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TT226-AWBBATY · Intermediate

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Design and operate reliable cloud foundations with core AWS services and architecture practices.

Duration6 days
AudienceSoftware development, system administration and DevOps teams, plus technical leaders
PrerequisitesBasic Linux, networking and virtualization knowledge

About this programme

Overview

Hands-on instruction in the services, security and architectural principles needed to design and manage infrastructure on AWS.

Curriculum

What we cover

Day 1 — Fundamentals

  1. Cloud concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
  2. AWS global infrastructure and account setup
  3. AWS Management Console and CLI
  4. IAM: identity, authentication, authorization
  5. Security policies and best practices
  6. Lab: account and IAM setup

Day 2 — Core services

  1. VPC and subnet design
  2. EC2 and EBS
  3. S3 and storage options
  4. Shared storage with EFS
  5. Load balancers (ALB/NLB)
  6. Lab: web tier setup

Day 3 — Databases and containers

  1. Amazon RDS
  2. Amazon DynamoDB
  3. AWS container services (ECS/EKS)
  4. ECR and container registry
  5. Control Tower and multi-account management
  6. Lab: database and cache layer

Day 4 — Networking and content delivery

  1. Route 53 and DNS management
  2. CloudFront and CDN
  3. VPC peering and Transit Gateway
  4. VPN and Direct Connect overview
  5. Security groups and NACLs
  6. Lab: multi-VPC topology

Day 5 — Serverless

  1. Lambda functions
  2. API Gateway
  3. Messaging with SNS and SQS
  4. Email with SES
  5. EventBridge and event-driven architecture
  6. Lab: serverless application

Day 6 — Monitoring, IaC and architecture

  1. Monitoring and alarms with CloudWatch
  2. Audit logging with CloudTrail
  3. IaC with CloudFormation
  4. AWS KMS and encryption
  5. Well-Architected Framework
  6. Closing: best practices and certification prep

Topics

Key topics

  1. 01Cloud concepts and AWS global infrastructure
  2. 02IAM and account security
  3. 03Core AWS services: VPC, S3, EC2, RDS
  4. 04Networking: Route 53, CloudFront, VPC peering
  5. 05Serverless: Lambda, API Gateway, SNS/SQS
  6. 06Container services
  7. 07Infrastructure: CloudWatch, CloudFormation, KMS
  8. 08Well-Architected Framework

Outcomes

What the team takes away

  • Design a governed AWS foundation
  • Build resilient application infrastructure
  • Apply operational and cost controls
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