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AWS: from discovery to expertise
Amazon Web Services course: global infrastructure, IAM, VPC networking, compute (EC2, Lambda, containers), S3 storage, databases, monitoring and security, infrastructure as code, cost control, hands-on labs on LocalStack and preparation for the Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect Associate certifications.
At your pace, through practice.By the end of this course you will be able to
- Understand AWS global infrastructure, accounts and the shared responsibility model
- Secure access with IAM and least privilege
- Design a VPC network across availability zones
- Choose and use compute, storage and database services
- Monitor, audit and protect an AWS environment
- Describe infrastructure as code and control costs
- Prepare for the Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect Associate certifications
LEARNING PATH
Course curriculum
0Course overview1 lesson
1Understanding AWS1 lesson
Global infrastructure, accounts, tools, responsibility and pricing.
2Identity and access (IAM)1 lesson
Users, roles, policies, least privilege.
3Networking (VPC)1 lesson
Subnets, routing, filtering, exposure.
4Compute1 lesson
EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda and containers.
5Storage and databases2 lessons
S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB.
6Monitoring and security1 lesson
CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, KMS, GuardDuty.
7Infrastructure as code and costs2 lessons
CloudFormation, CDK, Well-Architected, FinOps.
8Hands-on labs (LocalStack)3 lessons
Emulate AWS locally to practise with no account or charges.
9Best practices1 lesson
Security, reliability, operations and costs.
90Certification preparation4 lessons
Preparation guides and practice exams for AWS certifications.
LEARN BY DOING
Use cases & applications
Build a serverless API
API Gateway, Lambda and DynamoDB: pay per request, no servers to manage.
Secure a multi-account environment
Organizations, Identity Center, CloudTrail, GuardDuty and Security Hub.
Recommended prerequisites
What next?
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an AWS account?
No: the labs use LocalStack, which emulates AWS services on your machine with Docker. You can later run the same commands on a real account (free tier) by simply dropping the "local" prefix.
What are LocalStack's limits?
The community edition covers S3, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, IAM (without policy enforcement), mocked EC2, and more. Some features (strict IAM enforcement, real RDS, EKS) need the paid edition or a real account.
Which certification should I start with?
Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) validates the fundamentals; Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) is the most sought-after technical certification. Both have a preparation path at the end of the course.