Learn AWS The Hard Way

Name: Learn AWS The Hard Way
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A Very Simple Introduction to the Amazing World of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Created byRohan Arora

Last updated 11/2021

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What you'll learn

Gain technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform
Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
Lift and shift of an existing on-premises application to AWS
Identify appropriate use of AWS architectural best practices
Estimate AWS costs and identify cost control mechanisms
Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS
Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
Make architectural decisions based on the AWS-recommended architectural principles and best practices.

Course content

19 sections • 184 lectures • 20h 51m total length

Cloud Computing - Definition & Deployment Models8:15
Define cloud computing and its deployment models: private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud, and how resources are provisioned on demand across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
Anatomy of Cloud Stack7:56
Free Tier Limitations8:56
Creating a Billing Alarm7:37

An Introduction to Amazon EC216:32
Exploring EC2, AMIs and Instance Types on AWS Management Console18:30
Explore the AWS management console to access EC2, AMIs, and instance types for hands-on learning. Choose quickstart or custom AMIs, explore marketplace, and compare instance families—from general purpose to GPU.
Regions and Availability Zones (AZs)9:27
Explore how regions and availability zones isolate resources, enabling high availability and resilience by scattering data and traffic across multiple data centers with load balancing and auto scaling.
Amazon EC2 Pricing – Free Tier, On-Demand and Spot Instances10:41
Amazon EC2 Pricing (contd.)11:44
IP Addressing5:52
An Introduction to Amazon EBS8:06
Accessing & Managing EBS Volumes9:50
An Introduction to Security Groups11:34
Security Groups Hands-on8:24
Getting started with Amazon EC2 Linux instances11:19
Launch an amazon ec2 linux instance from the console by selecting the Mumbai region, ami, and instance type, then choose number of instances, no-preference az, vpc, subnets, and public ip.
Configuring Instance Details16:12
Adding Storage, Tags, Security Groups & Key Pairs9:46
Configure an 8 GB EBS volume, tag the instance, set SSH and HTTP rules in a security group, create a key pair, and monitor status checks for Amazon Linux instance.
Connecting to Amazon Linux EC2 Instance from macOS4:12
Connecting to Amazon Linux EC2 Instance from Windows PC7:33
Getting Started with Amazon EC2 Windows Instances4:39
Connecting to Amazon EC2 Windows Instance from macOS3:55
Connecting to Amazon EC2 Windows Instance from Windows 10 PC2:23
An Introduction to Elastic IP Addresses7:16
Elastic IP Addresses Hands-on12:06
Amazon EC2 Quiz

Install the AWS Command Line Interface on macOS3:10
Install the AWS Command Line Interface on Microsoft Windows4:49
Following are the links you can access to download the packages:
1. AWS CLI: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/awscli-install-windows.html
2. Python: https://www.python.org/
Configure the AWS Command Line Interface4:55
A brief overview of the steps0:42
Create a security group and define its inbound rules9:15
Create a key pair and download the private key3:01
Create a key pair and download the private key to your desktop, enabling secure access to the upcoming instance.
Finally, launch an EC2 Instance4:27

Elastic Load Balancing11:00
Security Groups for Load Balancers4:14
Creating Security Groups for ELBs and EC2 Instances14:41
SSL Certificates7:24
Getting started with Classic Load Balancers12:38
Launching and adding EC2 instances to our Classic Load Balancer7:52
Testing our Classic Load Balancer's Deployment8:47
Application Load Balancer18:11
Network Load Balancer15:44
Stickiness3:50
Learn how stickiness binds a user session to a single backend instance via a classic load balancer, using a cookie that expires after 60 seconds.
Cross-Zone Load Balancing7:20
Connection Draining7:32
Discover how connection draining on a classic load balancer preserves in-flight requests by delaying unhealthy instance removal for up to 3600 seconds, default 300.
ELB Quiz

Introduction to Auto Scaling6:34
Auto Scaling Components and Pricing6:18
Creating a Security Group and a Key Pair for our Launch Template6:26
Creating a Launch Template13:14
Getting Started with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling11:27
Testing Our Auto Scaling Deployment7:43
Set up a scaled and load-balanced application9:25
Creating a Classic Load Balancer4:25
Creating a Launch Template while including User Data4:17
Creating an Auto Scaling group with a Load Balancer4:46
Performing test using Load Balancer's DNS name7:26
Getting Started with Target Tracking Policy4:52
Implementing Target Tracking Policy via an Auto Scaling group13:05
Putting Target Tracking policy to test12:37
Auto Scaling Quiz

VPC Essentials5:19
Subnets7:55
Other Basic Concepts3:35
Default vs. Non-Default VPC5:52
Compare default versus non-default VPCs in AWS: default VPC auto assigns public IPs and an internet gateway to all subnets, while non-default VPCs require manual provisioning for internet access.
Internet Gateway (IGW)9:46
NAT Gateway7:48
Route Tables Part 14:54
Route Tables Part 22:56
Blueprint for creating Non-Default VPC6:10
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 17:21
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 25:46
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 310:03
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 45:32
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 56:11
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 65:09
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 72:57
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 84:40
Building our First Non-Default VPC Part 93:04
Access Control List (ACL)2:57
Configuring our Access Control List8:38
Overview of VPC Peering5:00
VPC Peering Configuration15:13
Summarization5:25
Design, deploy, and validate an AWS VPC with public and private subnets, an internet gateway, a NAT device, route tables, and elastic IPs to enable secure internet access and patch management.
Quiz for Section 6

Introduction0:38
Explore foundational concepts of routing policies in business architecture and learn about latency, failover, geolocation, and multivolume routing with hands on labs in the Learn AWS the hard way course.
DNS 1012:09
Explore the domain name system, a hierarchical system that translates friendly names to IP addresses via global DNS servers, enabling traffic routing, domain registration, health checks, and failover.
Exploring DNS Service Options and Domain Registration Lab14:52
Routing Policy0:36
Explore how routing policy determines how Amazon responds to queries, with six options: simple, latency, failover, geolocation, and multivolume answer. Practice hands-on to apply them in production.
Simple Routing Policy23:39
Weighted Routing Policy5:36
Learn how to implement a weighted routing policy in Route 53 to split traffic 50/50 between Mumbai and California load balancers by creating two record sets.
Latency Routing Policy7:45
Failover Routing Policy15:01
Multivalue Answer Routing7:51
Learn AWS the hard way: multivalue answer routing shows how to configure route 53 to return multiple IP addresses for DNS queries, enabling health checks and randomized traffic distribution.
Summary1:18
Route 53 Masterclass | May 18, 20191:41:22
Quiz for Section 7

An Introduction to Elastic Block Store(EBS) Part 14:54
An Introduction to Elastic Block Store(EBS) Part 25:02
Benefits of EBS Volumes Part 16:51
Benefits of EBS Volumes Part 27:53
Amazon EBS Volume Types2:48
General Purpose SSD (gp2) Volumes7:18
Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) Volumes3:21
Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) Volumes3:25
Cold HDD (sc1) Volumes3:47
Magnetic Volumes1:08
Explore magnetic volumes in AWS, standard, low-cost storage for infrequently accessed or cold data, sized from 1 GB to 1 TB, delivering about 100 IOPS (up to hundreds).
Attaching EBS Volumes via AWS Management Console2:24
Creating EBS Volumes via Command Line Interface (CLI)3:11
Configure credentials and set region to us-west-1, then use the AWS CLI to create an EBS volume with a specified size and availability zone, and describe volumes to view details.
Attaching EBS Volumes via Command Line Interface (CLI)3:44
Making an EBS Volume Available for Use Part 13:04
Making an EBS Volume Available for Use Part 26:47
Expanding the Storage Space of an EBS Volume on Windows3:34
Expand storage space of an EBS volume on Windows by adding five gigabytes and extending it from 10 to 15 gigabytes. Avoid resizing the C drive to prevent corruption.
Viewing Volume Information3:28
View volume information on the aws management console and command line interface, including size, creation time, state, attachment, iops, snapshots, availability zone, and encryption status in Northern California.
Detaching an EBS Volume from an Instance via AWS Management Console4:21
Detaching an EBS Volume from an Instance via Command Line Interface(CLI)3:07
Deleting an EBS Volume2:27

An Introduction to Snapshots5:31
Creating Snapshots via AWS Management Console3:44
Creating Snapshots via Command Line Interface (CLI)1:35
Viewing Snapshot Information4:17
Learn how to view snapshot information from the dashboard and the command line, including status, size, creation date, owner ID, encryption status and key, permissions, region, and tags.
Creating Volumes from Snapshots via AWS Management Console4:41
Learn how to create and restore duplicate volumes from snapshots in the AWS management console, choosing different volume types, sizes, and availability zones.
Creating Volumes from Snapshots via Command Line Interface (CLI)4:23
Deleting EBS Snapshots2:46
Theory - Copying Snapshot3:05
Copying EBS Snapshot via AWS Management Console4:04
Copying an EBS Snapshot via Command Line Interface (CLI)4:33
Overview of Sharing an Amazon EBS Snapshot2:41
Sharing an EBS Snapshot via AWS Management Console7:08
Sharing an EBS Snapshot via Command Line Interface (CLI)3:15
Quiz for Sections 9 and 10

Requirements

A Windows, Linux or Mac PC/Laptop
AWS Free Tier Account. You will be guided how to create this one in Section 1 of this course

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the hottest trends in the field of technology nowadays. It provides individuals and organizations with innovative tools and techniques to deploy or migrate their entire infrastructure on to the AWS platform. Therefore, it is quite essential that any AWS aspirant would need to learn all those features and services, that would give him/her enough knowledge and confidence to start his/her career in this very domain.

This course is meant to get you started in AWS. The title says that it's the hard way to learn to AWS, but it's actually not. It's only the "hard" way because this course instructs you in AWS by slowly building and establishing skills through various theoretical concepts, practical sessions, assignments and quizzes, then applying them to increasingly difficult deployment techniques. By the end of this course, you will have the tools and concepts needed to begin learning more complex AWS topics.

If you work hard, take your time, and build skills, you will learn how to deploy and manage your infrastructure on AWS cloud.

There is no prerequisite required to enroll for this course. It is just that you should have a basic understanding of computers and servers.

Last but not the least - This is just the beginning of this journey and we will study together to achieve best results. Feel free to reach out to me through Udemy, Facebook, Linkedin and E-mail. Also, there would be multiple additions to this course in the near future. Based upon your valuable feedback and market trend, more and more content would be added to this course.

Who this course is for:

No pre-knowledge is required - enthusiasm is all you need!
Individuals interested in learning how to get started with using AWS
SysOps administrators, Solution Architects and developers interested in using AWS services

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Course content

Introduction to AWS4 lectures • 33min

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)20 lectures • 3hr 10min

An Introduction to Command Line Interface (CLI)7 lectures • 30min

Elastic Load Balancing12 lectures • 1hr 59min

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling14 lectures • 1hr 53min

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)23 lectures • 2hr 22min

Route 5311 lectures • 3hr 1min

Identity & Access Management (IAM)8 lectures • 47min

Elastic Block Store (EBS) -- Volumes20 lectures • 1hr 23min

Elastic Block Store (EBS) -- Snapshots13 lectures • 52min

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