AWS Solution Architect - Associate 

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.

Elastic Compute Cloud, or EC2 is the virtual machine engine for Amazon Web Services. EC2 enables you to run instances of Linux or Windows VMs and spin them up or down with a few clicks. Elastic Block Store provides the raw block level storage for EC2 instances, or for IOPS intensive workloads, such and databases. This course covers an overview of EC2 including the marketplace, and common tasks, such as spinning VMs up or down. It goes on to cover EBS and the roles it can fulfill, and how to monitor an EC2 cloud using CloudWatch. This course is one of a series that cover the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

Auto scaling on the Elastic Compute Cloud platform enables your cloud based applications to respond to changes in load by scaling up or down, preventing under-provisioning in busy times and over-provisioning in quiet times. This course covers configuring scalable EC2 clouds using Auto Scaling groups, including a primer in the AWS command line interface, scripts to run at boot time, and in-depth configuration of auto-scaling and placement groups. This course is one of a series that cover the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

Databases are an key part of any web application. Amazon web services supports most database types and lots of ancillary data services. AWS also has other services for deploying and managing web app logic and data components. This course covers all components of AWS database, data analytics, application services and application deployment and management tools. This course is one of a series that cover the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

Once you have mastery of all aspects of Amazon Web Services you need to put it all together into a set of best working practices for implementing, managing and maintaining web applications. This course covers best practices for creating secure, scalable, and fault tolerant web applications. It also covers configuration of network services on Amazon Web Services, including Route 53 for DNS, and Virtual Private Cloud, for creating logically isolated and secure sections of AWS. This course is one of a series that cover the objectives for Amazon certification exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.