Instructors emphasize best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and guide you through the process of designing optimal IT solutions, based on real-life scenarios. The modules focus on account security, networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, automation, containers, serverless architecture, edge services, and backup and recovery. During the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned with confidence.

The final day of this course is the Architecting on AWS Jam, a gamified activity with teams competing to win by completing a series of hands-on challenges on the AWS platform over the course of the day. Participants will have the opportunity to develop, enhance, and validate team skillsets in the AWS Cloud through real-world problem solving

Target Audience

This course is intended for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting and individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification

Course Objectives

• Identify AWS architecting basic practices.
• Explore using the AWS management tools: The AWS Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and CloudFormation in a lab environment.
• Examine the enforcement of accounts security using policies.
• Identify the elements that build an elastic, secure, virtual network that includes private and public subnets.
• Practice building an AWS core networking infrastructure.
• Determine strategies for a layered security approach to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets.
• Identify strategies to select the appropriate compute resources based on business use-cases.
• Practice building a VPC and adding an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance in a lab environment.
• Practice installing an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in the VPC you created.
• Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services, based on business scenarios.
• Compare and contrast the different types of AWS database services based on business needs.
• Practice building a highly available, auto-scaling database layer in a lab.
• Explore the business value of AWS monitoring solutions.
• Identify and discuss AWS automation tools that will help you build, maintain and evolve your infrastructure.
• Discuss network peering, VPC endpoints, gateway and routing solutions based on use-cases.
• Discuss hybrid networking configurations to extend and secure your infrastructure.
• Discuss the benefits of microservices as an effective decoupling strategy to power highly available applications at scale.
• Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment.
• Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples.
• Practice building a serverless infrastructure in a lab environment.
• Discuss the ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security.
• Practice building a CloudFront deployment with an S3 backend in a lab environment.
• Explore AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business continuity.
• Build a highly available and secure cloud architecture based on a business problem, in a project-based facilitator-guided lab.
• Final Day of Architecting on AWS Jam
• Hands-on format, putting learners in the driver’s seat to make decisions and solve problems in an active AWS Cloud environment to amplify understanding
• Develop your  skillsets in the AWS Cloud to advance your cloud adoption journey
• Reinforce your learning while it’s still fresh in your head
  

Course Content

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

Welcome and course outcomes

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

AWS Services and Infrastructure

Infrastructure Models

AWS API Tools

Securing your infrastructure

The Well-Architected Framework

Module 2: Account Security

Security Principals

Identity and Resource-Based Policies

Account Federation

Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Module 3: Networking, Part 1

IP Addressing

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas

Routing

Internet Access

Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)

Security Groups

Module 4: Compute

Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)

EC2 Instances and Instance Selection

High Performance Computing on AWS

Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which

Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure
 
Day 2

Module 5: Storage

Shared File Systems

Shared EBS Volumes

Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes

Data Migration Tools

Module 6: Database Services

AWS Database Solutions

Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)

DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases

Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS

Scaling

Caching and Migrating Data

Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling

Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs

Invoking Events

Elastic Load Balancing

Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost

Hands-on Lab: Configure High Availability in Your Amazon VPC

Module 8: Automation

CloudFormation

AWS Systems Manager

Module 9: Containers

Microservices

Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray

Containers
 
Day 3

Module 10: Networking Part 2

VPC Peering & Endpoints

Transit Gateway

Hybrid Networking

Route 53

Module 11: Serverless Architecture

Amazon API Gateway

Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose

Step Functions

Compare Amazon SQS to Amazon MQ

Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture

Module 12: Edge Services

Amazon CloudFront

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager

Compare AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront

AWS Outposts

Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin

Module 13: Backup and Recovery

Planning for Disaster Recovery

AWS Backup

Recovery Strategies

Day 4

Architecting on AWS Jam

Full day of challenges based on real-world scenarios so you can build practical skills

Facilitated by an expert AWS instructor who can answer questions and give real time feedback

Validate learning through reports on performance including benchmarks, completion times, and which challenges were the most difficult

Course Prerequisites

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

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
• Working knowledge of distributed systems
• Familiarity with general networking concepts
• Familiarity with IP addressing
• Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts