Course Objective:

Architecting on AWS is for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, and developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting. In this course, you will learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure, and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architectural solutions differ depending on industry, types of applications, and business size. AWS Authorized Instructors emphasize best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and guide you through the process of designing optimal IT solutions based on real-life scenarios. The modules focus on account security, networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, automation, containers, serverless architecture, edge services, and backup and recovery. At the end of the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned.

Prerequisite:

• Completed AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials, or AWS Technical Essentials 
• Working knowledge of distributed systems 
• Familiarity with general networking concepts 
• Familiarity with IP addressing 
• Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures 
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

Audience:

• Solution architects  
• Solution-design engineers 
• Developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting 
• Individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification

DAY 1

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals 

• AWS services 
• AWS infrastructure 
• AWS Well-Architected Framework 
• Hands-on lab: Explore and interact with the AWS Management Console and AWS Command Line Interface

Module 2: Account Security  

• Principals and identities  
• Security policies  
• Managing multiple accounts   

Module 3: Networking 1  

• IP addressing  
• VPC fundamentals  
• VPC traffic security 

Module 4: Compute  

• Compute services  
• EC2 instances  
• Storage for EC2 instances  
• Amazon EC2 pricing options  
• AWS Lambda  
• Hands-On Lab: Build your Amazon VPC infrastructure 

Day 2 

Module 5: Storage  

• Storage services  
• Amazon S3 
• Shared file systems  
• Data migration tools 

Module 6: Database Services  

• Database services  
• Amazon RDS  
• Amazon DynamoDB  
• Database caching  
• Database migration tools  
• Hands-on Lab: Create a database layer in your Amazon VPC infrastructure 

Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling  

• Monitoring  
• Alarms and events  
• Load balancing  
• Auto scaling  
• Hands-on Lab: Configure high availability in your Amazon VPC 

Module 8: Automation  

• AWS CloudFormation  
• Infrastructure management

Module 9: Containers  

• Microservices  
• Containers  
• Container services

Day 3

Module 10: Networking 2  

• VPC endpoints  
• VPC peering  
• Hybrid networking  
• AWS Transit Gateway 

Module 11: Serverless   

• What is serverless?  
• Amazon API Gateway  
• Amazon SQS  
• Amazon SNS  
• Amazon Kinesis   
• AWS Step Functions  
• Hands-on Lab: Build a serverless architecture 

Module 12: Edge Services  

• Edge fundamentals   
• Amazon Route 53  
• Amazon CloudFront  
• DDoS protection  
• AWS Outposts  
• Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront distribution with an Amazon S3 origin 

Module 13: Backup and Recovery  

• Disaster planning  
• AWS Backup  
• Recovery strategies  
• Hands-on Lab: Capstone lab – Build an AWS Multi-Tier architecture. Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection. Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation.