Architecting on Amazon Web Services: IAM and Object Storage


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Amazon Web Services was one of the first complete solution providers in the cloud computing space and continues to be the market leader. One of the main offerings is the object storage service Simple Storage Service, or S3. Another key component is the integrated Identity and Access Management, or IAM, which touches upon most other parts of the AWS cloud. This course gives you an overview of AWS including a potted history and a rundown of the services. It goes on to cover IAM and how it integrates with AWS components. It rounds out the discussion by diving into S3 and object storage, and how it can be used as the basis for content delivery networks. This course is one of a series that covers the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

Target Audience
Individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role using the Amazon AWS cloud.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Architecting on Amazon Web Services: IAM and Object Storage

  • start the course
  • describe the history of the Amazon Web Services platform
  • describe the Amazon Web Services platform and recognize the global infrastructure components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services networking components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services compute components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services storage components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services database components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services analytics components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services application services components
  • describe the Amazon Web Services deployment and management components
  • create an account for Amazon Web Services and log in to the service
  • describe the basic concepts of Identity and Access Management on the Amazon Web Services platform
  • list best practices pertaining to Identity and Access Management on the Amazon Web Services platform
  • describe how Microsoft Active Directory can be integrated with Amazon Web Services
  • navigate the Identity and Access Management console in Amazon Web Services
  • configure Identity and Access Management for an account in Amazon Web Services
  • manage Identity and Access Management users in Amazon Web Services
  • configure two-factor authentication in Amazon Web Services
  • describe object storage in Amazon Web Services
  • create an S3 bucket in Amazon Web Services
  • upload files to an S3 bucket in Amazon Web Services
  • configure policies on the Glacier storage service in Amazon Web Services
  • describe the function on a content delivery network and CloudFront on Amazon Web Services
  • create a CloudFront content delivery network in Amazon Web Services
  • create an S3 bucket and distribute content with CloudFront

    • Course Number:
    cl_awsc_a01_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Beginner