AWS Certification & Training Courses in Calgary

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The AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification Course (CLF-C01) is a beginners level course and is designed for those who want to get started in Cloud Computing or learn AWS cloud computing from the ground up. This AWS certification validates a person’s cloud fluency as well as their knowledge and skills relating to AWS.

Module 0 : Introduction to computers

• • What is a computer?
  • Hardware and software
  • Basic operations

Inside a computer case

• Motherboard
• Processor
• Memory
• Disks
• Input Devices
• Output Devices

Module 1 : Introduction to AWS

Topics:

• Classic Data Centre
• Virtualization
• Cloud and Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Service Models and Deployment Models
• Service Comparison: AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its Benefits
• AWS Regions and Replication of data between the Regions
• Availability Zones and High Availability
• Ways to access AWS: CLI and Console

Hands-On:

• Sign-up for AWS free-tier account
• Explore Console and Configure CLI

Module 2 : Amazon EC2 Instances

Topics:

• Virtualization
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Its Benefits
• Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
• Security Groups in AWS
• Authentication through Key-pair
• Hardware Tenancy – Shared vs. Dedicated
• Networking Layer in EC2: VPC
• Public IP vs. Elastic IP
• Elastic Block Store (EBS), Its Features and Volume Types
• Elastic File System (EFS) and Its Features
• EBS vs. EFS

Hands-On:

• Host your website inside EC2
• Create an AMI
• Create an Elastic IP
• Attaching an EBS volume externally
• To create a snapshot
• Mount EFS volumes

Module 3 : AWS Security

Topics:

• Identity Access Management (IAM)
• Various access policies
• AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM),
• AWS Single Sign-On (SSO)
• AWS Security & Encryption: KMS, CloudHSM, Shield, WAF, Guard Duty
• API keys service access
• Best practices for IAM
• AWS billing

Hands-On:

• Create new users
• Create and manage roles in AWS
• Create and configure Policies
• Configuring Strong and Secure Authentication
• Configure WAF to Protect Website from Attacks
• Monitoring Malicious Activity

Module 4 : AWS Storage services

Topics:

• Traditional vs. Cloud Storage Cost
• Cloud Storage
• Different Storage Options Available on AWS
• Simple Storage Service (S3) and Its Components
• Difference Between S3, EBS and EFS
• Bucket Policy and Access Control List(ACL)
• Versioning in AWS
• Cross-Region Replication (CRR)
• Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
• Storage Classes in S3
• Lifecycle Policy of S3 Bucket
• CloudFront

Hands-On:

• Hosting a Static Website on Amazon S3
• Versioning in AWS S3
• Replicating data across regions
• Accessing a static website through CloudFront
• File Share via AWS Storage Gateway

Module 5 : AWS Database services

Topics:

• Amazon RDS and its benefits
• RDS IAM Authentication
• DynamoDB
• ElastiCache: Working,
• Redis vs Memcached
• Amazon RedShift
• Kinesis: AWS Kinesis Data Streams
• AWS Lake Formation

Hands-On:

• Storing an application data in MySQL DB using RDS
• Creating Tables, loading sample data and running queries
• ElastiCache
• Moving an Airline data From S3 to AWS Redshift
• Design Solution using Amazon Kinesis Data Steam

Module 6 : AWS Load-Balancer, Auto-Scaling group and Route53

Topics:

• Elastic Load Balancer and its types
• Features of ELB
• Launch Templates and Configurations
• Comparison of Classic, Network and Application Load Balancer
• Auto-Scaling
• Lifecycle of Auto-Scaling and policy
• Working of Route 53
• Various Routing Policies

Hands-On:

• Create a Classic Load Balancer
• Create a Network Load Balancer
• Work with Application Load Balancer and Auto-Scaling
• Auto-Scaling and Scaling policy
• Use of Route 53 Traffic Flow Feature

Module 7 : AWS Lambda and Application services

Topics:

• AWS Simple Email Service (SES)
• Implement SES
• Working of SNS
• SQS and ASG with SQS
• Amazon Event Bridge
• AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
• AWS Simple Work Flow (SWF)
• AWS Lambda
• AWS Serverless Application Model

Hands-On:

• Monitor status of EC2 instance using Event Bridge and SNS.
• Manage tightly coupled architecture using Amazon SQS.
• Coordinate application logic by using AWS Step Functions.

