An Overview of Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services

An Overview of Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services

by Steve Suehring
Released March 2016
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781771376037

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In this Overview of Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services training course, expert author Steve Suehring will teach you about the services in AWS, what they are used for, and when to use them. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no prior experience with Amazon Web Services is required.

You will start with an overview of compute services, then jump into learning about storage in AWS, including simple storage with S3, content delivery with CloudFront, and archival data services with Glacier. From there, Steve will teach you about databases in AWS, management-related services, and security. This video tutorial also covers networking, developer tools, and application layer services. Finally, you will learn about mobile-related services, analytics in AWS, and enterprise use cases with AWS.

Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will have gained a solid understanding of the key AWS services, what they are used for, and when you should use them.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction 00:01:11
    2. What Is AWS? 00:03:14
    3. About The Author 00:00:53
    4. How Does AWS Compare To Other Cloud Environments? 00:02:13
    5. Understanding The AWS Architecture 00:03:24
    6. Getting Started With AWS 00:01:08
    7. Interacting With AWS - Console, API, CLI 00:02:44
    8. What You Should Expect From The Video 00:01:54
  2. Compute Services Overview
    1. EC2: Virtual Servers 00:02:10
    2. EC2 Container Service 00:01:47
    3. Elastic Beanstalk 00:01:36
    4. Lambda 00:02:07
  3. Storage In AWS
    1. Simple Storage With S3 00:01:59
    2. Content Delivery With Cloudfront 00:01:48
    3. Archival Data Services With Glacier 00:01:24
  4. Databases In AWS
    1. Traditional Databases With RDS 00:02:30
    2. Nosql With DynamoDB 00:00:58
    3. Data Warehouses In AWS With Redshift 00:01:25
    4. Data Caching With ElastiCache 00:01:34
  5. Management-Related Services
    1. Monitoring With CloudWatch 00:01:46
    2. Automation With CloudFormation And OpsWorks 00:01:58
    3. Logging With CloudTrail 00:01:04
    4. Configuration Management And Standardization 00:01:34
  6. Security In AWS
    1. IAM 00:01:56
    2. Directory Services 00:01:39
    3. Web Application-Layer Firewalls 00:02:06
  7. Networking
    1. VPC Overview 00:02:08
    2. DNS With Route 53 00:01:52
    3. Connecting Directly To AWS 00:00:55
  8. Developer Tools
    1. Deployments With CodeDeploy 00:01:38
    2. Continuous Delivery With CodePipeline 00:01:06
    3. SCM With CodeCommit 00:01:09
  9. Application Layer Services
    1. Queue Management With SQS 00:01:27
    2. Streaming With AppStream 00:01:45
    3. API Management With API Gateway 00:01:52
    4. Sending E-Mail With SES 00:01:22
    5. Managed Search With CloudSearch 00:01:21
    6. Workflow Management With Simple Workflow Service 00:01:25
    7. Realtime Media Transcoding 00:01:39
  10. Mobile-Related Services
    1. Push Notifications With SNS 00:01:52
    2. Testing Mobile Applicatons With Device Farm 00:01:44
    3. Managing Identity With Cognito 00:01:57
    4. Testing And Analyzing With Mobile Analytics 00:01:36
    5. Building Apps With Mobile Hub 00:02:32
  11. Analytics In AWS
    1. Real-Time Streaming Data Management With Kinesis 00:01:26
    2. Orchestrations With Data Pipeline 00:01:58
    3. Machine Learning In AWS 00:01:20
    4. Hadoop With Elastic MapReduce 00:01:53
    5. Elasticsearch Clustering 00:01:35
  12. Enterprise Use Cases With AWS
    1. Virtual Desktops With WorkSpaces 00:02:23
    2. Enterprise E-Mail And Calendaring With WorkMail 00:02:16
    3. File Storage And Sharing With WorkDocs 00:02:00
    4. Moving An Application To AWS 00:02:09
    5. Migrating Databases To AWS 00:02:31
    6. Moving Virtual Servers To AWS 00:02:28
  13. Conclusion
    1. Conclusion 00:00:39

Product information

  • Title: An Overview of Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services
  • Author(s): Steve Suehring
  • Release date: March 2016
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771376037