Providing Technical Support for AWS Workloads (Coursera)

The course begins with a review of AWS infrastructure, including a review of the foundational compute, networking, storage and database services. You'll then get introduced to the troubleshooting mindset and learn about the tools available and the importance of making a plan. You'll then get the details on troubleshooting with AWS services (Amazon EC2, Amazon Lambda, Amazon VPC) before closing the course with preventative controls and scenarios when using Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, AWS IAM, and AWS Organizations. By completion of this course, you'll be well-versed in listening to a customer's cloud technology concerns and how to best position the most efficient and cost-effective solution.

This course is part of the AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate.

What you'll learn

- Understand basics of troubleshooting in a cloud environment

- Identify resources and routes to assist with understanding and troubleshooting

Syllabus

Module 1: Troubleshoot Cloud-Related Issues

Welcome to the first module of Providing Technical Support for AWS Workloads. In this module, you gain the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to troubleshoot cloud-related issues. You begin the module by reviewing the basics of the AWS infrastructure. After that, you learn about AWS Support methods and how to identify paths that work best for your customers’ needs. Lastly, you examine troubleshooting techniques and resources. As part of this process, you also find out how to contact AWS Support and use available resources to search for answers.

Module 2: Troubleshooting AWS Services

In this module, you focus on troubleshooting AWS services, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud service (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). For each service, you evaluate common challenges that users might experience. Then, you explore real-life troubleshooting scenarios, identify the root cause of issues, and implement effective solutions.

Module 3: Topical Customer Scenarios

In this module, you continue to explore how to troubleshoot scenarios. This time, you define preventative measures that you can take to avoid encountering common issues in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS Organizations. You review various scenarios where users experience issues, and then identify tools and methods to help these users resolve the issues. You also learn about best practices to prevent potential challenges.