AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

COURSES INCLUDED

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: CLOUD BASICS
Cloud computing provides IT services in a manner that adheres to cloud computing characteristics. In this course, you’ll explore various cloud deployment models such as hybrid, community, public, and private clouds. Next, you’ll recognize how cloud services are categorized, such as how manually deployed virtual machine deployment is classified as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Lastly, you’ll examine AWS management tools, including the AWS console, CLI, PowerShell, and the AWS Toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
18 videos | 1h 3m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD (VPC) DEPLOYMENT
AWS network configurations provide the foundation upon which AWS services are deployed. In this course, you’ll explore the TCP/IP and OSI model basics. You will then work with the deployment and management of virtual private clouds (VPCs) using the GUI, AWS CLI, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll learn how to configure VPC routing tables and DHCP and DNS settings. You’ll then learn how to work with elastic IP addresses and subnet IP addresses. Lastly, you’ll learn how to configure Internet and egress-only IPv6 gateways. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
17 videos | 1h 5m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: VPC PEERING & ENDPOINTS
AWS VPCs can be configured in many ways to meet networking requirements. In this course, you’ll first explore what VPC peering is and when to enable it. You’ll then learn to peer VPCs using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll configure and deploy a VPC transit gateway using AWS Transit Gateway. Lastly, you’ll configure and deploy a VPC endpoint. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
9 videos | 33m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS & DNS
The domain name system (DNS) uses centralized servers to resolve friendly names to IP addresses, among other uses. In this course, you’ll begin with a DNS overview followed by an overview of AWS Route 53 DNS services. Next, you’ll learn how to create, configure, and manage Route 53 hosted DNS zones. Lastly, you’ll learn how to create various Route 53 DNS routing policies, including a multivalue answer policy and a weighted policy. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
7 videos | 23m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
Individuals and entire office networks sometimes require secure remote access to AWS resources over the Internet. In this course, you’ll begin by recognizing how virtual private networks (VPNs) provide secure remote access over the Internet. Next, you’ll learn to configure client VPN endpoints for client-to-site VPN connectivity. You’ll then learn to create site-to-site VPN connectivity using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Then, you’ll explore the use of a dedicated network link to AWS through Direct Connect. Lastly, you’ll learn to configure AWS Direct Connect using the GUI. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
10 videos | 29m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: S3 STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a cloud storage solution frequently used by systems administrators in systems operations roles. In this course, you’ll explore the purpose and features of S3 before learning how to create S3 buckets using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll configure various S3 bucket settings, such as versioning, lifecycle policies, and data storage tiers. You’ll learn how to work with S3 Transfer Acceleration, Glacier storage, public access, object locking, and the Storage Gateway. You’ll then learn to manage Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage the Elastic File System (EFS). This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
20 videos | 1h 12m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: EC2 INSTANCE MANAGEMENT
Elastic compute cloud (EC2) instances are the names of virtual machine instances in AWS. Learning to manage EC2 instances using different platforms, tools, and features is essential in becoming a certified AWS SysOps Administrator. In this course, you’ll begin by identifying when to use EC2 virtual machine instances, before deploying Windows and Linux EC2 instances using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. You’ll then work with EC2 instance sizing, launch scripts, and remote management and create custom Amazon machine images (AMIs) using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Finally, you’ll learn when and how to use AWS Config and AWS Systems Manager for various tasks. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
22 videos | 1h 17m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS SQL SOLUTIONS
Databases are at the core of most storage systems, and managing them is a core part of application management. In this course, you’ll begin by distinguishing the difference between SQL and NoSQL database solutions in the AWS cloud. Next, you’ll manage Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Lastly, you’ll explore the deployment of Amazon Aurora, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle Database, all in the AWS cloud. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
11 videos | 42m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS NOSQL & DATA WAREHOUSING
NoSQL databases are designed for the storage of vast unstructured datasets. A crucial part of becoming a certified AWS SysOps Administrator is recognizing which databases to work with and how to deploy them. In this course, you’ll begin by distinguishing document and key-value NoSQL databases, before outlining the unique characteristics of DocumentDB and DynamoDB. You’ll then deploy DocumentDB and DynamoDB for various purposes using the GUI and CLI. Next, you’ll outline the use of ElastiCache and the in-memory data stores Memcached and Redis, before deploying ElastiCache with each of these to boost database performance. Lastly, you’ll work with Amazon Redshift for data warehousing and querying. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
16 videos | 1h Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: IAM USERS & GROUPS
Identity and access management (IAM) is at the core of authentication and authorization. In this course, you’ll manage IAM users using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll configure the IAM password policy and test IAM user sign in. Lastly, you’ll manage IAM groups using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
11 videos | 33m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: IAM POLICIES & MFA
IAM Policies control AWS resource access while multifactor authentication (MFA) enhances user sign-in security. Knowing how to implement these two security measures is an integral part of a certified AWS SysOps Administrator’s skill set. In this course, you’ll begin by illustrating how IAM policies and roles are used, before working with the IAM policy simulator to test resource access. You’ll then assign policies and create inline policies using the GUI. You’ll examine multifactor authentication (MFA) for user sign-in security and enable user MFA. Lastly, you’ll create an IAM role. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
