COURSE OBJECTIVE:
In this course, you will learn to:
• Review the AWS Well-Architected Framework to ensure understanding of best cloud design practices by responding to poll questions while following a graphic presentation
• Demonstrate the ability to secure Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) virtual private cloud (VPC) endpoint connections in a lab environment
• Identify how to implement centralized permissions management and reduce risk using AWS Organizations organizational units (OUs) and service control policies (SCPs) with AWS Single Sign[1]On
• Compare the permissions management capabilities of OUs, SCPs, and AWS SSO with and without AWS Control Tower to determine best practices based on use cases
• Discuss AWS hybrid network designs to address traffic increases and streamline remote work while ensuring FIPS 140-2 Level 2, or Level 3 security compliance
• Explore the solutions and products available to design a hybrid infrastructure, including access to 5G networks, to optimize service and reduce latency while maintaining high security for critical on[1]premises applications
• Explore ways to simplify the connection configurations between applications and high[1]performance workloads across global networks
• Demonstrate the ability to configure a transit gateway in a lab environment
• Identify and discuss container solutions and define container management options
• Build and test a container in a lab environment
• Examine how the AWS developer tools optimize the CI/CD pipeline with updates based on near[1]real-time data
• Identify the anomaly detection and protection services that AWS offers to defend against DDoS attacks
• Identify ways to secure data in transit, at rest, and in use with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and AWS Secrets Manager
• Determine the best data management solution based on frequency of access, and data query and analysis needs
• Set up a data lake and examine the advantages of this type of storage configuration to crawl and query data in a lab environment
• Identify solutions to optimize edge services to eliminate latency, reduce inefficiencies, and mitigate risks
• Identify the components used to automate the scaling of global applications using geolocation and traffic control
• Deploy and activate an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway and AWS DataSync in a lab environment
• Review AWS cost management tools to optimize costs while ensuring speed and performance
• Review migration tools, services, and processes that AWS provides to implement effective cloud operation models based on use cases and business needs
• Provide evidence of your ability to apply the technical knowledge and experience gained in the course to improve business practices by completing a Capstone Project
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is intended for:
– Cloud architects
– Solutions architects
– Anyone who designs solutions for cloud infrastructures
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
• Knowledge and experience with core AWS services from the Compute, Storage, Networking, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) categories
• Attended the Architecting on AWS classroom training OR
• Achieved the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification OR
• Have at least 1 year of experience operating AWS workloads
COURSE CONTENT:
Module 1: Course Overview
• Logistics
• Student resources
• Agenda
• Introductions
Module 2: Building a Web Application on AWS
• Discuss the architecture of the application you are going to build during this course
• Explore the AWS services needed to build your web application
• Discover how to store, manage, and host your web application
Module 3: Getting Started with Development on AWS
• Describe how to access AWS services programmatically
• List some programmatic patterns and how they provide efficiencies within AWS SDKs and AWS CLI
• Explain the value of AWS Cloud9
Module 4: Getting Started with Permissions
• Review AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) features and components permissions to support a development environment
• Demonstrate how to test AWS IAM permissions
• Configure your IDEs and SDKs to support a development environment
• Demonstrate accessing AWS services using SDKs and AWS Cloud9
Lab 1: Configure the Developer Environment
• Connect to a developer environment
• Verify that the IDE and the AWS CLI are installed and configured to use the application profile
• Verify that the necessary permissions have been granted to run AWS CLI commands
• Assign an AWS IAM policy to a role to delete an Amazon S3 bucket
Module 5: Getting Started with Storage
• Describe the basic concepts of Amazon S3
• List the options for securing data using Amazon S3
• Define SDK dependencies for your code
• Explain how to connect to the Amazon S3 service
• Describe request and response objects
Module 6: Processing Your Storage Operations
• Perform key bucket and object operations
• Explain how to handle multiple and large objects
• Create and configure an Amazon S3 bucket to host a static website
• Grant temporary access to your objects
• Demonstrate performing Amazon S3 operations using SDKs
Lab 2: Develop Solutions Using Amazon S3
• Interact with Amazon S3 programmatically using AWS SDKs and the AWS CLI
• Create a bucket using waiters and verify service exceptions codes
• Build the needed requests to upload an Amazon S3 object with metadata attached
• Build requests to download an object from the bucket, process data, and upload the object back to the bucket
• Configure a bucket to host the website and sync the source files using the AWS CLI
• Add IAM bucket policies to access the S3 website.