Module 8 : AWS Monitoring and Networking services

Topics:

• VPC – Benefits and Components
• Network Access Control List v/s Security Groups
• NAT : Network Address Translation
• VPC peering
• Private Link
• AWS CloudWatch.
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• Trusted Advisor

Hands-On:

• Creating a VPC and attach it to an EC2 instance
• Accessing Internet inside Private Subnet using NAT Gateway
• Connect two instances in different VPC’s
• Monitoring Application Metrics Using CloudWatch
• Auditing Amazon Cloud Services via AWS CloudTrail
• Explore Trusted Advisor

Module 9 : AWS Automation

Topics:

• Infrastructure as Code
• CloudFormation
• Introduction to AWS OpsWorks
• AWS OpsWorks services and its components
• OpsWorks for Chef Automate
• AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise
• Auto Healing
• Elastic Beanstalk and its components
• Beanstalk v/s OpsWorks v/s CloudFormation

Hands-On:

• Create Cloud Formation templates using both JSON and YMAL
• AWS OpsWorks Stack
• Deploy a Web Application with DynamoDB using Beanstalk

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AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) is an architect level course It is designed to help professionals develop the skills needed to design, deploy, and manage applications on the AWS platform. The course and exam covers topics such as storage, compute, databases, and networking. It is a great way to demonstrate expertise and knowledge in the AWS environment.

Module 0: Introduction to computers

Topics:

• What is a computer?
• Hardware and software
• Basic operations

Inside a computer case

• Motherboard
• Processor
• Memory
• Disks
• Input Devices
• Output Devices

Module 1: Introduction to cloud

Topics:

• What is cloud computing?
• Types of cloud
• Comparison between on-prim and cloud computing
• AWS Terminology
• Advantages and disadvantage

Module 2: AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

Topics:

• Introduction to IAM: Users, Groups, and Policies
• IAM Policies
• IAM MFA
• AWS Access key, CLI, and SDK
• AWS CLI setup on Windows, MAC OS, and Linux
• AWS cloud shell
• IAM roles for AWS services
• IAM security tools
• IAM best practices

Hands-On :

• Creating IAM Users and Groups
• Create AWS IAM Policies
• Implementing IAM MFA
• Exploring AWS CLI
• Creating IAM Roles
• Implementing IAM Security tools

Module 3: Fundamentals of EC2 Instance

Topics:

• AWS Budget setup
• Basics of EC2
• Types of EC2 Instance
• Overview of Security groups and classic ports
• Overview of SSH
• EC2 instance connect

Hands-On :

• Creating EC2 instance with user data
• Creating security groups
• Hands-on on SSH
• Demo for EC2 Instance roles

Module 4: Advance concepts of AWS EC2

Topics:

• Comparison of Private, Public, and Elastic IP.
• Spot Instances & Spot Fleet
• EC2 Placement Groups
• EC2 Hibernate
• (ENI)Elastic Network Interfaces
• Advanced Concepts of EC2 – Nitro, vCPU, Capacity Reservations

Hands-On :

• Private, Public, and Elastic IP
• Creating EC2 Placement Groups
• Work on Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI)
• Implementing EC2 Hibernate

Module 5: AWS EC2 instance Storage EBS & EFS

Topics:

• Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Overview
• Overview of EBS Snapshots
• Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
• EC2 Instance Store
• EBS Volume Types
• EBS Multi-Attach and encryption
• Overview of Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
• EFS and EBS comparison

Hands-On:

• Creating Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• EBS Snapshots Hands On
• (AMI) Hands On Amazon Machine Image
• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Hands-on

Module 6: High Availablity and scalability

Topics:

• High Availability and Scalability
• Overview of Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
• Introduction to Gateway Load Balancer
• Introduction to (CLB) – Classic Load Balancer
• Application Load Balancer (ALB)
• Network Load Balancer
• Elastic Load Balance
• ELB- Cross Zone Load Balancing and SSL Certificates
• ELB- Connection Draining
• Overview of Autoscaling Groups

Hands-On:

• Creating and implementing CLB
• Application Load Balancer (ALB)
• Network Load Balancer (NLB)
• Autoscaling Groups
• Auto Scaling Groups – Scaling Policies

Module 7: AWS RDS, Aurora and Elasticache

Topics:

• Amazon RDS Overview
• RDS Read Replicas vs Multi-AZ
• RDS Encryption + Security
• Aurora Overview
• Aurora – Advanced Concepts
• ElastiCache Overview
• ElastiCache for Solution Architects

Hands-On :

• ElastiCache Hands-On
• Amazon RDS Hands-On
• Aurora Hands-On

Module 8: AWS Route 53

Topics:

• Route 53 Introduction
• Route 53 – EC2 Setup
• Route 53 – TTL
• Route 53 CNAME vs Alias
• Routing Policy – Simple, Latency, and Weighted
• Route 53 Health Checks
• Routing Policy – Failover
• Routing Policy – Geolocation and Geoproximity
• Routing Policy – MultiValue
• 3rd Party Domains & Route 53

