Description
Welcome to AWS Certified SysOps Administrator exam (SOA-C02) course. This course has been designed for anyone interested in learning to deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Amazon Web Services.The main technologies covered in this course include: CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancer, EC2, RDS, VPC, Network ACLs, Security Groups, DDOS, S3, KMS, IAM, Systems Manager, Route 53, Direct Connect, and CloudFormation.
This is not an introductory course: We recommend taking this course only after clearing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam .We walk you through each of the major operational areas of Amazon Web Services, using lots of real-life examples and practical labs to help you prepare for not only certification exam but also to make you confident and job ready.The average salary for AWS-certified IT staff is 27.5 percent higher than the norm.The average salary for those holding the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification is $111,966.
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COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction
- Introduction
- The Exam Guide
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Section Introduction
- Demo: Deploying an Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instance
- HANDS-ON LAB Creating and Working with an EC2 Instance in AWS
- Understanding EBS Volumes
- What Is a Bastion Host?
- Exploring Elastic Load Balancer
- Understanding Elastic Load Balancer Error Messages
- Demo: Deploying an Elastic Load Balancer
- Demo: Understanding Elastic Load Balancer CloudWatch Metrics
- Demo: Working with Elastic Load Balancer Access Logs
- Understanding Sticky Sessions
- Discovering EC2 Image Builder
- Demo: Creating an AMI Using EC2 Image Builder
- Introducing CloudFormation
- Demo: Provisioning AWS Resources Using CloudFormation
- HANDS-ON LAB Deploying a Basic Infrastructure Using CloudFormation Templates
- Troubleshooting CloudFormation
- Demo: CloudFormation Errors
- Introducing CloudFormation StackSets
- CloudFormation Best Practices
- Exploring Blue/Green Deployments
- Understanding Rolling Deployments
- When to Use Canary Deployments
- Automating Tasks Using AWS Systems Manager
- Demo: Implementing Automated Patching Using AWS Systems Manager
- Demo: Using AWS Systems Manager EC2 Run Command
- Understanding OpsWorks
- Section Review: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Quiz
Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation
- Section Introduction
- Introduction to CloudWatch
- Demo: Creating Cloudwatch Dashboards
- Exploring CloudWatch Logs
- Demo: Collecting Metrics and Logs Using the CloudWatch Agent
- Demo: Creating CloudWatch Metric Filters
- Demo: Exploring CloudWatch Logs Insights
- HANDS-ON LAB Using CloudWatch for Resource Monitoring
- Receiving Notifications with CloudWatch
- Demo: Creating CloudWatch Alarms
- Introduction to CloudTrail
- Demo: Working with CloudTrail
- AWS Config 101
- Demo: Using AWS Config
- HANDS-ON LABAuditing Resource Compliance with AWS Config
- Remediation Using AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
- Demo: Configuring Automatic Remediation Using AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
- What Is EventBridge?
- Demo: Using Amazon EventBridge
- Demo: Scheduling Automated Tasks Using EventBridge and AWS Config
- Demo: Exploring Health Dashboards
- Section Review: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Quiz
Storage and Data Management
- Section Introduction
- S3 101
- Reviewing S3 Storage Classes
- Demo: Creating an S3 Bucket
- Working with S3 Lifecycle Policies
- Protecting Data from Accidental Deletion Using S3 Versioning
- Protecting Data from Accidental Deletion with MFA Delete
- S3 Encryption
- Demo: Configuring Encryption on an S3 Bucket
- Introduction to Elastic File System (EFS)
- Demo: Working with EFS
- Advanced EFS
- EFS and Multi-AZ Applications
- Introducing Athena
- Demo: Working with Athena
- Introducing Amazon OpenSearch Service (Formerly Amazon Elasticsearch Service)
- OpenSearch Deployment Best Practices
- Demo: Creating an Amazon OpenSearch Service Domain
- Demo: Configuring Static Website Hosting Using S3
- HANDS-ON LABCreating a Static Website Using Amazon S3
- Demo: Leveraging Pre-Signed URLs with S3
- Restricting S3 Accessibility with IP Addresses
- Demo: Using AWS Config with S3
- Overview of Storage Gateway
- Section Review: Storage and Data Management Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Storage and Data Management Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Storage and Data Management Overview Quiz
Reliability and Business Continuity
- Section Introduction
- Elasticity and Scalability 101
- Introducing AWS Auto Scaling
- Demo: Creating Auto Scaling Plans
- Troubleshooting Auto Scaling Issues
- Vertical Scaling vs. Horizontal Scaling
- Using AWS ElastiCache
- Aurora 101
- HANDS-ON LAB Creating an Amazon Aurora RDS Database (MySQL Compatible)
- RDS and Multi-AZ Failover
- RDS and Read Replicas
- HANDS-ON LAB Deploy an Amazon RDS Multi-AZ and Read Replica in AWS
- Demo: Creating and Encrypting RDS Snapshots
- Differentiating Single Availability Zones vs. Multi-AZ Deployments
- Implementing Fault Tolerant Workloads Using Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
- Building Fault Tolerance Using Elastic IPs
- Readying for Disaster Recovery
