AWSFoundational5 Days

AWS Fundamentals

Comprehensive introduction to Amazon Web Services covering core services, architecture principles, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Learning Objectives

1Understand core AWS services across compute, storage, networking, and databases
2Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework to design resilient architectures
3Configure IAM policies, roles, and security best practices
4Deploy applications using EC2, Lambda, S3, and RDS
5Monitor and optimize AWS resources with CloudWatch and Cost Explorer

EC2 instances, Lambda serverless functions, ECS/EKS containers, and Auto Scaling groups for elastic workloads.

S3 object storage, EBS block storage, RDS relational databases, DynamoDB NoSQL, and ElastiCache for caching.

VPC design, subnets, security groups, NACLs, Route 53 DNS, CloudFront CDN, and IAM identity management.

Six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.

90 min

Build a VPC with public/private subnets, deploy a web server and database tier.

60 min

Create a REST API backed by Lambda functions and DynamoDB.

45 min

Host a static site on S3 with CloudFront distribution and Route 53 DNS.

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