Architecting on AWS

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. At the end of the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned with confidence.

Target Audience and Prerequisites

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.

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

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

Course Details

Architecting Fundamentals Review

• AWS Services and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Models
• AWS API Tools
• Securing your infrastructure
• The Well-Architected Framework

Account Security

• Security Principals
• Identity and Resource-Based Policies
• Account Federation
• Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Networking, Part 1

• IP Addressing
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas
• Routing
• Internet Access
• Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
• Security Groups

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

Storage

• Shared File Systems
• Shared EBS Volumes
• Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes
• Data Migration Tools

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

Monitoring and Scaling

• Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
• Invoking Events
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost

Automation

• CloudFormation
• AWS Systems Manager

Containers

• Microservices
• Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
• Containers

Networking Part 2

• VPC Peering & Endpoints
• Transit Gateway
• Hybrid Networking
• Route 53

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

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

Backup and Recovery

• Planning for Disaster Recovery
• AWS Backup
• Recovery Strategies

Capstone Lab: Build an AWS Multi-Tier Architecture

Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection.Participants deploy a highly available architecture.