Cloud Operations on AWS (formerly Systems Operations)

In this course, you will learn to:

• Identify the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, an AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar
• Manage access to AWS resources using AWS accounts and organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources by using AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config
• Develop a resource deployment strategy using metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and AWS Control Tower to deploy and maintain an AWS Cloud environment
• Automate resource deployment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog
• Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through SysOps lifecycle processes, such as deployments and patches
• Configure a highly available cloud environment that uses AWS services, such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing, to route traffic for optimal latency and performance
• Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to scale out your cloud environment based on demand
• Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features, such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets, to monitor your cloud environment
• Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config
• Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service
• State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS cloud environment
• Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS Cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier
• Build a comprehensive cost model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs by using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost & Usage Report

This course is intended for:

• System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud
• Informational technology workers who want to increase their systems operations knowledge

We recommend that attendees of this course have:
• Successfully completed the AWS Technical Essentials course
• A background in software development or systems administration
• Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows
• Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)

Course outline Day 1 Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS

• What is Cloud Operations
• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• AWS Well-Architected Tool

Module 2: Access Management

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations

Module 3: System Discovery

• Methods to interact with AWS services
• Tools for automating resource discovery
• Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
• Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config

Module 4: Deploy and Update Resources

• Cloud Operations in deployments
• Tagging strategies
• Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
• Deployment using AWS Control Tower

Module 5: Automate Resource Deployment

• Deployment using AWS CloudFormation
• Deployment using AWS Service Catalog
• Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code

Day 2 Module 6: Manage Resources

• AWS Systems Manager
• Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code

Module 7: Configure Highly Available Systems

• Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon Route 53

Module 8: Automate Scaling

• Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling
• Scaling with Spot Instances
• Managing licenses with AWS License Manager

Module 9: Monitor and Maintain System Health

• Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads
• Monitoring AWS infrastructure
• Monitoring applications
• Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure

Module 10: Data Security and System Auditing

• Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation
• Implementing detection mechanisms
• Automating incident remediation

Day 3 Module 11: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks

• Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
• Networking beyond the VPC

Module 12: Mountable Storage

• Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance
• Using Amazon EBS snapshots
• Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources
• Creating backup and data recovery plans
• Configuring shared file system storage
• Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery

Module 13: Object Storage

• Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3

Module 14: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization

• Gaining AWS cost awareness
• Using control mechanisms for cost management
• Optimizing your AWS spend and usage
• Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOps