AWS Essentials

By Beth Hord

This course is for people ready to jump in and begin working with AWS.

11.8 hours
  • 68 Lessons
  • 10 Hands-On Labs
  • 9 Course Quizzes

About the course

This course is packed with everything that you need to get started in your AWS journey. We go over the essential services that most people would use on a daily basis to maintain a healthy AWS environment. This course is focused more on jumping into AWS and using it correctly and quickly and less focused on obtaining a certification.

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  • Chapter 1 1 Lesson Getting Started 1:51

    Course Introduction

    1:51
  • Chapter 2 5 Lessons The Power of an AWS Account 21:18

    An Overview of AWS Accounts and the Features of Free Tier

    4:49

    Learning How to Create an AWS Account and Navigating through the Console

    6:35

    Leveraging Billing Alerts

    5:27

    AWS Documentation: What It Is and Where to Find It

    4:27

    Quiz: Account Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 6 Lessons Identity and Access Management (IAM) 56:42

    Discovering What IAM Is

    1:28

    Provisioning IAM for the First Time

    6:24

    Creating Users, Groups, and Policies

    13:29

    Establishing IAM Roles

    5:21

    Create Users and Manage Permissions Using Groups and Policies in IAM

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: IAM Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 4 16 Lessons Utilizing Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) 2:31:49

    An Overview of Elastic Cloud Compute

    4:01

    Understanding EC2 Basics

    4:17

    Reviewing Amazon Machine Images (AMI)

    6:22

    Understanding Elastic Block Store (EBS)

    8:21

    Creating Security Groups and Why They Are Important

    5:11

    What Is Auto Scaling and How Does It Work?

    9:19

    Associating IP Addressing

    4:41

    Defining Resource Groups and Tagging

    10:57

    Understanding Elastic Load Balancer Basics

    8:50

    How to Create and Utilize an EC2 Instance

    7:35

    How to Connect to an EC2 Instance

    13:51

    How to Install Software on Your EC2 Instance

    6:56

    What We Covered: EC2

    1:28

    Creating a Webserver with EC2

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Curbing Costs Using an Auto Scaling Group

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: EC2 Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 8 Lessons Storage Services 1:07:35

    An Overview of Storage Services

    2:23

    Understanding S3 Basics

    2:28

    Creating Buckets and Objects

    6:21

    Exploring Permissions Associated with S3

    5:26

    Working with Object Versioning

    4:53

    What We Covered: S3

    1:04

    Creating S3 Buckets with Versioning and Deletion Protection

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: S3 Essentials

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 6 11 Lessons The Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and How Networking Works with It 1:51:54

    Understanding AWS Global Services

    3:10

    Understanding VPC Basics

    7:27

    Utilizing Gateways

    6:28

    Exploring Route Tables (RTs)

    9:11

    Reviewing Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)

    8:08

    Working with Subnets

    4:56

    Understanding How Availability Zones Work inside a VPC

    5:13

    Understanding the Basics of Route 53

    6:05

    What We Covered: VPC

    1:16

    Create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Launch an EC2 Instance

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: VPC Essentials

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 7 6 Lessons Database Services 1:01:32

    An Overview of Database Services

    3:07

    Understanding RDS Basics

    4:32

    Understanding DynamoDB Basics

    2:46

    Learning How to Provision RDS

    6:07

    Set Start and Stop Times with Instance Scheduler

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: Database Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 8 4 Lessons CloudFormation 1:09:22

    Understanding the Basics of CloudFormation

    3:53

    Exploring How You Would Use CloudFormation

    5:29

    Getting Started with CloudFormation

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: CloudFormation Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 9 14 Lessons Management Tools 2:35:15

    An Overview of Management Tools

    2:13

    Understanding CloudWatch Basics

    3:51

    Utilizing CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms

    7:46

    Exploring SNS

    7:40

    Learning about CloudTrail Basics

    6:56

    Exploring the AWS Health Dashboard

    3:51

    Reviewing Cost Explorer

    4:15

    AWS Trusted Advisor

    8:09

    Lambda Basics

    4:17

    What We Covered: Management Tools

    1:17

    Using CloudWatch for Resource Monitoring

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Creating a Lambda Function with the AWS Management Console

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Create and Subscribe to an AWS SNS Topic

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Quiz: Management Essentials

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 10 4 Lessons Security Tools 4:56

    An Overview of Security Tools

    2:15

    Utilizing GuardDuty

    1:25

    Understanding AWS Security Hub

    1:16

    Quiz: Security Essentials

    0:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 11 2 Lessons Conclusion 2:58

    What We Covered in This Course

    1:33

    Where Do You Go from Here?

    1:25

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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