The document outlines a quick start course for enterprise architects focusing on Amazon AWS, covering cloud concepts, key AWS components, and best practices for architecting applications in the cloud. It includes hands-on practical exercises for deploying applications and managing resources, as well as discussions on security and hybrid cloud strategies. The course also details the infrastructure as a service architecture and various scaling strategies within AWS.

1. Amazon AWS Quick Start CourseQuick Start for Enterprise Architects – Sample Content1

2. Sample ContentIntroduction to Cloud ConceptsInfrastructure as a Service (IAAS) How it is built

3. How it Scales

4. How it differs from the traditional datacentreAmazon Web Services (AWS) Main ComponentsA detailed look at Elastic Compute (EC2) AMIs , Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Auto Scaling CloudWatch Elastic Load Balancers, Simple Storage (S3), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Simple Notification Service (SNS), Databases, Relational Database Service (RDS), SimpleDB, Virtual Private Network.Main use cases 2

5. Sample ContentGetting Hands on with AWSAccount BasicsMachine Images , Security Groups, Key PairsManagement Console, Query API, Command Line tools & PluginsPractical Exercise 1 Building a gold machine images & deploying to EC2Practical Exercise 2 Deploying a sample application and with monitoring and auto scaling3

6. Sample ContentArchitecting for the Cloud – Best PracticesHorizontal vs Vertical ScalingLoose couplingBuild for ElasticityDesign for FailureSecurity not just at the edgeSession strategies and FailoverSecurity Best PracticesThe AWS shared responsibility modelData security and encryptionAccess & Network Security4

7. Sample ContentVirtual Private Network (VPN)A tour of the new VPN featuresHybrid Cloud StrategiesDeployment StrategiesCloud Formation & Configuration Automation Summary and Discussions5

8. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)Cloud building block consist of units called variously application containers , workloads or resource pools with an amount of resources These includeCPU & RAMData ( disk latency & throughput)Network (latency & throughput ) 6

9. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)7

10. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)Delivered through a variety of physical and virtual servicesWorkload most often delivered by virtual servers but not alwaysVirtualisation based mainly on Xen Hypervisor and VMWare HypervisorAWS mainly is based on XEN with support for other VMTerremark Based on VMWare8

11. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)Workloads are designed to meet different server workload types such asWeb servers Application serversTransactional DatabasesDatabases may be IO boundApplication servers may be CPU bound9

12. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)Many different ways to architect an IAAS Cloud but fall into two main categories:Cloud CentersService Infrastructures10

13. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)Cloud Centersare data centersin the cloudBased on industry standard approach familiar to existing infrastructure peopleIncluded idioms such asVLANsNetwork blocksHardware load balancers and firewalls File storage ( SAN & NAS ) 11

14. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)AWS is a Service InfrastructureA set of non standard web services such as S3 network storage uses S3 protocol and storage mechanismsMany other non standard services built for massive scaling for exampleSQSSimple DBSoftware Firewall and Load BalancingServices can be used individually or together to create applications12

15. Infrastructure as a Service Architecture (extract)AWS does not provide one network per customerEach server on its own small networkTraffic between servers is routedThis means it is highly scalableRestriction on layer 2 network ( broadcasts, multi-cast )13

16. Main AWS Components (extract)Messaging - Simple Queue Service (SQS)Amazon Web scale messaging serviceAny computer on the internet can add or read messages ( by permission)5 Simple Basic API callsCreateQueueSendMessageReceiveMessageChangeMessageVisibilityDeleteMessage14