Architecting on Amazon Web Services: IAM and Object Storage
Individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role using the Amazon AWS cloud.
Prerequisite
None
Expected Duration
122 minutes
Description
Amazon Web Services was one of the first complete solution providers in the cloud computing space and continues to be the market leader. One of the main offerings is the object storage service Simple Storage Service, or S3. Another key component is the integrated Identity and Access Management, or IAM, which touches upon most other parts of the AWS cloud. This course gives you an overview of AWS including a potted history and a rundown of the services. It goes on to cover IAM and how it integrates with AWS components. It rounds out the discussion by diving into S3 and object storage, and how it can be used as the basis for content delivery networks. This course is one of a series that covers the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
Objective
Overview
start the course
describe the history of the Amazon Web Services platform
describe the Amazon Web Services platform and recognize the global infrastructure components
describe the Amazon Web Services networking components
describe the Amazon Web Services compute components
describe the Amazon Web Services storage components
describe the Amazon Web Services database components
describe the Amazon Web Services analytics components
describe the Amazon Web Services application services components
describe the Amazon Web Services deployment and management components
create an account for Amazon Web Services and log in to the service
Identity and Access Management
describe the basic concepts of Identity and Access Management on the Amazon Web Services platform
list best practices pertaining to Identity and Access Management on the Amazon Web Services platform
describe how Microsoft Active Directory can be integrated with Amazon Web Services
Configuring IAM
navigate the Identity and Access Management console in Amazon Web Services
configure Identity and Access Management for an account in Amazon Web Services
manage Identity and Access Management users in Amazon Web Services
configure two-factor authentication in Amazon Web Services
Object Storage
describe object storage in Amazon Web Services
create an S3 bucket in Amazon Web Services
upload files to an S3 bucket in Amazon Web Services
Glacier and CloudFront
configure policies on the Glacier storage service in Amazon Web Services
describe the function on a content delivery network and CloudFront on Amazon Web Services
create a CloudFront content delivery network in Amazon Web Services
Practice: S3 and CDN
create an S3 bucket and distribute content with CloudFront
