Name: The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter
Author: Daniel Vassallo

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This is not your typical AWS reference course. You won’t find most of the knowledge that's shared here in the AWS docs. The goal here is to help you realize which AWS features you’d be foolish not to use — features that have passed the test of time by being at the backbone of most things on the Internet.

In this course, you'll learn a technique used to help make reliable technical choices without getting paralyzed in the face of so many options. You’ll start by going through the most fundamental services AWS offers such as DynamoDB, S3, EC2. Each section breaks down how it’s used, the pros and cons, why you should (or shouldn't) be using it, and more.

This course was written by a former Amazon engineer with 15 years of experience working on AWS.

The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter

What is this course about?

The Default Heuristic

Before Getting Started

Database: DynamoDB

Storage: S3

Compute: EC2

Compute: EC2 Auto Scaling

Compute: Lambda

Networking & Content Delivery: ELB

Networking & Content Delivery: Route 53

Management & Governance: CloudFormation

Application Integration: SQS

Media Service: Kinesis

Quiz - Basic AWS Services

Part 1: The Good Parts

Starting from Scratch: Basic Web Application

Starting from Scratch: Manual AWS Infrastructure

Infrastructure as Code: Create CloudFormation Stack

Infrastructure as Code: Deploy CloudFormation Stack

Automatic Deployments: CodeBuild

Automatic Deployments: Install CodeDeploy Agent on EC2

Automatic Deployments: Create a CodePipeline

Load Balancing: Add a second EC2 Instance

Load Balancing: Add an Application Load Balancer

Scaling: Add an Auto Scaling Group

Scaling: Remove Instances

Production: Add Stack Name to our Application

Production: Create Staging Stack

Production: Create Production Stack

Custom Domains: Register Domain with Route 53

Custom Domains: Map our Domain to Load Balancers

HTTPS: Create a TLS Certificate

HTTPS: Add an HTTPS Endpoint

HTTPS: Make the Application Speak HTTPS

Network Security: Set up SSM for SSH Access

Network Security: Add Private Subnets with NAT Gateway

Network Security: Enabling HTTPS port in Public Subnets

Part 2: The Bootstrap Guide

Wrap up!

Conclusion

The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter

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The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter

Join 450,000 learners from companies like

Teams of every size choose Educative for Business to train, upskill & onboard their developers

Teams of every size choose
Educative for Business
to train, upskill & onboard their developers