Ace the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) in 2024
What you will learn:
- Pass the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam with confidence.
- Build a solid foundation in core AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, etc.).
- Gain expertise in over 70 widely used AWS services.
- Complete 40+ hands-on exercises to reinforce your skills.
- Master AWS through 25+ section quizzes and a full practice exam.
- Access 700+ downloadable slides for quick reference.
- Learn essential cloud concepts, regardless of your prior experience.
Description
Launch your cloud computing career with confidence! This isn't your average AWS course; it's a comprehensive journey designed to equip you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the cloud. Built upon a decade of AWS expertise and two decades in IT, this course goes beyond the exam, covering essential cloud concepts even beginners can grasp.
We'll demystify key cloud concepts (virtual machines, containers, HTTPS, DNS, object storage, and Generative AI) before diving into core AWS services. You'll master AWS services like EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and much more, all through 40+ hands-on labs that solidify your understanding.
This course is your complete guide to passing the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam (CLF-C02), providing a robust understanding of AWS cloud services and best practices. Whether you're a complete beginner or seeking a career boost, this course will make your journey to becoming a certified cloud practitioner efficient and effective.
Here's what awaits you:
- Comprehensive coverage of AWS core services and beyond.
- 40+ hands-on labs for practical experience.
- 25+ quizzes and a full practice exam to solidify your knowledge.
- 700+ slides to reinforce concepts.
- No prior IT or cloud experience is needed.
Start your cloud journey today! Enroll now.
Curriculum
Course Introduction
This introductory section sets the stage for your AWS learning journey. It begins with an introduction to the instructor, providing insights into their extensive experience and expertise. You'll then delve into a comprehensive overview of the course structure and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam itself, ensuring you're well-prepared for what lies ahead.
Download Course Slides
This section provides quick access to the downloadable course slides. Use these to aid your learning and review as you progress.
AWS Cloud - A Big Picture
This section provides a high-level overview of the AWS cloud and its vast capabilities, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of its components and services.
Course Prerequisites for Exercises
These lectures provide comprehensive guidance on setting up your AWS environment for the practical exercises. It covers creating an AWS account, configuring cost management, setting up an IAM user, and creating SSH key pairs, ensuring you're ready to put the course's concepts into action.
Cloud Concepts
This section establishes a strong foundation by defining fundamental cloud computing concepts, examining its characteristics, advantages, and different deployment and service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). Through explanations, summaries, and a quiz, you'll build a solid understanding of cloud computing's core principles.
AWS Global Infrastructure
Understand the global reach of AWS, examining its regions, availability zones, edge locations, and specialized zones like Local Zones and Wavelength Zones. A quiz helps you reinforce your comprehension of AWS's global infrastructure.
AWS IAM
This section delves into Identity and Access Management (IAM), a crucial component for securing your AWS environment. You'll learn how to create and manage IAM users, groups, roles, policies, and access keys, and practice using the AWS CLI and SDK. The section concludes with a quiz to check your understanding.
AWS Compute - EC2
You'll master Amazon EC2, the core compute service, covering instance types, AMIs, security groups, user data, and IAM roles. This section features multiple hands-on exercises, guiding you through launching EC2 instances, managing storage, and configuring various settings. You will also learn about EC2 pricing models to make informed decisions about resource allocation. The section concludes with a comprehensive quiz.
AWS Compute - Containers, ECS, EKS, and Lambda
This section introduces containerization technologies and explores AWS's serverless offerings. You'll learn about Docker, Amazon ECS, EKS, and Lambda, and gain hands-on experience with building and deploying a serverless application. A final quiz will test your knowledge.
Load Balancer & Auto Scaling
This section covers techniques for building high-availability and scalable applications using AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Auto Scaling Groups (ASG). You will practice setting up an Application Load Balancer with multiple EC2 instances and learn how to automatically scale your resources based on demand.
VPC and Networking
Learn to build and manage Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), including subnets, route tables, NAT Gateways, security groups, and Network ACLs. Hands-on exercises guide you through creating a VPC, launching EC2 instances in different subnets, and configuring network security. The section concludes with a quiz.