Hands-On :

• Route 53 Lab

Module 9: Introduction to AWS S3 storage

Topics:

• Amazon S3 – Section Introduction
• S3 Buckets and Objects
• S3 Versioning
• S3 Encryption
• S3 Security & Bucket Policies
• S3 Websites

Hands-On :

• Creating S3 Buckets and Objects
• Hand-on on S3 Versioning
• Implementing S3 Encryption
• Creating and implementing S3 Bucket Policies
• S3 CORS

Module 10: AWS Global accelerator and cloudfront

Topics:

• CloudFront Overview
• CloudFront Signed URL / Cookies
• CloudFront Advanced Concepts
• AWS Global Accelerator – Overview

Hands-On:

• CloudFront with S3 – Hands-On
• AWS Global Accelerator – Hands-On

Module 11: AWS SNS and SQS

Topics:

• Introduction to Messaging
• Overview of Amazon SQS – Standard Queues
• SQS Queue Access Policy
• SQS – Message Visibility Timeout
• SQS – Dead Letter Queues
• SQS – Request Response
• SQS – Delay Queues
• SQS – FIFO Queues
• SQS + Auto Scaling Group
• Overview of Amazon SNS

Hands-On

• SNS – Hands-On
• SQS – Standard Queue Hands-On

Module 12: Introduction to container services in AWS

Topics:

• Docker Introduction
• ECS Overview
• ECS Services & Tasks, Load Balancing
• ECS Scaling
• ECS Rolling Updates
• ECR Overview
• EKS Overview

Hands-on:

• ECS Hands-on

Module 13: AWS Serverless Services

Topics:

• Serverless Introduction
• Lambda Overview
• Lambda Limits
• DynamoDB Overview
• DynamoDB Advanced Features
• API Gateway Overview
• API Gateway Security

Hands-On

1. DynamoDB Hands-On
2. API Gateway Basics Hands-On

Module 14: AWS Databases

Topics:

• RDS
• Aurora
• ElastiCache
• DynamoDB
• S3

Module 15: Networking – AWS VPC

Topics:

• CIDR, Private vs Public IP
• Default VPC Overview
• Internet Gateways & Route Tables
• NAT Instances and Gateways
• DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones
• NACL & Security Groups
• VPC Peering and Endpoints
• VPC Flow Logs + Athena
• Bastion Hosts
• Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
• Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
• Egress Only Internet Gateway
• VPC Section Summary
• Section Cleanup
• Networking Costs in AWS
• IPv6 for VPC

Hands-on:

1. IPv6 for VPC – Hands On
2. VPC Overview and Hands On
3. Subnet Overview and Hands On

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This Amazon Web Services Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C01) exam course is designed to provide candidates with knowledge of Security & Compliance concepts such as Encryption at Rest or in Transit, Data Protection, Auditing, Regulatory Compliance and Automated Remediation of Security Issues.

Module 1: Introduction to AWS Security course

Topics:

• Course Expectations
• Shared Responsibility Model
• Encryption at rest
• Encryption in transit

Module 2: AWS KMS services

• Encryption Basics
• Introduction to the Key Management Service
• Encrypting and Decrypting
• Working with Keys
• Controlling Access
• AWS KMS and Simple Storage Service
• AWS KMS and Simple Storage Service – Demo
• AWS KMS and EBS
• Importing your key material
• AWS KMS – Additional Aspects
• DynamoDB Encryption
• Using your own key pair for EC2
• Cloud HSM

Module 3: AWS Security perspective

• AWS Security
• Securing your account
• Incident Response Plan
• What happens if resources have been compromised
• Penetration Testing
• ‏AWS Inspector
• S3 Lifecycle policies

Module 4: AWS IAM

• IAM Policies
• IAM Policies – Demo
• S3 Bucket Policies
• S3 Bucket Policy Conditions – Demo
• IAM Roles
• IAM Roles – Demo
• IAM Policies Additional aspects
• Cross Account Roles
• Cross Account Access – Further aspects
• Cross Account Roles – External ID Demo
• AWS Organizations
• S3 Pre-Signed URLs
• Cloudfront – Private Content
• AWS Cognito

Module 5: AWS Network Security

• Encryption of data in transit
• VPC Security – Introduction
• Security Groups – Demo
• Network Access Control Lists – Demo
• Elastic Load Balancer Security Groups
• NAT Instances and Gateways
• NAT gateway – Demo
• VPC Peering
• VPC peering – Demo
• Mitigation against DDoS attacks
• Windows AD and DNS Security
• VPC Endpoints
• VPC Endpoints and KMS
• How to tackle packet inspection on AWS EC2 Instances
• Web Application Firewall
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Security for AWS VPC