- AWS Service Maintenance Windows
- Configuring S3 Cross-Region Replication
- Implementing Loosely Coupled Architectures with SQS
- Demo: Automating EBS Snapshots Using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Using DynamoDB Streams for Backing Up Your Table to Another Region
- Section Review: Reliability and Business Continuity Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Reliability and Business Continuity Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Reliability and Business Continuity Quiz
Security and Compliance
- Section Introduction
- Compliance on AWS
- Understanding Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
- AWS Marketplace Security Products
- IAM Refresh
- HANDS-ON LAB Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Demo: Creating Custom IAM Policies and Roles
- Demo: Enabling MFA and Reporting with IAM
- Introducing AWS Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Auditing and Troubleshooting Access Issues
- AWS Inspector vs. Trusted Advisor
- Introducing AWS Organizations
- Service Control Policies
- Securing Multiple Accounts with AWS Control Tower and Organizations
- Security Token Service (STS)
- AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
- AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Demo: Configuring AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Differentiating Dedicated Instances vs. Dedicated Hosts
- Using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
- Understanding AWS Service Quotas
- Reviewing the AWS Shared Responsibility Model
- Protecting Logs within CloudTrail
- Demo: Introducing AWS Security Hub
- Exploring Amazon GuardDuty
- Demo: Working with Amazon GuardDuty
- Securely Storing Secrets Using AWS Secrets Manager
- Section Review: Security and Compliance Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Security and Compliance Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Security and Compliance Quiz
Networking and Content Delivery
- Section Introduction
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Overview
- Demo: Building Your Own Custom VPC – Part 1
- Demo: Building Your Own Custom VPC – Part 2
- Demo: Building Your Own Custom VPC – Part 3
- HANDS-ON LAB Creating a Basic VPC and Associated Components in AWS
- Demo: Configuring Network ACLs – Part 1
- Demo: Configuring Network ACLs – Part 2
- Demo: Connecting to an EC2 Instance Using Systems Manager Session Manager
- Demo: Introducing VPC Endpoints
- HANDS-ON LAB Create a VPC Endpoint and S3 bucket in AWS
- Understanding VPC Peering
- Securely Connecting to a VPC Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- What Is Direct Connect?
- Understanding VPC Flow Logs
- Demo: Using VPC Flow Logs
- HANDS-ON LAB Working with AWS VPC Flow Logs for Network Monitoring – 2020
- Introducing Domain Name System (DNS)
- Introducing Route 53
- Exploring Route 53 Resolver
- Understanding Route 53 Routing Policies
- Demo: Route 53 Simple Routing Policy
- Demo: Route 53 and Weighted Routing Policy
- Demo: Route 53 Latency Routing Policy
- Demo: Route 53 Failover Routing Policy
- Demo: Route 53 Geolocation Routing Policy
- Demo: Configuring Route 53 Alias
- Overview of CloudFront
- Demo: Configuring Amazon CloudFront
- Demo: Configuring Amazon CloudFront with Origin Access Identity
- Demo: Interpreting CloudFront Logs
- Identifying CloudFront Caching Errors
- CloudFront Cache Hit Ratio
- Advanced CloudFront
- Improving CloudFront Cache Hit Ratio When Forwarding Request Headers and Cookies
- Section Review: Networking and Content Delivery Summary – Part 1
- Section Review: Networking and Content Delivery Summary – Part 2
- QUIZ Networking and Content Delivery Overview Quiz
Cost and Performance Optimization
- Section Introduction
- AWS Cost Explorer and Cost Allocation Tags
- HANDS-ON LAB Using AWS Tags and Resource Groups in AWS
- Improving Costs with AWS Budgets
- Demo: Creating an AWS Budget and Billing Alarm
- Reducing Cost through Managed Services
- AWS Compute Optimizer
- Using Metrics to Improve Performance and Costs
- Increasing S3 Transfer Speeds with Transfer Acceleration
- Enhancing S3 Performance with Multipart Upload
- Using Placement Groups to Increase TCP/IP Traffic Flow
- Identifying Underutilized Resources Using Trusted Advisor
- Demo: Performance Analysis Using RDS Performance Insights
- Increasing Scalability with RDS Proxy
- Enhancing EC2 Performance Using Instance Store
- Section Review: Cost and Performance Optimization Summary
- QUIZ Cost and Performance Optimization Quiz
Additional Resources to Help You Prepare for the Exam
- Additional Resources to Help You Pass the Exam
- Study Guide
Challenge Labs
- HANDS-ON LAB Creating an AWS Config Rule
- HANDS-ON LAB Configure an Application Load Balancer and Auto Scaling Group
- HANDS-ON LAB Configuring a CloudFormation Template
- HANDS-ON LAB Creating a Highly Available VPC
- HANDS-ON LAB Configuring S3
- HANDS-ON LAB Configure an Alert Based on Logging Content
- HANDS-ON LAB Configure At Rest Encryption for EFS
Practice Exam
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 1
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 2
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 3
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 4
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 5
- PRACTICE EXAM AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) – Practice Exam – 6
