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Part 1: AWS Certified Solutions Architect SAA C03 [2025]

Name: Part 1: AWS Certified Solutions Architect SAA C03 [2025]
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Comprehensive Associate Exam Mastery: Hands-On Labs, Quiz, and In-Depth Learning of AWS Fundamentals and Core Services

Created byChandra Lingam, Compute with Cloud Support

Last updated 7/2025

English

German [Auto],English

What you'll learn

Breadth of understanding of various AWS services
How to Integrate Services into a Complete Solution
Hands-on Scenario Based Learning
Weekly Study Group Discussion Sessions
Concise and Precise Preparation for AWS Solutions Architect Certification
Learn How to Avoid Single Point of Failure, Secure Workload, Design for High Availability

Course content

23 sections • 237 lectures • 16h 38m total length

Introduction2:51
Increase the speed of learning0:41
SAA C03 Exam3:46
FREE AWS Practice Exam0:10
Total Cost of Ownership between On-premises and Cloud0:16
Benefits of Cloud Computing8:39
AWS Global Infrastructure10:31
Discover AWS global infrastructure across public, US Gov Cloud, and China clouds, with regions, availability zones, and the backbone enabling data locality, edge locations, and low-latency access.
Udemy Interview - A Deep Dive Into AWS Certifications0:07

Downloadable Resources0:02
AWS Account Setup, Free Tier Offers, Billing, Support7:00
How to set up an AWS account
Different free tier offers from AWS
How to view the charges accrued in your account, and
How to contact AWS support if you need help
Billing Alerts, Delegate Access8:10
How to delegate billing access to other authorized users in our account
Configure free tier usage alerts
Set up billing alerts using Cloud Watch and AWS Budget
Instructions - IAM User and Command Line Setup1:29
Lab - IAM User and Command Line Tool Setup8:13

Downloadable Resources0:01
VPC Introduction, App Deployment, Router, Internet Gateway6:59
Overview of AWS networking infrastructure. Create your own private cloud
Firewall - Security Group4:32
Firewall - Network ACL (NACL)6:07
Understand the network access control list (NACL) as a subnet-level, stateless firewall that allows or denies traffic. Learn its numeric rule order, inbound/outbound requirements, and CIDR blocking.
IP Types - Private, Public, Elastic3:53
Assign private ip addresses from the subnet block to each instance's primary network interface, ipv6 optional, and use a public ip or elastic ip for internet access.
Lab Instructions - How to Create KeyPair for EC22:03
Lab – How to Create KeyPair for EC23:41
Create a key pair for EC2 login, download the private key, and use the public key when launching instances. On Windows, use PPK with Putty; on Mac/Linux, PEM with SSH.
Lab Instructions – Default VPC Walk Through2:00
Lab – Default VPC Walk Through3:44
Explore the default VPC in the AWS console, including its 172.31.0.0/16 CIDR, four public subnets across availability zones, an internet gateway, and main route table routing local and internet-bound traffic.
Lab Instructions – Launch EC2 instance, Login, Explore Public/Private/Elastic IP5:39
Lab – Launch EC2 instance, Login, Explore Private, Public, and Elastic IP10:17
Lab - Connect to your EC2 Linux from Mac4:09
Lab Instructions – Explore Security Group Firewall and Features3:12
Lab – Explore Security Group Firewall and Features5:46
Launch an Amazon Linux instance in a public subnet and configure a security group to allow ping traffic, demonstrating the stateful firewall and inbound and outbound rules.
Lab Instructions – Explore Network ACL Firewall and Features5:12
Lab – Explore Network ACL Firewall and Features8:49
Review VPC Data Flow3:32
VPC Data Flow - Sequence of Steps0:30
AWS Service Integration - Internet, NAT, Gateway and Interface Endpoints8:39
Explore how to enable private cloud instances to access AWS services via NAT gateway and VPC endpoints, including gateway endpoints for S3/DynamoDB and interface endpoints for SQS.
Lab Instructions – Public & Private Subnets, Route Table, NAT, Bastion Host4:10
Lab – Public & Private Subnets, Route Table, NAT, Bastion Host17:56
Using VPC Prefix Lists with CloudFront and EC2 Instance Connect (SSH)10:43
In this video, learn how to simplify your AWS security and routing by using VPC Managed Prefix Lists specifically with CloudFront and EC2 Instance Connect. Discover how these prefix lists help efficiently manage IP address ranges, enhance security by controlling traffic flow, and streamline updates across your AWS resources.
Default VPC, Flow Log, Resource Access Manager, and NAT source/destination check1:53
IAM Role for VPC Flow Capture1:00
Lab - VPC Flow Log9:51
Enable VPC flow logs to capture traffic at the VPC, subnet, or interface and publish to CloudWatch Logs or S3, with an IAM role and permissions for monitoring.
Demo - VPC Endpoint ReadMe0:08
Peering Connection, Transit Gateway4:28
How to link two or more VPCs in a region and make them as part of one logical network
Lab Instructions – Peering Connection (Cross-Region)6:33
Lab – Peering Connection (Cross-Region)11:12
External Clients, Public Endpoints, Private Link3:04
Bastion Host, Session Manager (Systems Manager)4:26
Comparison between the keypair, EC2 Instance Connect, and Session Manager0:03
Hybrid Infrastructure - Site-Site VPN, Cloud Hub, Client VPN6:16
Explore how site-to-site vpn, cloud hub, and client vpn enable secure, scalable connectivity between on-premises networks and aws vpcs, including transit gateway architectures for centralized cloud connectivity.
Hybrid Infrastructure - Direct Connect3:07
VPC Review0:02
Virtual Private Cloud Quiz
Virtual Private Cloud Quiz
AWS Sample Exam Question #10:36
Answer to Question #10:13
AWS Sample Exam Question #30:48
Answer to Question #30:09

