This course starts with a quick introduction to AWS and the prerequisites to get you started. It gives you a fair understanding of core AWS services and the basic architecture. Next, you get familiar with Identity and Access Management (IAM) along with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Moving ahead, you will learn about Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and handling application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). We will also talk about Monitoring with CloudWatch, Simple Storage Service (S3), Glacier and CloudFront, along with other AWS storage options. Next, we will take you through AWS DynamoDB – A NoSQL
Database Service, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), and have an overview of CloudFormation. Finally, you will understand Elastic Beanstalk and go through an overview of AWS lambda.
At the end of this course, we will cover enough topics, tips, and tricks along with mock tests for you to be able to pass the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam and deploy as well as manage your applications on the AWS platform. With the rapid adaptation of the cloud platform, the need for cloud certifications has also increased. This is your one-stop solution and will help you transform from zero to certified. This course will help you gain technical expertise in the AWS platform and help you start working with various AWS services.
What this Course covers
Chapter 1: Overview of AWS Certified Developer - Associate Certification, outlines the AWS
Certified Developer – Associate exam and highlights the critical aspects, knowledge area,
and services covered in the blueprint.
Chapter 2: Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS, elaborates on the fundamentals of AWS.
The chapter starts by giving you a basic understanding of what cloud is and takes you
through a brief journey of familiarizing yourself with the basic building blocks of AWS. It
highlights some of the critical aspects of how AWS works and provides an overview of the
AWS core infrastructure.
Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with Identity and Access Management, covers all critical aspects of
Identity and Access Management (IAM) and provides sufficient details to allow you to
work with IAM.
Chapter 4: Virtual Private Cloud, explains how one can create a Virtual Private Cloud and
start building a secure network with a number of the components of AWS networking
services.
Chapter 5: Getting Started with Elastic Compute Cloud, describes what EC2 is and how one
can start provisioning servers with various Windows and Linux operating system flavors. It
also describes how to connect and work with these servers.
Chapter 6: Handling Application Traffic with Elastic Load Balancing, describes how to create an
ELB, how it works, and what the critical aspects of an ELB service are.
Chapter 7: Monitoring with CloudWatch, describes how you can use Amazon CloudWatch to
collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, set alarms, and automatically react to
changes in your AWS resources.
Chapter 8: Simple Storage Service, Glacier, and CloudFront provides an understanding of
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Glacier, and CloudFront services, and takes you
through CloudFront, a CDN (Content Distribution Network) service.
