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AWS

Learn the core of Amazon Web Services by moving one small online bookshop to the cloud. You will launch and pay for EC2 servers, build a private network with public and private subnets, control access with IAM, and store files in S3.

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Introduction to the Cloud and AWS5 lessons

Learn what makes something cloud computing, the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS service models, public, private and hybrid deployments, and how AWS is organised into accounts, services, Regions and Availability Zones.

  1. What Is Cloud Computing?12 min
  2. IaaS, PaaS and SaaS12 min
  3. Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud12 min
  4. Meet AWS12 min
  5. Regions, Availability Zones and Edge Locations14 min
EC2 — Virtual Servers5 lessons

Pick an instance type, understand CPU credits, choose between EBS and instance store, log in with key pairs, bootstrap servers with user data and buy capacity the cheapest sensible way.

  1. Instance Types and CPU Credits15 min
  2. EBS Volumes and Instance Store12 min
  3. Key Pairs and Logging In12 min
  4. User Data Scripts12 min
  5. EC2 Purchasing Options14 min
VPC — Your Private Network5 lessons

Size a VPC with CIDR blocks, split it into public and private subnets across zones, route traffic with route tables, internet gateways and NAT gateways, and lock it down with security groups.

  1. CIDR Blocks — Sizing Your Network15 min
  2. Subnets — Public and Private14 min
  3. Route Tables and the Internet Gateway14 min
  4. NAT Gateway — Out but Not In12 min
  5. Security Groups14 min
IAM — Who May Do What4 lessons

Learn where AWS's security job ends and yours begins, lock away the root user, organise people with groups, read and write JSON policies, and give servers access through roles instead of stored keys.

  1. The Shared Responsibility Model12 min
  2. Root User, IAM Users and Groups14 min
  3. IAM Policies16 min
  4. IAM Roles and Instance Profiles16 min
S3 — Object Storage4 lessons

Create buckets and objects, control access with bucket policies and Block Public Access, pick the right storage class for each kind of data, and automate the move to colder storage with lifecycle rules.

  1. Buckets and Objects14 min
  2. Bucket Policies and Public Access15 min
  3. S3 Storage Classes15 min
  4. Lifecycle Rules15 min