How to Architect a Solution in the AWS Cloud0:13
Server-based Design9:36
Decoupling Layers6:21
Serverless Design8:52
Explore serverless and server-based architectures for order processing using API gateway with REST and WebSocket APIs, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, and S3, highlighting resilience, scaling, security, and cost considerations.
AWS Sample Question #70:51
Answer to Sample Question #70:17

Downloadable Resources0:02
Introduction to EC2 and Storage5:32
Introduction to Compute instances and multi-tenant infrastructure of the AWS Cloud.
EC2 NITRO Virtualization and Bare Metal Instances2:09
Virtualization options available as part of EC2 service
Amazon Machine Images (AMI)5:39
OS Choices and pre-built Amazon Machine Images
Instance Family General Purpose, Compute, Memory, Storage, Accelerated10:33
Different Types of Compute Instances that are available as part of EC2 Service, Hardware Acceleration Support
Placement Group4:37
Placement groups optimize low-latency, high-throughput networking for HPC and machine learning workloads by distributing EC2 instances across availability zones, using cluster, partition, and spread types.
Lab Instructions - User data & Metadata – Installing apps in an instance0:02
Lab – User data & Metadata – Installing apps when launching an instance6:17
IAM Roles - Access Other AWS Services From EC22:50
Grant permissions using IAM Roles to your EC2 instance to access other AWS services.
Lab Instructions - EC2 Instance with IAM Roles to Access S30:18
Lab - EC2 IAM Roles to Access S36:34
Learn how IAM roles grant EC2 instances permission to access S3, attach roles, and test with AWS S3 ls while using credentials from the instance metadata service.
[Repeat] AWS Pricing - Spot, Savings Plan, Reserved Instances, On-demand0:22
Self-Paced Lab – Launch and connect to a Windows instance3:09
Hibernate your EC2 Instance0:33
EC2 - Network And Security: Quiz - 1
EC2 - Network And Security: Quiz - 2
EC2 - Network And Security: Quiz - 3
EC2 - Network And Security: Quiz - 4
EC2 Quiz - 2
EC2 Quiz - 3
EC2 Quiz - 4
EC2 Quiz - 5
EC2 Quiz - 6
EC2 Quiz - 7
EC2 Quiz - 8
EC2 Quiz - 9
AWS Sample Question #20:34
Answer to Sample Question #20:07
AWS Sample Question #60:35
Answer to AWS Sample Question #60:10

Downloadable Resources0:02
Introduction to Monitoring Services2:46
Explore monitoring AWS resources with CloudWatch, publishing default and custom metrics, and configuring alarms. Analyze logs via CloudWatch in near real-time and use CloudTrail for an API audit trail.
CloudWatch, Metrics and Alarms4:18
Monitor your applications with CloudWatch metrics and alarms, track ELB and EC2 metrics, and trigger auto scaling or alerts using thresholds and evaluation windows.
CloudWatch Logs - Consolidate and Monitor Logs3:28
Lab - Stop Idle Instance using CloudWatch Alarms9:29
Learn to monitor CPU utilization with CloudWatch detailed monitoring, view metrics, and configure a p90-based alarm that stops an idle EC2 instance after 15 minutes.
Lab - CloudWatch Logs, Metric Filter, Plot16:28
CloudWatch – Composite Alarms, Synthetic Canaries1:07
Monitoring Quiz

