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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud Informational technology workers who want to increase the system operations knowledge. Overview 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 This course teaches systems operators and anyone performing cloud operations functions how to manage and operate automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on AWS. You will learn about cloud operations functions, such as installing, configuring, automating, monitoring, securing, maintaining, and troubleshooting these services, networks, and systems. The course also covers specific AWS features, tools, and best practices related to these functions. Prerequisites Successfully completed the AWS Technical Essentials course Background in either 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) 1 - INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD OPERATIONS ON AWS * What is Cloud Operations * AWS Well-Architected Framework * AWS Well-Architected Tool 2 - ACCESS MANAGEMENT * AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) * Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations 3 - SYSTEM DISCOVERY * Methods to interact with AWS services * Tools for automating resource discovery * Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config * Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config 4 - DEPLOY AND UPDATE RESOURCES * Cloud Operations in deployments * Tagging strategies * Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) * Deployment using AWS Control Tower 5 - AUTOMATE RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT * Deployment using AWS CloudFormation * Deployment using AWS Service Catalog * Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code 6 - MANAGE RESOURCES * AWS Systems Manager * Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code 7 - CONFIGURE HIGHLY AVAILABLE SYSTEMS * Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing * Amazon Route 53 8 - AUTOMATE SCALING * Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling * Scaling with Spot Instances * Managing licenses with AWS License Manager 9 - MONITOR AND MAINTAIN SYSTEM HEALTH * Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads * Monitoring AWS infrastructure * Monitoring applications * Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure 10 - DATA SECURITY AND SYSTEM AUDITING * Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation * Implementing detection mechanisms * Automating incident remediation 11 - OPERATE SECURE AND RESILIENT NETWORKS * Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) * Networking beyond the VPC 12 - MOUNTABLE STORAGE * Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) * Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance * Using Amazon EBS snapshots * Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources * Creating backup and data recovery plans * Configuring shared file system storage * Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery 13 - OBJECT STORAGE * Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) * Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3 14 - COST REPORTING, ALERTS, AND OPTIMIZATION * Gaining AWS cost awareness * Using control mechanisms for cost management * Optimizing your AWS spend and usage * Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOps ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Cloud Operations on AWS training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cloud Operations on AWS course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Sales Legal Marketing Business analysts Project managers AWS Academy students Other IT-related professionals Overview Summarize the working definition of AWS Differentiate between on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and all-in cloud Describe the basic global infrastructure of the AWS Cloud Explain the six benefits of the AWS Cloud Describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage Identify an appropriate solution using AWS Cloud services with various use cases Describe the AWS Well-Architected Framework Explain the shared responsibility model Describe the core security services within the AWS Cloud Describe the basics of AWS Cloud migration Articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud for an organization?s cost management Define the core billing, account management, and pricing models Explain how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services This course is for individuals who seek an overall understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, independent of specific technical roles. You will learn about AWS Cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to build your AWS Cloud knowledge. This course also helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. Prerequisites General IT technical knowledge, General IT business knowledge 1 - INTRODUCTION TO AMAZON WEB SERVICES * Summarize the benefits of AWS * Describe differences between on-demand delivery and cloud deployments * Summarize the pay-as-you-go pricing model 2 - COMPUTE IN THE CLOUD * Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) at a basic level * Identify the different Amazon EC2 instance types * Differentiate between the various billing options for Amazon EC2 * Describe the benefits of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling * Summarize the benefits of Elastic Load Balancing * Give an example of the uses for Elastic Load