Learn Cloud Computing Fundamentals - AWS, Azure, GCP

Name: Learn Cloud Computing Fundamentals - AWS, Azure, GCP
Rating: 4.1 (73 reviews)

Start Your Cloud Computing Journey the Right Way.

Created bySoftwarible Academy

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

The course will set the cornerstone and help the students take the first step in learning cloud computing.
Students will learn cloud computing fundamentals including computing, networking, and storage concepts.
Students will be able to understand basic cloud computing concepts across various cloud computing platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Students will be able to launch computing resources, use storage solutions, and set up a basic networking layout on those three major public cloud platforms.
Students will learn governance, security, and compliance concepts in the cloud.

Course content

7 sections • 73 lectures • 3h 58m total length

Who am I?2:16
Get to know the instructor.
Who is this course for?2:02
Who is this course intended for?
Course structure and overview2:54
Take a look at the course structure and get an overview of the subjects that the student will be learning during the course.

Overview1:20
Overview of the "Basics and Principles" section and what students will be learning during the section.
What is cloud computing?1:28
Introduction to cloud computing and defining it.
Traditional computing2:31
Traditional computing compared to cloud computing and the issues with traditional computing.
Cloud Computing Benefits1:52
Cloud computing benefits and how cloud computing solves the issues with traditional computing.
Cloud computing deployment models5:07
Learn about the cloud computing deployment models and their pros and cons.
Service deployment models11:17
Learn about the three main cloud service models and the other service models.
Cloud computing characteristics2:29
What makes cloud computing characteristics?
Demo: AWS Console3:02
Demonstrating AWS web-based console and an overview of some of the services we talked about in the service deployment models video.
Demo: Azure Console2:26
Demonstrating Azure web-based console and an overview of some of the services we talked about in the service deployment models video.
Demo: GCP Console1:47
Demonstrating Google Cloud web-based console and an overview of some of the services we talked about in the service deployment models video.
Review1:20
Review what we've learned during this section.

Overview1:19
Overview of the "Computing Concepts" section and what students will be learning during the section.
What is virtualisation?3:55
What are virtualization and the hypervisor?
Demo: AWS EC27:16
Demonstrating IaaS from AWS; it's EC2.
Demo: Azure Virtual Machines8:31
Demonstrating IaaS from Azure; it's Azure VM.
Demo: GCP Cloud Compute Engine5:11
Demonstrating IaaS from Google Cloud; it's Compute Engine.
What is containerisation?2:22
Learn containerization concepts and how it compares to virtualization.
Docker5:47
Learn Docker basics and Docker's architecture and ecosystem. How does a VM compare to containers?
Demo: Docker8:01
Demonstrating Docker concepts; spinning up a container from an image, stopping and starting containers, and removing containers and images.
Container orchestration3:25
What is container orchestration? What is Kubernetes (K8s)? Examples of Container as a Service (CaaS) and Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS).
Function as a Service (FaaS)4:12
A deeper dive into Function as a Service compared to what the student learned during the "Basics and Principles" section.
Demo: AWS Lambda4:46
Demonstrating FaaS in AWS; it's Lambda.
Demo: Azure Function App6:27
Demonstrating FaaS in Azure; it's Function App and Serverless Compute.
Demo: GCP Cloud Functions3:23
Demonstrating Google Cloud's FaaS; Cloud Functions.
Review1:11
Review what we've learned during this section.

Overview1:22
Overview of the "Networking Concepts" section and what students will be learning during the section.
Networking fundamentals6:28
Networking fundamentals and basic concepts; network infrastructure and network layers.
Protocols5:37
Network protocols examples for each network layer.
Virtual Private Network (VPN)1:46
What is a VPN? And what problem does it solve?
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)5:36
Introduction to SDN and what problem it solves. Overview of the SDN components.
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Virtual Network (VNet)3:23
What is Virtual Private Cloud/Virtual Network?
Demo: AWS VPC8:41
Demonstrating AWS VPC.
Demo: Azure Virtual Network4:20
Demonstrating Azure Virtual Network (VNet).
Demo: Google Cloud VPC3:52
Demonstrating Google Cloud VPC.
Direct/Hybrid Connections1:36
What is a Direct/Hybrid Connection? And what is it used for?
Domain Name System (DNS)5:54
Learn what is the DNS and the DNS lookup journey.
Load Balancer2:27
Learn how Load Balancing helps us.
Firewall1:25
Learn about Firewalls.
Review1:09
Review what we've learned during this section.

Overview1:02
Overview of the "Storage Concepts" section and what students will be learning during the section.
What is cloud storage?2:29
Defining cloud storage and taking a look at the benefits of using it.
Cloud storage types0:23
What are the three cloud storage types?
Cloud storage types - File storage1:25
File storage and how the data is stored with this type.
Cloud storage types - Block storage1:41
Block storage and how the data is stored with this type.
Cloud storage types - Object storage1:40
Object storage and how the data is stored with this type.
Cloud object storage categories2:08
Performance-based object storage categories and when to use each one.
Demo: AWS S33:38
Demonstrating AWS S3
Demo: Azure Blob Storage4:40
Demonstrating Azure Blob Storage
Demo: GCP Cloud Storage2:35
Demonstrating GCP Cloud Storage
When choosing storage...3:11
Criteria for choosing the right storage type and the right cloud provider for your needs.
Content Delivery Network (CDN)3:04
Defining CDN and its benefits.
Review1:07
Review what we've learned during this section.

Overview1:10
Overview of the concepts the students will be learning during the section.
Shared Responsibility Model2:54
Defining the shared responsibility model and what is the responsibilities of the cloud providers and the users.
Cloud Governance5:37
Discuss cloud governance, and its principles and benefits.
Common Security Threats6:31
Overview of the most common security threats and how to identify and mitigate against some of them.
Data Sovereignty and Jurisdiction1:39
Discussing the concept of data sovereignty.
Data Security4:07
Discuss data security and the three baselines to consider. What are the primary approaches for securing data?
Data Availability2:47
What is data availability and what helps us to achieve it?
Data Integrity1:19
What constitutes data integrity?
Data Confidentiality2:07
What are data confidentiality and its measures?
Compliance5:44
Define compliance and go through its three types.
Access and Control Management1:05
Discuss access and control management.
Demo: AWS IAM3:08
Demonstrate AWS Identity and Access Management.
Demo: Azure Active Directory1:09
Demonstrate Azure Active Directory.
Demo: Google Cloud IAM0:56
Demonstrate Google Cloud Identity and Access Management.
Review1:52
Review what we've learned during this section.

Requirements

No prior experience required.
It helps if you have a background in IT, software engineering, or computer science.

Description

Target Audience

This is suitable for software engineers and developers who want to learn cloud computing and need help figuring out where to start. For those who wish to begin their journey in the cloud and learn the cloud essentials that apply to major cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud (GCP).

Who Am I?

My name is Asher, and I have 7+ years of experience in software engineering. I’ve been designing, developing, deploying, maintaining, and migrating applications and systems on and to different cloud computing platforms for a few years now. These include web applications, data pipelines, payment, and video streaming systems.

I’m passionate about cloud computing and all the benefits that it brings, and I love teaching and mentoring others. I’m also a certified architect on both AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

Motivation for creating this course

There are multiple courses out there on cloud computing fundamentals, but most of those are on specific platforms and assume some knowledge. I wanted to create something that is for absolute beginners and covers subjects that are applicable to most major public cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Course Outcome

In this course, students will learn cloud computing fundamentals. What is Cloud Computing? What are the cloud computing deployment and service models? Then we’ll dive into the computing, networking, and storage concepts, and finish off with security and compliance.

The students who finish this course will be able to understand basic cloud computing concepts across various cloud computing platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP. They will be able to launch and use computing resources, use storage solutions, and set up a basic networking layout on those three major public cloud computing platforms.

How does this course help?

This course will set the cornerstone and help the students take the first step in learning cloud computing.

It will help beginner software developers and engineers understand basic cloud computing concepts that apply to the majority of cloud computing platforms, and are essential to running applications in the cloud. It will help them navigate the complexity of cloud computing in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.

Who this course is for:

This is suitable for software engineers and developers who want to learn cloud computing and need help figuring out where to start.
For those who wish to begin their journey in the cloud and learn the cloud essentials that apply to major cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
For IT, software engineering, and computer science graduates
For Project/Product Managers and Owners who want to understand cloud engineering

Learn Cloud Computing Fundamentals - AWS, Azure, GCP

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 7min

Basics and Principles11 lectures • 35min

Computing Concepts14 lectures • 1hr 6min

Networking Concepts14 lectures • 54min

Storage Concepts13 lectures • 29min

Governance, Security, and Compliance Concepts15 lectures • 42min

Next Steps3 lectures • 6min

Requirements

Description

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