Day 2
Module 7: Getting Started with Databases
• Describe the key components of DynamoDB
• Explain how to connect to DynamoDB
• Describe how to build a request object
• Explain how to read a response object
• List the most common troubleshooting exceptions
Module 8: Processing Your Database Operations
• Develop programs to interact with DynamoDB using AWS SDKs
• Perform CRUD operations to access tables, indexes, and data
• Describe developer best practices when accessing DynamoDB
• Review caching options for DynamoDB to improve performance
• Perform DynamoDB operations using SDK
Lab 3: Develop Solutions Using Amazon DynamoDB
• Interact with Amazon DynamoDB programmatically using low-level, document, and highlevel APIs in your programs
• Retrieve items from a table using key attributes, filters, expressions, and paginations
• Load a table by reading JSON objects from a file
• Search items from a table based on key attributes, filters, expressions, and paginations
• Update items by adding new attributes and changing data conditionally
• Access DynamoDB data using PartiQL and object-persistence models where applicable
Module 9: Processing Your Application Logic
• Develop a Lambda function using SDKs
• Configure triggers and permissions for Lambda functions
• Test, deploy, and monitor Lambda functions
Lab 4: Develop Solutions Using AWS Lambda Functions
• Create AWS Lambda functions and interact programmatically using AWS SDKs and AWS CLI
• Configure AWS Lambda functions to use the environment variables and to integrate with other services
• Generate Amazon S3 pre-signed URLs using AWS SDKs and verify the access to bucket objects
• Deploy the AWS Lambda functions with .zip file archives through your IDE and test as needed
• Invoke AWS Lambda functions using the AWS Console and AWS CLI
Module 10: Managing the APIs
• Describe the key components of API Gateway
• Develop API Gateway resources to integrate with AWS services
• Configure API request and response calls for your application endpoints
• Test API resources and deploy your application API endpoint
• Demonstrate creating API Gateway resources to interact with your application APIs
Lab 5: Develop Solutions Using Amazon API Gateway
• Create RESTful API Gateway resources and configure CORS for your application
• Integrate API methods with AWS Lambda functions to process application data
• Configure mapping templates to transform the pass-through data during method integration
• Create a request model for API methods to ensure that the pass-through data format complies with application rules
• Deploy the API Gateway to a stage and validate the results using the API endpoint
Day 3
Module 11: Building a Modern Application
• Describe the challenges with traditional architectures
• Describe the microservice architecture and benefits
• Explain various approaches for designing microservice applications
• Explain steps involved in decoupling monolithic applications
• Demonstrate the orchestration of Lambda Functions using AWS Step Functions
Module 12: Granting Access to Your Application Users
• Analyze the evolution of security protocols
• Explore the authentication process using Amazon Cognito
• Manage user access and authorize serverless APIs
• Observe best practices for implementing Amazon Cognito
• Demonstrate the integration of Amazon Cognito and review JWT tokens
Lab 6: Capstone – Complete the Application Build
• Create a Userpool and an Application Client for your web application using
• Add new users and confirm their ability to sign-in using the Amazon Cognito CLI
• Configure API Gateway methods to use Amazon Cognito as an authorizer
• Verify JWT authentication tokens are generated during API Gateway calls
• Develop API Gateway resources rapidly using a Swagger importing strategy
Set up your web application frontend to use Amazon Cognito and API Gateway configurations and verify the entire application functionality
Module 13: Deploying Your Application
• Identify risks associated with traditional software development practices
• Understand DevOps methodology
• Configure an AWS SAM template to deploy a serverless application
• Describe various application deployment strategies
• Demonstrate deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM
Module 14: Observing Your Application
• Differentiate between monitoring and observability
• Evaluate why observability is necessary in modern development and key components
• Understand CloudWatch's part in configuring the observability
• Demonstrate using CloudWatch Application Insights to monitor applications
• Demonstrate using X-Ray to debug your applications
Lab 7: Observe the Application Using AWS X-Ray
• Instrument your application code to use AWS X-Ray capabilities
• Enable your application deployment package to generate logs
• Understand the key components of an AWS SAM template and deploy your application
• Create AWS X-Ray service maps to observe end-to-end processing behavior of your application
• Analyze and debug application issues using AWS X-Ray traces and annotations
Module 15: Course Wrap-up
• Course overview
• AWS training courses
• Certifications
• Course feedback
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