Balancing * Summarize the differences between Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) and Amazon Simple Queue Services (Amazon SQS) * Summarize additional AWS compute options 3 - GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELIABILITY * Summarize the benefits of the AWS Global Infrastructure * Describe the basic concept of Availability Zones * Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudFront and Edge locations * Compare different methods for provisioning AWS services 4 - NETWORKING * Describe the basic concepts of networking * Describe the difference between public and private networking resources * Explain a virtual private gateway using a real life scenario * Explain a virtual private network (VPN) using a real life scenario * Describe the benefit of AWS Direct Connect * Describe the benefit of hybrid deployments * Describe the layers of security used in an IT strategy * Describe which services are used to interact with the AWS global network 5 - STORAGE AND DATABASES * Summarize the basic concept of storage and databases * Describe benefits of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) * Describe benefits of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) * Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) * Summarize various storage solutions * Describe the benefits of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) * Describe the benefits of Amazon DynamoDB * Summarize various database services 6 - SECURITY * Explain the benefits of the shared responsibility model * Describe multi-factor authentication (MFA) * Differentiate between the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) security levels * Describe security policies at a basic level * Explain the benefits of AWS Organizations * Summarize the benefits of compliance with AWS * Explain primary AWS security services at a basic level 7 - MONITORING AND ANALYTICS * Summarize approaches to monitoring your AWS environment * Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudWatch * Describe the benefits of AWS CloudTrail * Describe the benefits of AWS Trusted Advisor 8 - PRICING AND SUPPORT * Understand AWS pricing and support models * Describe the AWS Free Tier * Describe key benefits of AWS Organizations and consolidated billing * Explain the benefits of AWS Budgets * Explain the benefits of AWS Cost Explorer * Explain the primary benefits of the AWS Pricing Calculator * Distinguish between the various AWS Support Plans * Describe the benefits of AWS Marketplace 9 - MIGRATION AND INNOVATION * Understand migration and innovation in the AWS Cloud * Summarize the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) * Summarize six key factors of a cloud migration strategy * Describe the benefits of various AWS data migration solutions, such as AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile * Summarize the broad scope of innovative solutions that AWS offers * Summarize the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framewor 10 - AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD PRACTITIONER BASICS * Determine resources for preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner examination * Describe benefits of becoming AWS Certified

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Individuals responsible for articulating the technical benefits of AWS services Individuals interested in learning how to get started with using AWS SysOps Administrators, Solution Architects and Developers interested in using AWS services Overview Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform and navigate the AWS Management Console. Understand the foundational services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS). Understand the security measures AWS provides and key concepts of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Understand AWS database services, including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). Understand AWS management tools, including Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor. AWS Technical Essentials introduces you to AWS services, and common solutions. It provides you with fundamental knowledge to become more proficient in identifying AWS services. It helps you make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements and get started working on AWS. Prerequisites * Working knowledge of distributed systems * Familiarity with general networking concepts * Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures * Familiarity with cloud computing concepts 1 - AWS INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY * AWS Global Infrastructure * Demonstration: AWS Management Console 2 - AWS STORAGE * Identify key AWS storage options * Describe Amazon EBS * Create an Amazon S3 bucket and manage associated objects 3 - COMPUTE, NETWORK AND STORAGE SERVICES * Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) * Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) * Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) * Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) * Demonstration: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) * Hands-on lab: Build your VPC and launch a web server 4 - AWS SECURITY, AWS IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) * AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) * Demonstration: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 5 - COMPUTE SERVICES & NETWORKING * Identify the different AWS compute and networking options * Describe