AWS Cloud Foundations

AWS Cloud Foundations course is intended for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. It provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support.

Curriculum objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:

• Define the AWS Cloud

• Explain the AWS pricing philosophy

• Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS

• Describe the security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud, including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Create a virtual private cloud (VPC) by using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

• Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk

• Differentiate between Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier (Amazon S3 Glacier)

• Demonstrate when to use AWS database services, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora

• Explain the architectural principles of the AWS Cloud

• Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling