Apprentice Level
3 Hands-on labs

Amazon Aurora - Cloud SQL DB Essentials

By Julie Elkins

We cover the essentials of Amazon Aurora and Amazon Aurora Serverless.

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6 hours
  • 43 Lessons
  • 3 Hands-On Labs

About the course

Hi and welcome to Amazon Aurora – Cloud SQL DB Essentials! Throughout this course, we will learn what a database is and what makes Amazon Aurora such an awesome database solution for your environment. We will cover the essentials of Amazon Aurora and Amazon Aurora Serverless. We take some deeper dives into Aurora features, management, pricing, connectivity, security, performance, and troubleshooting. Let’s get started!

Lab Highlights

Using the AWS DMS to Migrate Data to an Aurora Database Create and Configure an Aurora MySQL Database Cluster Creating an Aurora DB Cluster with an Instance Parameter Group and a Custom Cluster Endpoint
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  • Chapter 1 3 Lessons Getting Started 5:45

    An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

    1:19

    Course Introduction

    2:24

    Using the Interactive Diagram

    2:02
  • Chapter 2 6 Lessons Introduction to Amazon Aurora 1:01:50

    What Is a Database?

    9:45

    What Is Amazon Aurora?

    10:42

    Aurora Database Cluster - Part One

    26:43

    Aurora Database Cluster - Part Two

    9:04

    How Are Databases Used?

    5:36

    Create and Configure an Aurora MySQL Database Cluster

    0:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 3 10 Lessons Amazon Aurora Features 59:40

    MySQL and PostgreSQL

    14:40

    Global Database

    11:03

    Multi-Master

    1:55

    Parallel Query

    3:42

    Performance Insights

    3:36

    Backtrack

    6:40

    Aurora Serverless

    4:42

    Machine Learning

    4:00

    RDS Proxy

    3:04

    Additional New Aurora Features

    6:18
  • Chapter 4 1 Lesson Pricing 7:43

    Amazon Aurora Pricing

    7:43
  • Chapter 5 7 Lessons Creating and Managing Your Aurora DB Cluster 49:30

    Performing a Proof of Concept

    19:01

    Security, Configuring Access, and Connecting to Your Aurora Database

    8:45

    Importing and Exporting Data

    11:47

    Managing Performance and Scaling for Your Aurora DB Cluster

    3:59

    Best Practices

    3:11

    Connecting to an Aurora DB to Transfer Data

    2:47

    Creating an Aurora DB Cluster with an Instance Parameter Group and a Custom Cluster Endpoint

    0:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 6 6 Lessons Aurora Serverless 38:08

    Using Amazon Aurora Serverless

    9:18

    How Amazon Aurora Serverless Works

    10:09

    Creating an Aurora Serverless DB Cluster

    9:01

    Restoring, Modifying, and Viewing Your Aurora Serverless DB

    4:13

    Using the Data API for Aurora Serverless

    3:09

    Using the Query Editor for Aurora Serverless

    2:18
  • Chapter 7 2 Lessons Amazon Aurora Storage and Reliability 13:56

    Storage and Reliability with Amazon Aurora

    11:08

    High Availability with Amazon Aurora

    2:48
  • Chapter 8 2 Lessons Replication and Data Management 6:43

    Working with Amazon Aurora Global Databases

    6:43

    Using the AWS DMS to Migrate Data to an Aurora Database

    0:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 9 1 Lesson Performance and Troubleshooting 7:08

    Performance Tuning and Benchmarking with Amazon Aurora

    7:08
  • Chapter 10 4 Lessons Amazon Aurora Troubleshooting 16:25

    Troubleshooting

    9:57

    Setting the Capacity of an Aurora Serverless DB Cluster

    2:03

    Troubleshooting Data API Issues

    2:30

    Amazon Aurora Limits

    1:55
  • Chapter 11 1 Lesson Course Conclusion 4:27

    Amazon Aurora Best Practices and Key Take Aways

    4:27

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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