an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) * Create an Amazon EC2 instance * Use Amazon EBS with Amazon EC2 6 - MANAGED SERVICES & DATABASE * Describe Amazon DynamoDB * Understand key aspects of Amazon RDS * Launch an Amazon RDS instance 7 - DATABASES (RDS, DYNAMODB) * SQL and NoSQL databases * Data storage considerations * Hands-on lab: Build your database server and connect to it 8 - AWS ELASTICITY AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS * Auto scaling * Load balancing * Cloud Watch * Trusted Advisor * Hands-on lab: Scale and load balance your architecture 9 - DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT * Identify what is CloudFormation * Describe Amazon CloudWatch metrics and alarms * Describe Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for security engineers, security architects, and information security professionals. Overview Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud Build secure application infrastructures Protect applications and data from common security threats Perform and automate security checks Configure authentication and permissions for applications and resources Monitor AWS resources and respond to incidents Capture and process logs Create and configure automated and repeatable deployments with tools such as AMIs and AWS CloudFormation This course demonstrates how to efficiently use AWS security services to stay secure in the AWS Cloud. The course focuses on the security practices that AWS recommends for enhancing the security of your data and systems in the cloud. The course highlights the security features of AWS key services including compute, storage, networking, and database services. You will also learn how to leverage AWS services and tools for automation, continuous monitoring and logging, and responding to security incidents. Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: * Working knowledge of IT security practices and infrastructure concepts * Familiarity with cloud computing concepts * Completed AWS Security Essentials and Architecting on AWS courses 1 - SECURITY ON AWS * Security in the AWS cloud * AWS Shared Responsibility Model * Incident response overview * DevOps with Security Engineering 2 - IDENTIFYING ENTRY POINTS ON AWS * Identify the different ways to access the AWS platform * Understanding IAM policies * IAM Permissions Boundary * IAM Access Analyzer * Multi-factor authentication * AWS CloudTrail 3 - SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: WEB APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS * Threats in a three-tier architecture * Common threats: user access * Common threats: data access * AWS Trusted Advisor 4 - APPLICATION SECURITY * Amazon Machine Images * Amazon Inspector * AWS Systems Manager 5 - DATA SECURITY * Data protection strategies * Encryption on AWS * Protecting data at rest with Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB * Protecting archived data with Amazon S3 Glacier * Amazon S3 Access Analyzer * Amazon S3 Access Points 6 - SECURING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS * Amazon VPC security considerations * Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring * Responding to compromised instances * Elastic Load Balancing * AWS Certificate Manager 7 - MONITORING AND COLLECTING LOGS ON AWS * Amazon CloudWatch and CloudWatch Logs * AWS Config * Amazon Macie * Amazon VPC Flow Logs * Amazon S3 Server Access Logs * ELB Access Logs 8 - PROCESSING LOGS ON AWS * Amazon Kinesis * Amazon Athena 9 - SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: HYBRID ENVIRONMENTS * AWS Site-to-Site and Client VPN connections * AWS Direct Connect * AWS Transit Gateway 10 - OUT-OF-REGION PROTECTION * Amazon Route 53 * AWS WAF * Amazon CloudFront * AWS Shield * AWS Firewall Manager * DDoS mitigation on AWS 11 - SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: SERVERLESS ENVIRONMENTS * Amazon Cognito * Amazon API Gateway * AWS Lambda 12 - THREAT DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION * Amazon GuardDuty * AWS Security Hub * Amazon Detective 13 - SECRETS MANAGEMENT ON AWS * AWS KMS * AWS CloudHSM * AWS Secrets Manager 14 - AUTOMATION AND SECURITY BY DESIGN * AWS CloudFormation * AWS Service Catalog 15 - ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PROVISIONING ON AWS * AWS Organizations * AWS Control Tower * AWS SSO * AWS Directory Service

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is people who are moving into a database role, or whose role has expanded to include database technologies. Developers that deliver content from SQL Server databases will also benefit from this material. Overview After completing this course, you will be able to: Describe key database concepts in the context of SQL Server Describe database languages used in SQL Server Describe data modelling techniques Describe normalization and denormalization techniques Describe relationship types and effects in database design Describe the effects of database design on performance Describe commonly used database objects This course is provided as an introductory class for anyone getting started with databases. It will be useful to programmers and other IT professionals whose job roles are expanding into database management. Students will learn fundamental database concepts through demonstrations and hands-on labs on a SQL Server instance. This material updates and replaces course Microsoft course 10985 which was previously published under the same title. MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES * Introduction to Relational Databases * Other Databases and Storage * Data Analysis * SQL Server Database Languages MODULE 2: DATA MODELING * Data Modelling * Designing a Database * Relationship Modeling MODULE 3: NORMALIZATION * Fundamentals of Normalization * Normal Form * Denormalization MODULE 4: RELATIONSHIPS * Introduction to Relationships * Planning Referential Integrity MODULE 5: PERFORMANCE * Indexing * Query Performance * Concurrency MODULE 6: DATABASE OBJECTS * Tables * Views * Stored Procedures, Triggers and Functions

