AMA28 – Networking Essentials for Cloud Applications on AWS
AMA28 - Networking Essentials for Cloud Applications on AWS
Course description
The Networking Essentials for Cloud Applications on AWS course provides a comprehensive
understanding of networking concepts and services within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
environment. Designed for novice and experienced networking engineers, this course covers essential
topics, best practices, and hands-on labs. Its purpose is to equip learners with the knowledge and skills
that are required to design, configure, and optimize network infrastructure on AWS.
Activities
This course includes presentations, demonstrations, knowledge checks, and three hands-on labs that
revolve around a use case story.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
Design a networking infrastructure for a scalable production application, considering design trade-offs between different networking services.
Configure networking services for a highly available, resilient, and scalable application.
Implement the networking infrastructure according to evolving business requirements.
Implement networking best practices to align towards AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
Newly hired cloud engineers
On-premises IT engineers
Cloud architects
Cloud engineers
Network engineers
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
Basic knowledge of networking concepts
Basic knowledge of AWS services
AWS Technical Essentials or Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Course outline
Module 0: Course Introduction
Introductions
Course overview
Use case introduction
Module 1: Networking on AWS
IP addressing
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) fundamentals
Subnets
Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM)
Elastic Network Interfaces
Elastic IP addressing
Route table
Internet and NAT gateways
Basic traffic filtering mechanisms for a VPC
Knowledge check
Module 2: Load Balancing and Scaling on AWS
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Cross-zone load balancing
Auto Scaling group (ASG) basics
Knowledge check
Use case part one
Hands-on lab: Building a Multi-Availability Zone VPC Architecture
Module 3: VPC Interconnectivity and Content Delivery
VPC interconnectivity
VPC peering
VPC Transit Gateway
VPC endpoints
Edge locations
AWS Global Accelerator
Knowledge check
Use case part two
Hands-on lab: Accelerating Performance with Amazon CloudFront
Module 4: High Availability with Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Knowledge check
Use case part three
Hands-on lab: Achieving Fault Tolerance and Global Traffic Optimization
Module 5: Course Wrap-Up
Course reflection
Use case labs recap
Use case conclusion
Course feedback survey