AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate 2018

Course details

In this course, you will create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. We will explore the AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment and common techniques for configuring and deploying systems.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Auto Scaling from the command line

• Use AWS CloudFormation to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion

• Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot common problems with instances

• Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services

• Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud

• Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and AWS Trusted Advisor

• Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances

• Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:

• Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS

• Migrating an existing on-premises application to AWS

• Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS

• Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements

• Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices

• Estimating AWS usage costs and identifying operational cost-control mechanisms