Downloadable Resources0:02
Introduction to Storage, IOPS, Throughput, Instance Store Volumes8:40
Storage Units0:17
Elastic Block Store (EBS), Types, Snapshot13:09
EBS Volume Types - gp3, io2, io2 Block Express5:12
Block Storage - Key Points Review2:17
Elastic File System, FSx for Windows, FSx for Lustre4:52
FSx Windows now supports Linux and MacOS clients1:21
Cryptography Primer18:48
Welcome to our Cryptography Primer!
In this video, we will look at important cryptographic concepts that safeguard our data
First, we'll explore two fundamental encryption methods: Symmetric and Asymmetric.
Then, we'll delve into data tampering detection using hashing and HMACs.
And finally, we'll demystify the world of digital signatures.
At-rest Encryption and Key Rotation1:52
EBS Volume Encryption7:18
Learn how EBS volume encryption uses KMS and a data key with envelope encryption to protect volumes, while snapshots, key changes, and default encryption apply to volumes, RDS, and DynamoDB.
Lab - EBS Encryption7:12
Lab Instructions – Create an AMI4:55
Lab – Create an AMI (Amazon Machine Image)10:53
Launch an Amazon Linux EC2 instance and install the LAMP stack (Apache, MariaDB, PHP). Secure MariaDB root access and create a LAMP base build AMI for rapid launches.
How to Delete KMS Master Key0:32
Quiz - Storage

Requirements

Familiarity with Software and Application Development

Description

I am truly honored Udemy CEO highlighted my SAA-C03 courses in the earnings call [Aug-2022] for providing up-to-date and relevant content

Welcome to the Part 1 AWS Solutions Architect Associate Course!

If you are interested in becoming a cloud architect, you have come to the right place!

An architect is responsible for translating the business requirements into a solution blueprint

And also provide implementation guidance to the development team

To effectively play this role, you need a breadth of understanding of AWS services and how to integrate them into a complete solution

In this course, we walk through several business scenarios and how to apply cloud architectural principles

Such as avoiding a single point of failure, properly securing and protecting your workload, designing for high availability, and so forth

I am Chandra Lingam, and I am your instructor.

I have structured the curriculum into two courses

The first course (this one) covers infrastructure services such as network, server, monitoring, storage, load balancers, auto-scaling, cloud security, S3, managing your application traffic flow with services such as Route 53, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, and we wrap up with migrate your application to the cloud

The second course (this one) covers messaging services, lambda, API Gateway, databases, containers, cloudformation, and disaster recovery concepts

Here is the approximate time you need to plan to spend on preparation.

The first course is around 15 hours long and the second course is around 9 hours long

I recommend adjusting the video playback speed to 1.25x

So, you can watch all the videos in around 20 hours

And for the hands-on labs and quizzes, add another 20 hours

So, plan to spend at least 40 hours on preparation

The time will vary based on your experience – but you can use this as a ballpark

I also provide PDFs to review specific concepts quickly

Something unique I offer my students is the weekly study group sessions where you can meet fellow learners and discuss specific topics

With the knowledge you gain in this course, you will become a really good architect and easily clear the certification exam!

I am looking forward to meeting you!

Who this course is for:

Who want to be a Cloud Architect
Who want to get certified as Solutions Architect at Associate Level
Who want to learn AWS Cloud from scratch

Part 1: AWS Certified Solutions Architect SAA C03 [2025]

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Course content

Overview8 lectures • 27min

Housekeeping5 lectures • 25min

Infrastructure, Pricing, Support - Review3 lectures • 1min

Networking Primer3 lectures • 13min

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) - Networking Infrastructure39 lectures • 2hr 55min

Architecture Review - Server-based and Serverless Solution Comparison6 lectures • 26min

Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - Compute Service18 lectures • 50min

Monitoring Resources in Cloud7 lectures • 38min

Storage for EC2 Instances15 lectures • 1hr 27min

At-rest encryption1 lecture • 2min

Requirements

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Who this course is for: