Rocking AWS CloudFormation, CDK with DevOps, Interview Guide

What will you achieve from this course?

Welcome to Rocking AWS CloudFormation, CDK with DevOps, Interview Guide:

• Learn CloudFormation in it's entirety in JSON and YAML, from basic to advanced topics

• Big focus of this course is teaching you how to write ANY CloudFormation, rather than me giving you few templates

• In real-world, learning CloudFormation is not enough, you need to know how to run it using DevOps. This course will teach you how to run templates using DevOps Tools - Jenkins, Terraform and AWS CodePipeline

• You will learn newest Infrastructure is Code Service - AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit), in both Typescript and Python with hands on examples. I will share my cheat sheet using which you can code any CDK!

• Learn SAM (Serverless Application Model) in CloudFormation to provision your Serverless Apps

• Interview Guide - I am a seasoned Cloud interviewer. I am sharing my personal tips and tricks so that YOU can rock your Cloud interview!

About the instructor

Rajdeep Saha is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS. He has migrated and designed numerous mission-critical apps in the cloud, handling millions of transactions. Rajdeep has presented at the biggest stages, such as AWS Re:Invent, AWS Summits, and Kubecon. He has authored multiple bestselling courses and mentored students successfully to cloud jobs, including FAANG companies. Rajdeep also runs a successful YouTube channel named "Cloud With Raj" with over 100K+ subscribers. He has over 250,000+ followers across the globe. Rajdeep takes pride in teaching real-world solutions and learnings beyond just theoretical information. You are in capable hands! All opinions are Rajdeep's own.

Course Structure

This course has four main areas - CloudFormation , DevOps, CDK (Cloud Development Kit) and Interview Guide. Below are the details for each section:

CloudFormation - Divided into Basic and Advanced chapters

Basic CloudFormation Chapter covers:

• Infrastructure as Code - What and Why

• CloudFormation Intro

• Cost Of CloudFormation Stack

• JSON Vs YAML

• Input Parameters

• Intrinsic Functions

• Pseudo Parameters

• Mappings

• Conditions

• Resources

• Outputs

• CloudFormation Designer

• Running CloudFormation from CLI

• MUST WATCH: How to Code Any CloudFormation

Advanced CloudFormation Chapters cover:

• CloudFormation And IAM

• Drift Detection

• Termination Protection

• Stack Policy

• Nested Stack

• Change Sets

• Lambda Primer

• Custom Resources

• StackSets And Hub & Spoke Model

• Userdata

• Dynamic Reference - Secrets Manager And SSM

• Helper Scripts (cfn-init, cfn-hup, cfn-signal, cfn-get-metadata)

• CloudFormer Tool

• CloudFormation Best Practices

• Creating Serverless Infrastructure Using SAM (Serverless Application Model)

DevOps Chapter covers:

• DevOps Quick Primer

• Why Automate CloudFormation

• Install Jenkins Easy Way!

• Run Cft From Git Using Jenkins Job

• Run Cft Using Jenkins Pipeline

• Terraform - What and Why

• Run Terraform Templates

• AWS CodePipeline - What and Why

• Run Cft With AWS CodePipeline

• Multiple Ways

• CloudFormation Vs Terraform

• AWS CodePipeline Vs Jenkins

• MUST WATCH: AWS CodePipeline

CDK (Cloud Development Kit) Chapter covers:

• CDK - What And Why?

• CDK Vs CloudFormation

• TypeScript - Initial Setup

• TypeScript - Generate Cft And Deploy

• TypeScript - Code Any TypeScript CDK!

• Python - Initial Setup

• Python - Generate Cft And Deploy

• Python - Code Any Python CDK!

• Example Infra - EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS

• MUST WATCH: CDK CheatSheet For Coding Any CDK

Interview Guide covers:

• CloudFormation Interviews - Main Areas Of Focus

• Questions On Coding Template

• Questions On DevOps

• Questions On Learn And Adapt

• General Cloud Interview Tips

• Whiteboarding Interview Tips

• MUST WATCH: How I Switched My Career To AWS - Tips And Steps

This is the course that could take your career to next level. Let's have some fun and build some awesome stuff in cloud together!