AWS Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Linux

• Basics of Linux: Essential commands and working with files and directories.
• User and group management: Creating, modifying, and deleting users/groups.
• Software management: Installing software via YUM, and handling services and processes.

Module 2: Introduction to Cloud Computing

• What is Cloud?: Overview of cloud computing, its benefits, and deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid).
• Virtualization: Understanding virtualization, hypervisors, and how virtualization is used in the cloud.
• Cloud Service Models: Learn about IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and their real-world applications.
• Scaling: Importance of scaling in cloud computing and its types (horizontal and vertical).

Module 3: Introduction to AWS

• Overview of AWS and its services: Compute, Storage, Networking, and Database offerings.
• AWS Global Infrastructure: Learn about AWS regions, availability zones, and setting up a free tier account.

Module 4: Identity Access Management (IAM)

• Secure AWS environments: Setting up user roles, groups, and permissions.
• Managing access policies: Creating and assigning custom policies for access control.

Module 5: EC2 Instances

• Introduction to Amazon Machine Images (AMI): Launch and manage EC2 instances.
• Instance Types: Learn about reserved, on-demand, spot, and dedicated instances.
• Security Groups: Setting up security groups, keys, and managing elastic block storage (EBS).

Module 6: Auto Scaling

• Auto Scaling: Automatically scale EC2 instances based on demand.
• Scaling Policies: Learn about dynamic and predictive scaling to optimize costs and performance.

Module 7: Load Balancing

• Elastic Load Balancing (ELB): Use different load balancers, including Application, Network, and Classic load balancers, to manage incoming traffic efficiently.

Module 8: Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

• EBS Management: Create, attach, detach, and manage EBS volumes.
• Snapshots: Take and manage snapshots for backups and disaster recovery.

Module 9: Object Storage (Amazon S3)

• Amazon S3: Secure, store, and retrieve large data files.
• S3 Features: Durability, versioning, lifecycle policies, and transitioning to Glacier storage for cost efficiency.

Module 10: CloudFront (Content Delivery Network)

• AWS CloudFront: Use CloudFront for content delivery.
• Setting up distributions to cache and deliver content globally, reduce latency, and improve site speed.

Module 11: Route53

• DNS Management: Use Route53 to manage domains and route internet traffic.
• Routing Policies: Learn failover and latency-based routing techniques for high availability.

Module 12: AWS Security Practices

• Security best practices for cloud deployment.
• AWS Shared Responsibility Model: Understand how to manage security in AWS with CloudTrail and AWS Trusted Advisor.

Module 13: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• Amazon VPC: Create isolated networks within the AWS environment.
• Manage subnets, security groups, and network ACLs for securing traffic.
• VPN Connectivity: Set up secure communication between on-premise and cloud resources.

Module 14: Relational Database Services (RDS)

• Learn to manage databases like MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server on RDS.
• Configure backups, updates, and connectivity for high availability.

Module 15: NoSQL with DynamoDB

• Amazon DynamoDB: Set up NoSQL databases for fast and flexible data access.
• Learn about consistency models (eventual and strong consistency).

Module 16: AWS Monitoring (CloudWatch)

• CloudWatch: Set up monitoring and alarms to track the health of AWS services.
• Integrate CloudWatch with auto-scaling for dynamic resource management.

Module 17: Application Services

• Explore services like Simple Notification Service (SNS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), and Lambda to build scalable applications.

Module 18: AWS Troubleshooting

• Learn to troubleshoot common issues using CloudWatch, ELB, and CloudFront.

Module 19: AWS Architecture & Design

• High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Architect highly available, fault-tolerant systems using AWS best practices.
• Plan and implement disaster recovery using backup strategies.

Module 20: DevOps Fundamentals

• Learn the principles of DevOps and use AWS DevOps tools like Elastic Beanstalk, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy to automate CI/CD workflows.