Module 6: Monitoring

• Cloudtrail
• CloudTrail Demo
• CloudTrail File Validation
• Cloud Trail Logs from Multiple accounts
• Cloudwatch Logs – Using the agent
• Monitoring your KMS Keys
• VPC Flow Logs

Module 7: AWS Resource Configuration

• AWS Config Service
• AWS Config – Using Rules
• AWS Systems Manager – Introduction
• AWS Systems Manager – Inventory
• AWS Systems Manager – Run Command
• AWS Systems Manager – Parameter Store
• AWS Systems Manager – Agent Troubleshooting
• AWS Systems Manager – Patch Manager

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By enrolling in the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional course, you will be able to validate your technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform and validate your technical competency. The course is designed for individuals who have a role to play within the DevOps department.

Module 1: Introduction to Devops

Topics :

• Understanding DevOps and its lifecycle
• Why DevOps on Cloud?
• Introduction to AWS
• DevOps using AWS
• Security Management – IAM (Identity and Access Management)
• Trusted Advisor
• Governance Strategies

Hands-on:

• Creating policies to grant all administrative or limited privileges to a new user
• Login AWS Management Console using MFA
• Trusted Advisor
• Enabling Governance using AWS Config
• Set Alerts and Budget for your AWS Account

Module 2: SDLC Automation

Topics:

• CodeCommit
• CodeBuild
• CodePipeline
• CodeDeploy
• AWS CodeStar

Hands-on:

• Working of Code Commit
• Deploy an application using Codepipeline

Module 3: AWS CloudFormation to Automation Infrastructure

• Introduction to CloudFormation
• CloudFormation Template
• Intrinsic Functions & Conditions
• Stack Creation
• Advanced CloudFormation Concepts
• CloudFormation Stack Updates
• CloudFormation Resource Deletion Policy
• CloudFormation Best Practices
• Troubleshooting

Hands-on:

• Hardcoding the name of an S3 bucket using CloudFormation
• How to create an S3 bucket using the intrinsic function.
• Using helper scripts to create an EC2 instance
• Using Lambda Functions to create a Custom Resource

Module 4: Elastic Beanstalk

• Introduction to Elastic Beanstalk
• Components of Beanstalk
• Deployment Option
• Platform Updates
• Docker in Elastic Beanstalk
• Extending Beanstalk using extensions
• Alarms and Notification
• Troubleshooting

Hands-on:

• Using Beanstalk, deploy DynamoDB web applications
• Using Docker and Beanstalk, deploy your application
• A Beanstalk deployment that is immutable
• Using the .ebextensions for beanstalk instances, creating cron jobs

Module 5: Configuration Management using OpsWorks

Topics:

• Introduction to OpsWorks
• Components of OpsWorks
• Cookbooks, Recipes, Data bags and Berkshelf
• OpsWorks Lifecycle Events
• OpsWorks Deployment
• OpsWorks Auto-Healing
• Troubleshooting

Hands-on:

• Using OpsWorks Stack, deploy an application
• Integrating CloudFormation with OpsWorks

Module 6: Automate Monitoring and Event Management in AWS

Topics:

• Introduction to CloudWatch
• CloudWatch Metrics: EC2, ELB, and Auto Scaling metrics
• Custom Metrics
• CloudWatch Alarms
• CloudWatch Agent
• CloudWatch Logs
• Introduction to CloudTrail
• System Manager
• Tagging
• Concepts required to set-up event-driven automated actions

Hands-on:

• Set Amazon CloudWatch to notify when CPU utilization is greater than 85% for an instance
• Store logs in S3 and enable CloudTrail

Module 7: High Availability, Fault tolerance and Disaster Recovery

Topics:

• EBS
• Elastic IP
• Multi region and multi AZs
• SQS
• Data Management in Amazon RDS
• Dynamo DB
• S3
• Provisioning elasticity using Load Balancer and Auto-Scaling
• Components of Auto Scaling
• Horizontal and vertical scaling
• Auto-Scaling Lifecycle
• Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective
• Disaster Recovery Options
• Overcome single Point of Failure

Hands-on:

• Implementation of a load balancer and auto-scaling for a fault-tolerant and highly available system

Module 8: Container Management Tools

Topics:

• Orchestration
• Elastic Container Service
• Amazon ECR
• Select a Launch type for your application
• ECS with EC2
• ECS with Fargate

Hands On:

• To Push An Image Into ECR
• Using the Fargate launch type to host a website inside ECS

Module 9: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (DOP-C01) Exam Discussion

Topics:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Exam Guide
• Certification Exam Questionnaires