AWS Developer Associate Training Course

DAY 1

Module 1: User Sign Up

• User Registration Process
• Overview of the Amazon Management Console for Government
• Management Activity and Billing Overview for Government
• Amazon Pricing for Government

Module 2: AWS Big Picture – High-Level Overview

• An Introduction to AWS for Government
• Overview of EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)
• Overview of EBS (Elastic Block Store)
• Security Groups: An Overview for Government
• Elastic IP Addresses: An Overview for Government
• CloudFront: An Overview for Government
• S3 (Simple Storage Service): An Overview for Government
• Glacier: An Overview for Government
• IAM (Identity and Access Management): An Overview for Government
• RDS (Relational Database Service): An Overview for Government

Module 3: Amazon EC2 - Windows Server 2012 (Hands-On Lab)

• Launching a Windows Server 2012 Instance
• Decrypting Password and Downloading RDP Client
• Connecting to the EC2 Windows 2012 Instance
• Terminating the Windows Server 2012 Instance

Module 4: Amazon EC2 - Security Groups (Hands-On Lab)

• Creating Security Groups
• Modifying Security Groups
• Deleting Security Groups

Module 5: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Hands-On Lab)

• Creating Standard Volumes
• Creating and Deleting Snapshots
• Assigning Volumes to Windows Server 2012 and Ubuntu 14.04 Servers
• Disassociating and Deleting Volumes

Module 6: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) (Hands-On Lab)

• Lab 6.1
  1. Launching Two Ubuntu EC2 Instances with User Data as Apache Web Servers
  2. Editing HTML Files on Both Servers
  3. Testing the Web Servers Through the Internet
• Lab 6.2
  1. Creating an Elastic Load Balancer
  2. Adding Both Ubuntu Servers to the ELB
  3. Testing the Elastic Load Balancer
  4. Deleting the Elastic Load Balancer

Module 7: AWS Route53

• Introduction to Route53 for Government
• Demonstration of Route53 Integration with ELB (Performed by Instructor)

Module 8: AWS S3 (Hands-On Lab)

• Overview and Pricing of AWS S3 for Government
• Creating a Bucket and Folder
• Uploading, Downloading, Sharing, and Deleting Objects
• Deleting a Bucket

DAY 2

Module 1: Amazon EC2 - Windows Server 2012 with User Data (Hands-On Lab)

• Launching the Windows 2012 R2 Server
• Using PowerShell Command-Based User Data for Web Server Configuration
• Validating Successful Execution of User Data
• Terminating an Ubuntu Server

Module 2: Amazon EC2 - Ubuntu 14.04 with User Data (Hands-On Lab)

• Launching the EC2 Ubuntu Cloud Server
• Using User Data for Web Server Configuration
• Validating Successful Execution of User Data

Module 3: Amazon EC2 - Ubuntu 14.04 with Metadata (Hands-On Lab)

• Overview of Metadata for Government
• Fetching Metadata Information About the EC2 Instance
• Terminating the Ubuntu Server

Module 4: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) (Hands-On Lab)

• Overview and Pricing of AWS S3 for Government
• Creating an S3 Bucket
• File Versioning in S3
• Static Web Hosting with S3
• Cross-Region Replication of Objects
• Using Route53 to Redirect Access to a Static Website (Live Demo by Instructor)

Module 5: Amazon Glacier (Hands-On Lab)

• Overview and Pricing of AWS Glacier for Government
• Creating Lifecycle Policies for Data
• Accessing Data from Glacier
• Setting Auto-Delete Rules for Data in S3

Module 6: AWS CloudFormation

• Infrastructure as Code Using CloudFormation for Government
• Creating a New Stack with CloudFormation
• Deploying a Sample Template in JSON Format
• Using Existing Templates and Deploying Them

DAY 3

Module 7: AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

• Comprehensive Introduction to IAM for Government
• Federation with Active Directory: Theoretical Overview for Government
• Getting Started with IAM for Government
• IAM Roles: Delegation and Federation (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating a Role
  2. Assuming a Role
  3. Deleting a Role
• IAM Users and Groups (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating a User and Group
  2. Adding a User to the Group
  3. Setting Up Password Policies for Users
  4. Attaching Policies to Users
  5. Enabling Dual-Factor Authentication for Users
• IAM Roles (Hands-On Lab)
  1. Creating an IAM Role with Full Access to EC2 and S3
  2. Launching an EC2 Instance and Validating CLI-Based Access

Module 8: AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Working with the AWS CLI for Government
• Launching an Instance with Full Access to S3 and EC2
• Configuring the AWS CLI Client
• Creating a Security Group Using the CLI
• Creating a Key Pair Using the CLI
• Launching an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Stopping an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Terminating an EC2 Instance Using the CLI
• Creating a Load Balancer Using the CLI
• Deleting a Load Balancer Using the CLI
• Creating an S3 Bucket Using the CLI
• Uploading and Downloading Objects from Your Local Machine to S3 Through the CLI
• Listing Buckets Through the CLI
• Deleting Buckets Through the CLI

Module 9: Application Development and Deployment Best Practices for Government

• Application Deployment Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Government
• Deploying a Python Environment with Elastic Beanstalk
• Deploying an IIS Environment
• Terminating the Python and Elastic Beanstalk Environments

DAY 4

Module 10: AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• Comprehensive Introduction to VPC for Government
• Understanding VPC Configurations for Government
  1. VPC with a Single Public Subnet
  2. VPC with Public and Private Subnets
  3. VPC Peering
  4. Access Control Lists
• Configuring VPC Instances (Hands-On Lab by Students)
  1. Creating a VPC
  2. Subnets
  3. Internet Gateway
  4. Routing
  5. Configuring a NAT Instance
  6. Creating Security Groups
  7. Launching Instances

Module 11: AWS Managed Services & Database Using Python SDK for Government

• Describing Amazon DynamoDB for Government
• Verifying Key Aspects of Amazon RDS for Government
• Configuring the Python SDK to Access DynamoDB
• Creating Tables Using the Python SDK
• Putting Items Using the SDK
• Querying Using the Python SDK
• Deleting Items Using the SDK

Module 12: AWS RDS (Theoretical Overview for Government)

• Describing Amazon RDS for Government
• Managing Your Own Database on EC2 vs. Using RDS for Government

Module 13: AWS SNS-SQS and SWF (Theoretical Overview for Government)

• Simple Notification Service (SNS): Overview and Use Case for Government
• Simple Queue Service (SQS): Overview and Use Case for Government
• Simple Workflow (SWF): Overview and Use Case for Government