course 07 · intermediate
AWS for DevOps
The AWS services DevOps engineers touch every week, in the order you need them.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Roadmap
- 17 stages · 264 topics
- Lessons
- 1 of 17 ready
- Done by you
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- Before this
- Linux & Bash
- Course quiz
- 101 questions →
- Certificate
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before you start
The AWS for DevOps roadmap
Everything this course covers, in the order you'll learn it. Open a stage to see why it matters and jump to its lesson.
- What cloud computing is
- Service models
- Deployment models
- Global infrastructure
- Shared responsibility model
01Cloud basicsstart here
The vocabulary every AWS conversation assumes, and how to work with AWS safely from day one.
Lesson 1: Cloud basics: what you're actually renting →02IAM
Get permissions right first. Almost every AWS incident story starts here.
Lesson 2: IAM: who can do what · coming soon03EC2
Virtual servers. Still the base of most AWS setups, and where most cloud skills start.
Lesson 3: EC2: your first server in the cloud · coming soon04VPC
Your private network in AWS. Most connectivity bugs live here.
Lesson 4: VPC: your own private network · coming soon05Scaling & load balancing
Handle traffic spikes and replace failed servers on their own.
Lesson 5: Scaling and load balancing · coming soon06S3
Storage for backups, artifacts, logs and static sites.
Lesson 6: S3: storage for everything · coming soon07Storage types
Pick the right disk for the job, and know what survives a stop.
Lesson 7: EBS, EFS and instance store · coming soon08Route 53
DNS for your domains, with health checks and failover.
Lesson 8: Route 53: DNS for your apps · coming soon09CloudFront
Put a fast, cached edge in front of your app.
Lesson 9: CloudFront: a fast edge in front of your app · coming soon10Databases
Managed databases so you don't run backups by hand.
Lesson 10: Managed databases: RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache · coming soon11Containers
Run the images from the Docker course on AWS.
Lesson 11: Containers on AWS: ECR, ECS and EKS · coming soon12Lambda
Run code without servers, for glue jobs and events.
Lesson 12: Lambda: code without servers · coming soon13Monitoring & auditing
Metrics, logs, alarms and an audit trail for everything above.
Lesson 13: Monitoring and auditing: CloudWatch, CloudTrail and Config · coming soon14Messaging
Send email and decouple services with queues and topics.
Lesson 14: Messaging: SES, SNS and SQS · coming soon15Security & secrets
Keep secrets out of code and spot trouble before it spreads.
Lesson 15: Security and secrets: KMS, Secrets Manager and threat detection · coming soon16Automation & IaC
Stop clicking in the console: script, template and automate your account.
Lesson 16: Automation and IaC: CloudFormation, CDK and Systems Manager · coming soon17Cost basics
Know what you're spending before the bill arrives.
Lesson 17: Cost basics and the course project · coming soonCourse complete · ready for the next one
Stage order follows the community roadmap at roadmap.sh/aws, trimmed to what DevOps work needs.