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for Solution Architects Overview At the end of this course, you will be able to: Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework Manage multiple AWS accounts for your organization Connect an on-premises datacenter to AWS cloud Move large data from an on-premises datacenter to AWS Design large datastores for AWS cloud Understand different architectural designs for scalability Protect your infrastructure from DDoS attack Secure your data on AWS with encryption Enhance the performance of your solutions Select the most appropriate AWS deployment mechanism Building on concepts introduced in Architecting on AWS, Advanced Architecting on AWS is intended for individuals who are experienced with designing scalable and elastic applications on the AWS platform. Building on concepts introduced in Architecting on AWS, this course covers how to build complex solutions which incorporate data services, governance, and security on AWS. This course introduces specialized AWS services, including AWS Direct Connect and AWS Storage Gateway to support Hybrid architecture. It also covers designing best practices for building scalable, elastic, secure, and highly available applications on AWS. MODULE 1: AWS ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT * Multiple accounts * Multi-account patterns * License management * Manage security and costs with multiple accounts * AWS Organizations * AWS Directory Service * Hands-on lab: Multi-VPC connectivity using a VPN MODULE 2: ADVANCED NETWORK ARCHITECTURES * Improve VPC network connections * Enhance performance for HPC workloads * VPN connections over AWS * AWS Direct Connect * AWS Transit Gateway * Amazon Route 53 * Exercise: Design a hybrid architecture MODULE 3: DEPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT ON AWS * Application lifecycle management * Application deployment using containers * AWS Elastic Beanstalk * AWS OpsWorks * AWS CloudFormation MODULE 4: DATA * Optimize Amazon S3 storage * Amazon ElastiCache * AWS Snowball * AWS Storage Gateway * AWS DataSync * Backup and archival considerations * Database migration * Designing for big data with Amazon DynamoDB * Hands-on lab: Build a failover solution with Amazon Route 53 and Amazon RDS MODULE 5: DESIGNING FOR LARGE SCALE APPLICATIONS * AWS Auto Scaling * Migrating over-provisioned resources * Blue-green deployments on AWS * Hands-on lab: Blue-green deployment with AWS MODULE 6: BUILDING RESILIENT ARCHITECTURES * DDoS attack overview * AWS Shield * AWS WAF * Amazon GuardDuty * High availability using Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint on AWS * High availability using MongoDB on Amazon EC2 * AWS Global Accelerator * Hands-on lab: CloudFront content delivery and automating AWS WAF rules MODULE 7: ENCRYPTION AND DATA SECURITY * Encryption primer * DIY key management in AWS * AWS Marketplace for encryption products * AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) * Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) * Comparison of key management options * Hands-on lab: AWS KMS with envelope encryption

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting and individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification. Overview Identify AWS architecting basic practices. Explore using the AWS management tools: The AWS Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and CloudFormation in a lab environment. Examine the enforcement of accounts security using policies. Identify the elements that build an elastic, secure, virtual network that includes private and public subnets. Practice building an AWS core networking infrastructure. Determine strategies for a layered security approach to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets. Identify strategies to select the appropriate compute resources based on business use-cases. Practice building a VPC and adding an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance in a lab environment. Practice installing an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in the VPC you created. Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services, based on business scenarios. Compare and contrast the different types of AWS database services based on business needs. Practice building a highly available, auto-scaling database layer in a lab. Explore the business value of AWS monitoring solutions. Identify the role of monitoring, event driven load balancing, and auto scaling responses, based on usage and needs. Identify and discuss AWS automation tools that will help you build, maintain and evolve your infrastructure. Discuss network peering, VPC endpoints, gateway and routing solutions based on use-cases. Discuss hybrid networking configurations to extend and secure your infrastructure. Discuss the benefits of microservices as an effective decoupling strategy to power highly available applications at scale. Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment. Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples. Practice building a serverless infrastructure in a lab environment. Discuss the ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security. Practice building a CloudFront deployment with an S3 backend in a lab environment. Explore AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business continuity. Build a highly available and secure cloud architecture based on a business problem, in a project-based facilitator-guided lab. 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 with confidence. Prerequisites * AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials classroom or digital training, or * 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 0 - INTRODUCTIONS & COURSE MAP REVIEW * Welcome and course outcomes 1 - ARCHITECTING FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW * AWS Services and Infrastructure * Infrastructure Models * AWS API Tools * Securing your infrastructure * The Well-Architected Framework * Hands-on lab: Explore Using the AWS API Tools to Deploy an EC2 Instance 2 - ACCOUNT SECURITY * Security Principals * Identity and Resource-Based Policies * Account Federation * Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts 3 - NETWORKING, PART 1 * IP Addressing * Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas * Routing * Internet Access * Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) * Security Groups 4 - COMPUTE * Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) * EC2 Instances and Instance Selection * High Performance Computing on AWS * Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which * Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure 5 - STORAGE * Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes * Shared File Systems * Data Migration Tools 6 - DATABASE SERVICES * AWS Database Solutions * Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS) * DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases * Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS * Caching and Migrating Data * Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure 7 - MONITORING AND SCALING * Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs * Invoking Events 8 - AUTOMATION * CloudFormation * AWS Systems Manager 9 - CONTAINERS * Microservices * Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray * Containers 10 - NETWORKING PART 2 * VPC Peering & Endpoints * Transit Gateway * Hybrid Networking * Route 53 11 - SERVERLESS ARCHITECTURE * Amazon API Gateway * Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS * Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose * Step Functions * Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture 12 - EDGE SERVICES * Edge Fundamentals * Amazon CloudFront * AWS Global Accelerator * AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager * AWS Outposts * Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin 13 - BACKUP AND RECOVERY * Planning for Disaster Recovery * AWS Backup * Recovery Strategie ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Architecting on AWS training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting on AWS course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Those who will provide container orchestration management in the AWS Cloud including: DevOps engineers Systems administrators Overview In this course, you will learn to: Review and examine containers, Kubernetes and Amazon EKS fundamentals and the impact of containers on workflows. Build an Amazon EKS cluster by selecting the correct compute resources to support worker nodes. Secure your environment with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication by creating an Amazon EKS service role for your cluster Deploy an application on the cluster. Publish container images to ECR and secure access via IAM policy. Automate and deploy applications, examine automation tools and pipelines. Create a GitOps pipeline using WeaveFlux. Collect monitoring data through metrics, logs, tracing with AWS X-Ray and identify metrics for performance tuning. Review scenarios where bottlenecks require the best scaling approach using horizontal or vertical scaling. Assess the tradeoffs between efficiency, resiliency, and cost and impact for tuning one over the other. Describe and outline a holistic, iterative approach to optimizing your environment. Design for cost, efficiency, and resiliency. Configure the AWS networking services to support the cluster. Describe how EKS/Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) functions and simplifies inter-node communications. Describe the function of VPC Container Network Interface (CNI). Review the benefits of a service mesh. Upgrade your Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and third party tools Amazon EKS makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control plane. In this course, you will learn container management and orchestration for Kubernetes using Amazon EKS. You will build an Amazon EKS cluster, configure the environment, deploy the cluster, and then add applications to your cluster. You will manage container images using Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) and learn how to automate application deployment. You will deploy applications using CI/CD tools. You will learn how to monitor and scale your environment by using metrics, logging, tracing, and horizontal/vertical scaling. You will learn how to design and manage a large container environment by