AWS: Scalability, Deployment, and Provisioning (Coursera)

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

- Understand Scalability, Elasticity, and Availability in AWS.

- Create, deploy, and provision various configurations using automation best practices.

- Apply deployment and provisioning concepts using AWS CloudFormation.

To succeed in this course, you should have basic knowledge of scaling AWS resources ensuring high availability. One should have basic knowledge of Domain Name System (DNS), and domain name registration.

The course is divided into two modules and each module is further segmented by Lessons and Video Lectures. This course facilitates learners with approximately 2:30-3:00 Hours of Video lectures that provide both Theory and Hands-On knowledge. Also, Graded and Ungraded Quizzes are provided with every module in order to test the ability of learners.

Course 5 of 5 in the Exam Prep: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Infrastructure Scaling and Troubleshooting

Welcome to Week 1 of the AWS: Scalability, Deployment, and Provisioning. This week, we will be introduced to the concepts of scaling resources and ensuring high available AWS infrastructure. We will also implement highly available and scalable databases using the Multi-AZ feature of Amazon RDS. By the end of the week, we should have a good understanding of how to create scalable and highly available infrastructure in AWS.

WEEK 2

Deployment and Automation Best Practices

Welcome to Week 2 of the AWS: Scalability, Deployment, and Provisioning. This week, we will be introduced to the concepts of deploying and provisioning concepts for AWS infrastructure. We will also implement ECS and RDS deployment in AWS. We will explore best practices related to deployment and provisioning using AWS CloudFormation. By the end of the week, we should have a good understanding of how to create scalable and highly available infrastructure in AWS, as well as how to effectively automate the provisioning of the AWS cloud infrastructure.