DNS and Edge Networking
This section covers Amazon Route 53 for DNS management and AWS's edge networking services, including CloudFront and Global Accelerator. Hands-on exercises will help you configure custom domains, host websites, and improve performance by using Content Delivery Networks.
AWS Storage Services
Explore AWS storage services, comparing block, file, and object storage. The section covers EBS, S3, EFS, and FSx, with multiple hands-on exercises demonstrating how to create, manage, and secure these storage solutions. A quiz solidifies understanding of various AWS storage services and their use cases.
AWS Data Migration and Hybrid Storage Services
This section focuses on AWS services for data migration and hybrid storage solutions. It covers AWS Snow devices, DataSync, and Storage Gateway, providing a comprehensive overview of the services and their applications.
AWS Database Services
This section explores a range of AWS database services, including Amazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, and Neptune. Hands-on exercises include creating and managing an RDS instance. The section concludes with a quiz.
AWS Big Data and Analytics Services
This section dives into AWS's big data and analytics services, covering Kinesis, Glue, EMR, Athena, and Redshift. A hands-on exercise guides you through building an end-to-end data pipeline.
AWS Application Integration Services
Learn how to integrate applications using services like API Gateway, AppSync, SQS, SNS, and EventBridge. The section includes hands-on exercises covering creating and using queues and topics for messaging and event handling.
Infrastructure & Application Deployment (DevOps)
This section covers Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and the AWS CDK. You'll learn about DevOps services such as CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline. Hands-on exercises will guide you through launching applications using these tools.
Infrastructure Management & Compliance
This section delves into infrastructure management and compliance using AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config, providing insights into these crucial tools for managing and securing your AWS resources.
AWS Monitoring and Logging
Understand how to monitor and log your AWS resources using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and X-Ray. Hands-on exercises will guide you through creating alarms and collecting logs from EC2 instances.
Machine Learning and AI
This section provides an overview of AWS AI/ML services, including Rekognition, Polly, Transcribe, Translate, Comprehend, and SageMaker. You’ll explore these tools through practical demonstrations.
Generative AI in AWS
Explore the world of Generative AI on AWS, focusing on services like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q. You'll learn about prompt engineering and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques.
AWS Security
This section covers various AWS security services including KMS, CloudHSM, Certificate Manager, Secrets Manager, Macie, WAF, Shield, Inspector, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. You'll learn about data security best practices and how to implement various security controls.
AWS Account Management
This section covers account management techniques with AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), Consolidated Billing, Control Tower, and Resource Access Manager (RAM). You'll learn to manage multiple AWS accounts effectively.
AWS Billing and Cost Management
Learn how to manage your AWS costs effectively using the AWS Billing dashboard, Pricing Calculator, Cost Explorer, and other cost control tools.
AWS Support
Understand different AWS Support plans, Trusted Advisor, and Service Quotas, ensuring you can efficiently manage and resolve any issues you encounter.
AWS Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
This section provides an overview of AWS design principles and the Well-Architected Framework, offering guidelines for designing robust and secure AWS environments.
AWS Partners Network, AWS Professional Services, and AWS Community
Explore the AWS ecosystem, including the AWS Partner Network (APN), AWS Professional Services, and the AWS community, helping you leverage external support and resources.
AWS Shared Responsibility Model
This section clarifies the shared responsibility model between AWS and the customer, outlining the responsibilities of each party.
Extra Lectures - Other AWS Services
This section covers additional AWS services, including migration services, AWS Marketplace, and AWS License Manager, providing exposure to a wider range of AWS offerings.
Extra Lectures - AWS IoT Services (for Developers)
This section covers AWS IoT services, providing insights into connecting devices to the AWS cloud.
Exam Preparation and Final Tips
This section helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, offering exam-taking strategies, practice questions, and tips for success.
Practice Test
This section contains a comprehensive practice exam to test your understanding and identify areas for improvement.
Thank You and All the Best!
The concluding section offers a final thank you and well wishes for the students.