The document outlines an AWS foundation virtual instructor-led training course consisting of 9 sessions over 4-5 weeks, totaling 22 hours. It covers essential AWS topics including identity and access management, EC2, VPC, storage options, RDS, command line interface, monitoring, and scaling environments. The course concludes with a project to build a data center and an online exam for knowledge assessment.

1. AWS Foundation Course
Type Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)
No. of Sessions 9
Average Duration/Session in Hrs 2
Support hrs / Week 1 hr
No. of Weeks 4-5
Duration of the Course 4-5 Weeks / 1 month
Total Hours 22 hrs

2. Module 1- Introduction to AWS
Module 2 - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Module 3 - Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and EBS
Module 4 - Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Module 5 - Storage - S3 , EBS (Review) , EFS
5.1 Simple Storage Service
5.2 Elastic File System (EFS)
Module 6 - Relational Database Service (RDS)
Module 7 - Using Command Line Interface (CLI)
Module 8 - Monitoring - CloudWatch , CloudTrail , Config
8.1 CloudWatch
8.2 Config
8.3 Cloud Trail
Module 9 - Scaling your Environment !
Module 10 - Project and Exam !

3. Module 1- Introduction to AWS
Topics ● What is Cloud ?
○ Characteristics
○ Service Models - IaaS , SaaS , PaaS and ...
○ Deployment Models - Public, Private , Hybrid
○ Benefits
○ Use Cases
● AWS - Where does it fit ?
● Opening an AWS Account
● Understanding Free Tier
● Navigating AWS Console
● Regions and Zones
● Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
● Broad Overview Key AWS Services
○ IAM , EC2 , S3, VPC , RDS ...
● Billing Characteristics
● Budgets
● Billing Alerts
● Pricing
Labs ● Open an AWS account
● Setup Multi Factor Authentication
● Setup Billing Alerts
Module 2 - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Topics ● Use Case
● Users
● Groups
● Policies
● Permissions
● Evaluation Logic
● Role
● Pricing
Labs ● Create Admin user
● Create Group
● Create Custom Policies
● Assign custom policies to user
● Setup MFA for Admin User

4. Module 3 - Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and EBS
Topics ● Use Cases
● EC2
○ AMI
○ Instance Types
○ Choosing Instance Types
○ Security Groups
○ Key Pairs
○ Tenancy
○ Placement Group
○ Instance Lifecycle
○ Purchasing Options - On-demand, Spot, Reserved Instances
○ Pricing
● Elastic Block Storage
○ Root volume
○ Data Volume
○ Volume Types
○ Snapshots
○ Create, Delete Snapshot
○ Restoring from Snapshot
○ Pricing
Labs ● Setting up your first EC2 server in AWS
● Adding additional EBS volume to EC2
● Recovering from Snapshot
Module 4 - Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Topics Networking Basics
● IP addresses
● Router
● Gateway
● CIDR Notation
● Subnet
● Subnet Mask
● Network Address Translation
VPC
● Default VPC
● Custom VPC
● Public Subnet
● Private Subnet
● Network Access Control List (NACL)
● Comparing EC2 Security Groups and NACLs
● Routing Entries
● Communication across VPC
○ VPC Peering

5. ○ Transit Gateways
● VPC Topologies
● Pricing
Labs ● Create custom VPC with 2 pubic and 2 private subnets
● Setup Peering across VPC
Module 5 - Storage - S3 , EBS (Review) , EFS
5.1 Simple Storage Service
Topics ● Use Cases
● Bucket
● Object
● Versioning
● Storage Classes
● Bucket Policy
● Cross Region Replication
● Lifecycle Rules
Labs ● Hosting Static website in S3
● Uploading, Downloading Content to S3
5.2 Elastic File System (EFS)
Topics ● Use Cases
● EFS Architecture
● Mount Targets
● Pricing
● Comparing S3, EBS and EFS and choosing one over other
Labs ● Creating EFS target and associating with EFS
Module 6 - Relational Database Service (RDS)
Topics ● Use Cases
● RDS vs DB on EC2
● Supported DB Engine types
● Single AZ vs Multi AZ
● Read Replicas
● Snapshots
● Point in time recovery
● Importing and Exporting Native Backup

6. ● Pricing
Labs ● Create RDS - MySQL and Connect to it
● Export existing DB and import into local DB Server
Module 7 - Using Command Line Interface (CLI)
Topics ● Use Cases
● Configuring Access Keys and Secret Keys
● Named Profiles
Labs ● Labs(s)
○ Working with S3 using CLI
○ Working with EC2 using CLI
○ Working with VPC using CLI
Module 8 - Monitoring - CloudWatch , CloudTrail , Config
8.1 CloudWatch
Topics ● Use Cases
● How Cloudwatch Works ?
● Metrics ,Alerts ,Actions
● Events
● Logs
● Dashboard
● Pricing
Labs ● Configure CloudWatch Alerts for High CPU Utilization
● Stop idle servers using CloudWatch
● Create CloudWatch Dashboards
● Trigger action based on CloudWatch Event
8.2 Config
Topics ● Use Cases
● How Config Works ?
● Resource
● Configuration Item
● Configuration History
● Config Rules

7. ● Pricing
Labs Understanding changes to your resources using Config
8.3 Cloud Trail
Topics ● Use Cases
● How it Works ?
● Trail
Labs ● Create a Trail and extracting information from trail
Module 9 - Scaling your Environment !
Topics ● Why is Scaling required ?
● Scaling Up vs Scaling Out
Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
● Application Load Balancer
● Network Load Balancer
● Classic Load Balancer
● Choosing one over other
AutoScaling
● Launch Configuration
● Auto Scaling Group
● Scaling Plan
● Scaling Policy
Labs ● Setup Application Load Balancer
● Setup AutoScaling based on CPU utilization
Module 10 - Project and Exam !
Topics 10 (a) - Project and Exam Announcements
● Project - Build your Data Center !

8. ○ Bring all the pieces together - details will be shared after completing
module 8
● Test your knowledge - Exam - Online Exam - Self Paced
1​0 (b) - Project Review and Closing Thoughts
Labs Project Solution !
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