Cloud Computing With AWS

Cloud Computing With AWS

Released July 2013
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781771371209

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Video description

In this Amazon Web Services (AWS) training course, Rich Morrow walks you through utilizing the wide range of Cloud Computing and Cloud Web Hosting services that Amazon provides. Cloud Computing and Hosting is fast becoming the standard method of creating scalable, manageable Web Application Services, and Amazon is leading the way. This tutorial will teach you what is available in AWS, and how to use it effectively for your own Cloud Hosting needs.
You will start by learning exactly what Cloud Computing is, and why you should be using it. Rich shows you how to set up your AWS account, and gives you an overview of the services that are available to you. Throughout this video tutorial, you will cover topics such as; creating and managing EC2 instances, using the Elastic Load Balancers, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) , S3, RDS and Dynamo. Rich also reviews CloudFront services, ElastiCache, VPC, SNS (Simple Notification Service), SES (Simple Email Service), SQS (Simple Queuing Service) and Route 53. You will finish off by walking through the creation of a 3 tier scalable Web Application using the AWS tools you have learned in this course.
Once you have completed this comprehensive AWS video training, you will be fully capable of creating and deploying your own Web Applications and setting up Cloud Hosted web servers AWS. You will be familiar with the most important services, and have hands on experience in deploying your own instances using the AWS interface. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. What Is The Cloud? 00:10:17
    2. Scalability And Costs In The Cloud 00:05:52
    3. Cloud Impacts On Architecture 00:04:50
    4. Creating A Cloud Account With AWS 00:03:07
  2. Amazon Web Services Overview
    1. AWS Value Propositions 00:03:37
    2. Regions And Availability Zones 00:03:34
    3. Introduction To Service Families 00:07:27
    4. Roll Your Own Vs. AWS-Supplied Services 00:03:39
    5. Interfaces: Web GUI, APIs, And SDK 00:07:40
    6. Introduction To Authentication And Authorization 00:06:55
  3. EC2 Virtual Servers
    1. Instance Types, Security Groups, Keypairs, And User Data 00:10:27
    2. EC2 Disk Options: EBS Vs. Ephemeral 00:06:57
    3. Spinning Up Your First EC2 Server And SSHing In 00:09:57
    4. EC2 Gotchas: Keypairs, DNS Changes, Etc. 00:04:12
    5. Templatizing Servers With AMIs 00:03:22
    6. EBS: Snapshots, Attaching, And Detaching 00:13:18
    7. Pricing Model For EC2 00:07:54
    8. Making An AMI 00:05:08
  4. Elastic Load Balancers
    1. Elastic Load Balancers: Introduction 00:05:06
    2. Elastic Load Balancers: Lab 00:10:16
  5. AutoScaling And CloudWatch
    1. Using AutoScaling and CloudWatch 00:13:18
  6. CloudFormation
    1. Setting Up A CloudFormation 00:07:50
  7. Storage In AWS
    1. Available Storage Types: S3, RDS, And Dynamo 00:08:42
  8. Relational Database Service
    1. Provisioning An RDS 00:03:31
  9. Simple Storage Service
    1. Introduction To S3 00:07:27
    2. Advanced Features Of S3 00:06:37
    3. S3 Hands On 00:05:42
    4. S3 Cmd Tool Setup And Usage 00:05:54
  10. CloudFront
    1. A Quick Tour of CloudFront 00:05:07
  11. ElastiCache
    1. Provisioning An ElastiCache Instance 00:03:31
  12. Virtual Private Cloud
    1. Introduction To VPC 00:10:01
    2. Advanced VPC: Networking, Stacks, Etc. 00:03:25
  13. Simple Notification Service
    1. Introduction To SNS 00:03:59
    2. Use Cases And Best Practices 00:02:28
  14. Simple Email Service
    1. SES - An In-Depth Look 00:05:49
  15. Simple Queuing Service
    1. Overview Of Queues 00:04:19
    2. Introduction To SQS 00:05:20
    3. SQS Use Cases 00:02:53
  16. Identity And Access Management (IAM)
    1. Introduction To IAM 00:09:59
    2. IAM Advanced Topics 00:04:04
    3. IAM Hands On 00:06:39
  17. Route 53
    1. A Close Look At Route 53 00:03:23
  18. Building A 3 Tier Scalable Web Application In The Cloud
    1. Application Overview 00:02:40
    2. Download And Modify CloudFormation Template - Part 1 00:02:57
    3. Download And Modify CloudFormation Template - Part 2 00:03:35
    4. Download And Modify CloudFormation Template - Part 3 00:02:10
    5. Build Stack With CloudFormation 00:11:11
    6. Review Stack In Web GUI 00:05:23
    7. Simulating Load On The Application 00:14:41
  19. Conclusion
    1. Wrap Up 00:01:19
    2. About The Author 00:02:40

Product information

  • Title: Cloud Computing With AWS
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: July 2013
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771371209