Deploying on AWS

From Zero to Highly Available and Scalable Hero

Learn How to Leverage AWS Services and Tools to Deploy Highly Available and Scalable Applications

This course will give you the knowledge and skills needed to deploy applications in AWS using industry best practices.

Whether you're a software developer just starting your journey or an experienced dev looking to enhance your cloud skills, this comprehensive training is designed to take you from "I know how to code, AWS is for DevOps engineers" to "I can deploy my own applications on AWS, and I understand what I'm doing".

In this course, you can expect to learn:

How to containerize applications

You will learn how to take a Node.js application and containerize it.

AWS and basic services

You'll understand how AWS works, what are the basic services you need to deploy an application, and how to use it without creating major security risks.

How to deploy a containerized application on AWS

Through guided step-by-step instructions, you will understand how to leverage AWS services to deploy highly available and scalable applications.

Security and operational excellence

You will learn best practices to improve the security and operational excellence of your applications, ensuring they are robust and reliable.

Confidence in application deployment

By the end of this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to deploy applications in AWS with confidence, knowing that you are following industry-leading practices.

Join Deploying on AWS and become a better software developer by understanding how to deploy applications. Enroll now and start your journey from zero to highly available and scalable hero.

Here's why you should sign up for Deploying on AWS

Course curriculum

1

Introduction to the Course
- Course Objectives
- Course Structure
- Why Learning AWS is Important for Developers
2

Base Concepts About Scalability and Availability
- AWS and Cloud Infrastructure
- What is High Availability?
- What is Scalability?
- Why High Availability and Scalability Matter
- Key Characteristics and Best Practices of Highly Available and Scalable Systems
- Quiz: Scalability and Availability
3

Introduction to Part 1: Scalability and High Availability
- Introduction
- Dockerize the application
- Separating the database from the application
- Making the application resilient to a server failure
- Handling increases in traffic
4

Analyzing the Starting Application
- Installing Node.js and npm
- Setting Up the Application
- Going Over the Code
- Running the Application Locally
5

Introduction to AWS and EC2
- Introduction to AWS
- Creating and configuring your AWS account
- Creating an IAM User
- Overview of EC2 Instances
- EC2 Instance Types and Sizes
- Creating an EC2 Instance: Step-by-step instructions
- Connecting to an EC2 Instance
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Introduction to AWS and EC2
6

Dockerizing The Application
- Introduction to Docker
- Installing Docker: Step-by-step instructions
- Building a Docker Image
- Creating Docker Containers
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Dockerizing The Application
7

Creating an RDS Aurora Cluster
- Introduction to RDS Aurora
- Scaling with Read Replicas
- Creating an RDS Aurora Cluster: Step-by-step instructions
- Networking and Security Groups
- Creating Security Groups for the Database and Application
- Updating the Application's Code to Use the Cluster
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Creating an RDS Aurora Cluster
8

Deploying The Application to ECS
- Container Orchestration
- Understanding ECS (Elastic Container Service)
- Creating an ECS Cluster: Step-by-step instructions
- Using environment variables for database connection details
- Pushing the Docker image to ECR
- Defining Task Definitions
- Configuring Load Balancers
- Setting Up Auto Scaling
- Testing the Application
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Deploying The Application to ECS
9

Review of Part 1: Scalability and High Availability
- Testing for High Availability of the Application
- Testing for High Availability of the Database
- Testing for Scalability of the Application
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Lessons Learned
10

Introduction to Part 2: Best Practices
- Introduction
- In-transit Encryption: Setting up HTTPS
- Caching Web Content: Configuring CloudFront as a CDN
- Infrastructure as Code: Making infrastructure repeatable and easy to maintain
- Logging and Monitoring: Setting up and using Amazon CloudWatch
- Least Privilege: Adjusting IAM permissions
- CI/CD: Automating deployment of code changes
- Tracing: Configuring AWS X-Ray
11

Setting up a Custom Domain and SSL Certificate
- Understanding TLS: Why you need an SSL certificate
- Acquiring a Custom Domain
- Setting up your domain in Route 53
- Getting an SSL certificate with Amazon Certificate Manager
- Configuring the Application Load Balancer to Use the SSL certificate
- HTTPS Redirect: Setting up a redirection rule from HTTP to HTTPS
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Setting up a Custom Domain and SSL Certificate
12

Caching and Content Delivery with Amazon CloudFront
- Introduction to Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
- Overview of Amazon CloudFront
- Setting up a CloudFront Distribution
- Redirecting the DNS records
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Caching and Content Delivery with Amazon CloudFront
13

Managing Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation
- Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- CloudFormation Templates: Creating a basic CloudFormation template
- Deploying a Stack: Creating a stack from a CloudFormation template
- Updating a Stack: Deploying changes to a CloudFormation template
- Deleting a Stack: Deleting existing resources
- CloudFormation at Scale: Using CloudFormation to define complex cloud infrastructure
- Next Steps in Learning Infrastructure as Code
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Managing Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation
14

Logging and Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch
- Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch
- A Detailed View of CloudWatch Logs
- Viewing Metrics: Understanding metrics in Amazon CloudWatch
- Configuring Alarms: Setting up alarms in Amazon CloudWatch
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Logging and Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch
15

Permissions Management With AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- IAM Users and Groups
- IAM Roles
- IAM Policies
- Improving the Permissions for our ECS Task
- IAM Best Practices
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Permissions Management With AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
16

Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with AWS Code* Services
- Introduction to CI/CD Pipelines
- Overview of AWS Code* Services
- Setting Up a CodeCommit Repository
- Creating a Docker Hub account
- Building and Testing with AWS CodeBuild
- Creating a Pipeline with AWS CodePipeline
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with AWS Code* Services
17

Monitoring and Troubleshooting with AWS X-Ray
- Overview of AWS X-Ray
- Setting up AWS X-Ray
- Instrumenting Applications with AWS X-Ray
- Analyzing Traces with AWS X-Ray
- Architecture and Progress Review
- Quiz: Monitoring and Troubleshooting with AWS X-Ray
18

Review of Part 2: Best Practices
- Encryption: Importance of in-transit and at-rest encryption
- Caching: Other types of caches
- Infrastructure as Code: When not to use it
- Logging: Viewing logs for your AWS account in AWS CloudTrail
- Permissions: Managing access for multiple IAM users
- CI/CD: Blue/green deployments
19

Course Recap and Next Steps
- Part 1 Recap: High availability and scalability
- Part 2 Recap: Best practices
- Billing and Cost Explorer
- Billing Alerts
- Cost Savings: Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
- Cloud Architecture
- AWS Certifications
- Continuous Learning
- Final Words
20

Bonuses
- CloudFormation Template for Part 1
- Checklist of best practices for securing your AWS account

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Guille Ojeda, Solutions Architect

I'm an AWS Solutions Architect Professional, and working as a Solutions Architect Consultant I've helped dozens of clients improve their cloud architectures. For the past year I've published a weekly newsletter called Simple AWS, with more than 4000 subscribers. I also published two books in the process: AWS Made Simple and Fun, and the book that inspired this course: Node.js on AWS: From Zero to Highly Available and Scalable Hero.

I want to help software experts architect better cloud solutions on AWS. I've been an official AWS Authorized Instructor, I've taught private courses, coached engineers and architects, and delivered talks on public events in front of hundreds of people. That's the experience I bring to the table, and how I hope to impact your career.

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Deploying on AWS

From Zero to Highly Available and Scalable Hero

Learn How to Leverage AWS Services and Tools to Deploy Highly Available and Scalable Applications

Here's why you should sign up for Deploying on AWS

Course curriculum

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