Cloud Operations on AWS (AWS-COA)

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 3 days

ACTIVITES

This course includes presentations, hands-on labs, demonstrations, and group discussions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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 CloudOps 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

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This course is intended for:

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

PREREQUISITES

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

• 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)