designing for efficiency, cost, and resiliency. You will configure AWS networking services to support the cluster and learn how to secure your Amazon EKS environment. MODULE 0: COURSE INTRODUCTION * Course preparation activities and agenda MODULE 1: CONTAINER FUNDAMENTALS * Best practices for building applications Container fundamentals Components of a container MODULE 2: KUBERNETES FUNDAMENTALS * Container orchestration Kubernetes objects Kubernetes internals Preparing for Lab 1: Deploying Kubernetes Pods MODULE 3: AMAZON EKS FUNDAMENTALS * Introduction to Amazon EKS Amazon EKS control plane Amazon EKS data plane Fundamentals of Amazon EKS security Amazon EKS API MODULE 4: BUILDING AN AMAZON EKS CLUSTER * Configuring your environment Creating an Amazon EKS cluster Demo: Configuring and deploying clusters in the AWS Management Console Working with eksctl Preparing for Lab 2: Building an Amazon EKS Cluster MODULE 5: DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS TO YOUR AMAZON EKS CLUSTER * Configuring Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) Demo: Configuring Amazon ECR Deploying applications with Helm Demo: Deploying applications with Helm Continuous deployment in Amazon EKS GitOps and Amazon EKS Preparing for Lab 3: Deploying App MODULE 6: CONFIGURING OBSERVABILITY IN AMAZON EKS * Configuring observability in an Amazon EKS cluster Collecting metrics Using metrics for automatic scaling Managing logs Application tracing in Amazon EKS Gaining and applying insight from observability Preparing for Lab 4: Monitoring Amazon EKS MODULE 7: BALANCING EFFICIENCY, RESILIENCE, AND COST OPTIMIZATION IN AMAZON EKS * The high level overview Designing for resilience Designing for cost optimization Designing for efficiency MODULE 8: MANAGING NETWORKING IN AMAZON EKS * Review: Networking in AWS Communicating in Amazon EKS Managing your IP space Deploying a service mesh Preparing for Lab 5: Exploring Amazon EKS Communication MODULE 9: MANAGING AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION IN AMAZON EKS * Understanding the AWS shared responsibility model Authentication and authorization Managing IAM and RBAC Demo: Customizing RBAC roles Managing pod permissions using RBAC service accounts MODULE 10: IMPLEMENTING SECURE WORKFLOWS * Securing cluster endpoint access Improving the security of your workflows Improving host and network security Managing secrets Preparing for Lab 6: Securing Amazon EKS MODULE 11: MANAGING UPGRADES IN AMAZON EKS * Planning for an upgrade Upgrading your Kubernetes version Amazon EKS platform versions ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional who works in and around the data centre and who has the responsibility to achieve and improve the availability and manageability of the data centre. Overview After completion of the course the participant will be able to:? Choose an optimum site for mission-critical data centre based on current and future needs? Describe all components that are important for high availability in a data centre and how to effectively setup the data centre? Name and apply the various industry standards? Describe the various technologies for UPS, fire suppression, cooling, monitoring systems, cabling standards, etc, and to select and apply them effectively to cost-efficiently enhance the high-availability of the data centre.? Review the electrical distribution system to avoid costly downtime? Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency in the data centre by using existing and new techniques and technologies for the increased cooling requirements of the future? Design a highly reliable and scalable network architecture and learn how to ensure installers apply proper testing techniques? Create effective maintenance contracts with equipment suppliers ensuring the best return on investment? Setup effective data centre monitoring ensuring the right people get the right message? Ensure proper security measures, both procedural and technical, are established to safeguard your company's valuable information in the data centre The course will address how to setup and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security, cabling, safety, etc., to ensure a high available data centre. It will also address key operations and maintenance aspects. THE DATA CENTRE, IT?S IMPORTANCE AND CAUSES FOR DOWNTIME DATA CENTRE STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES DATA CENTRE LOCATION, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION * Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls Various components of an effective data centre and supporting facilities setup RAISED FLOOR/SUSPENDED CEILING * Uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions Applicable standards Raised Floor guidelines Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks Disability act and regulations Suspended ceiling usage and requirements LIGHT * Standards Light fixture types and placement Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS) POWER INFRASTRUCTURE * Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level ATS and STS systems Redundancy levels and techniques Three-phase and single-phase usage Power distribution options within the computer room Power cabling versus bus bar trunking Bonding versus grounding Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers Distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades Power quality guidelines Real power versus apparent power How to size and calculate load in the data centre Generators Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option Battery types, correct selection and testing Thermo-graphics ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELDS * Electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurements Sources of EMF Effects of EMF on human health and equipment (H)EMP Standards EMF shielding solutions EQUIPMENT RACKS * Rack standards, properties and selection criteria Security considerations Power rail/strip options COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE * Temperature and humidity recommendations Cooling measurement units and conversion rates Sensible and latent heat definitions Differences between comfort and precision cooling Overview of different air conditioner technologies Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling Placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed Supplemental cooling options Cold aisle/hot aisle containment WATER SUPPLY * Importance of water supply and application areas Backup water supply techniques DESIGNING A SCALABLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE * The importance of a Structured Cabling System Planning considerations Copper and Fiber cable technology and standards ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and recommendations Testing and verification SAN storage cabling Network redundancy Building-to-building connectivity Network monitoring system requirements FIRE SUPPRESSION * Standards for fire suppression Detection systems Various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages Handheld extinguishers Signage and safety Regulatory requirements and best practices DATA CENTRE MONITORING * Data centre monitoring requirements EMS versus BMS Water leak detection systems Notification options and considerations OPERATIONAL SECURITY AND SAFETY PRACTICES * Data centre security layers Physical, infrastructure and organisational security Safety measures and essential signage LABELLING * Choosing a labelling scheme Recommended labelling practices Network labelling DOCUMENTATION * How to setup proper documentation Document management policies and procedures CLEANING * Cleaning practices for the data centre MTBF/MTTR * Standards and definitions Calculation models The ?real? value MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS/SLA/OLA EXAM: CERTIFIED DATA CENTRE PROFESSIONAL ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for data warehouse engineers, data platform engineers, and architects and operators who build and manage data analytics pipelines. Completed either AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS Completed Building Data Lakes on AWS Overview In this course, you will learn to: Compare the features and benefits of data warehouses, data lakes, and modern data architectures Design and implement a data warehouse analytics solution Identify and apply appropriate techniques, including compression, to optimize data storage Select and deploy appropriate options to ingest, transform, and store data Choose the appropriate instance and node types, clusters, auto scaling, and network topology for a particular business use case Understand how data storage and processing affect the analysis and visualization mechanisms needed to gain actionable business insights Secure data at rest and in transit Monitor analytics workloads to identify and remediate problems Apply cost management best practices In this course, you will build a data analytics solution using Amazon Redshift, a cloud data warehouse service. The course focuses on the data collection, ingestion, cataloging, storage, and processing components of the analytics pipeline. You will learn to integrate Amazon Redshift with a data lake to support both analytics and machine learning workloads. You will also learn to apply security, performance, and cost management best practices to the operation of Amazon Redshift. MODULE A: OVERVIEW OF DATA ANALYTICS AND THE DATA PIPELINE * Data analytics use cases * Using the data pipeline for analytics MODULE 1: USING AMAZON REDSHIFT IN THE DATA ANALYTICS PIPELINE * Why Amazon Redshift for data warehousing? * Overview of Amazon Redshift MODULE 2: INTRODUCTION TO AMAZON REDSHIFT * Amazon Redshift architecture Interactive Demo 1: Touring the Amazon Redshift console Amazon Redshift features Practice Lab 1: Load and query data in an Amazon Redshift cluster MODULE 3: INGESTION AND STORAGE * Ingestion * Interactive Demo 2: Connecting your Amazon Redshift cluster using a Jupyter notebook with Data API * Data distribution and storage * Interactive Demo 3: Analyzing semi-structured data using the SUPER data type * Querying data in Amazon Redshift * Practice Lab 2: Data analytics using Amazon Redshift Spectrum MODULE 4: PROCESSING AND OPTIMIZING DATA * Data transformation * Advanced querying * Practice Lab 3: Data transformation and querying in Amazon Redshift * Resource management * Interactive Demo 4: Applying mixed workload management on Amazon Redshift * Automation and optimization * Interactive demo 5: Amazon Redshift cluster resizing from the dc2.large to ra3.xlplus cluster MODULE 5: SECURITY AND MONITORING OF AMAZON REDSHIFT CLUSTERS * Securing the Amazon Redshift cluster * Monitoring and troubleshooting Amazon Redshift clusters MODULE 6: DESIGNING DATA WAREHOUSE ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS * Data warehouse use case review * Activity: Designing a data warehouse analytics workflow MODULE B: DEVELOPING MODERN DATA ARCHITECTURES ON AWS * Modern data architectures