11 videos | 31m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS DIRECTORY SERVICES & IDENTITY FEDERATION
Identity federation provides a single, centralized identity repository. AWS Directory Service allows you to centralize your Microsoft Active Directory-compliant solutions. An ability to implement this strategy will prove useful to a newly-certified AWS SysOps Administrator. In this course, you’ll start by defining identity federation and outlining its components. Next, you’ll implement identity federation for an external identity provider. You’ll then work with the AWS Directory Service and domain join options. You’ll configure AWS Simple AD and deploy an EC2 instance for Simple AD management. Lastly, you’ll join an EC2 instance to Simple AD, and manage Simple AD users and groups. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
10 videos | 31m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS DEVELOPER TOOLS
Software developers have a variety of PaaS solutions at their disposal in AWS. In this course, you’ll identify these tools to use and learn how to use them. You’ll start by exploring the concept of continuous integration and continuous deployment and its implementation via AWS. Next, you’ll list some AWS APIs before learning how to deploy message queues and SNS topics. You’ll investigate how serverless code is implemented in AWS through Lambda functions. You’ll then create a function using AWS Lambda before deploying a container image repository in Amazon Elastic Container Registry. Lastly, you’ll learn how to deploy app stacks using Opsworks and Elastic Beanstalk. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
13 videos | 48m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AMAZON VDI & APPS
Amazon WorkSpaces provide a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution in the AWS cloud. This solution may form part of your SysOps Administrator toolkit, and knowledge of how to use is it is essential for certification. In this course, you’ll start by examining the purpose and features of Amazon WorkSpaces and how to set it up. You’ll then configure and connect to a WorkSpace via a Windows, Linux, and Android OS. Next, you’ll manage WorkSpace settings and create a custom WorkSpace image. Lastly, you’ll examine some use cases for Amazon AppStream, manage AppStream images, stacks, and fleets, and connect to AppStream apps. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
15 videos | 48m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: TEMPLATES & DATA ANALYSIS
AWS provides a variety of resource deployment and management automation tools and a selection of data conversion and analysis tools. Knowing how to make the most of these tools will prove valuable in your role as a certified AWS SysOps Associate. In this course, you’ll begin by examining how you can benefit from using CloudFormation templates. You’ll then practice using these templates to deploy AWS resources using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll create and configure EC2 launch templates using the GUI and CLI. Lastly, you’ll use Elastic Transcoder for media conversion jobs and Amazon Kinesis for data ingestion and analysis. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
14 videos | 50m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: SECURING AWS RESOURCES & DATA
Data privacy is at the forefront of IT security priorities. Knowledge of the standards and tools involved is essential in employment as a certified SysOps admin. In this course, you’ll recognize the various types of personally identifiable information (PII), identify the security standards and regulations, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001, and classify firewall types. Next, you’ll deploy a web application firewall and use various AWS security options, such as Amazon Inspector, Trusted Advisor, GuardDuty, and AWS Security Hub. You’ll learn how to enable data classification using Amazon Macie, and lastly, you’ll encrypt S3 buckets using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
17 videos | 58m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: NETWORK SECURITY
Network traffic flow can be allowed or blocked using Network ACLs and security groups. In this course, you’ll begin by outlining how to craft a Network ACL strategy. Next, you’ll learn how to manage network ACLs using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. You’ll follow this by examining how to create a security group strategy. Lastly, you’ll learn how to manage security groups using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
10 videos | 33m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS & PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE
Cryptography is used to protect sensitive data. In your role as a certified AWS SysOps Admin, you’ll come across a variety of ways in which you can use it. In this course, you’ll explore standard cryptographic techniques and the AWS services to implement them. You’ll begin by examining what cryptography and public key infrastructure (PKI) means. Next, you’ll use the AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to create cryptographic keys and enable Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume encryption. You’ll outline how to use hardware security modules in AWS. You’ll then work with private and public certificates using AWS Certificate Manager. Lastly, you’ll enable an HTTPS listener. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
13 videos | 43m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: LOAD BALANCING, REPLICAS, & PLACEMENT GROUPS
Amazon Web Services offers high availability configurations for its services, an obvious area of interest for AWS SysOps admins. In this course, you’ll begin with an overview of how AWS aids in disaster recovery and how load balancing improves app performance while increasing app availability. Next, you’ll learn how to manage a network balancer and deploy an application load balancer using the AWS GUI and CLI. You’ll then work with EC2 placement groups and MySQL database replicas, learning how to carry out tasks like registering EC2 instances with existing load balancer target groups, configuring database replicas for MySQL, and creating MySQL database snapshots. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
14 videos | 58m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: BACKUP & REPLICATION
In your role as SysOps Admin, disasters will inevitably affect your IT systems on more than one occasion. However, using AWS, you can effectively plan disaster recovery for your related services and data. In this course, you’ll explore which AWS services to configure for this task and how. You’ll begin with an overview of AWS backup solutions before running an on-demand backup and restoring data from the backup. You’ll then configure S3 bucket cross-region replication, work with EBS volume snapshots, and configure autoscaling. Lastly, you’ll explore the benefits of multi-tiered web apps and learn how to deploy a content delivery network using CloudFront. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
17 videos | 55m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: AWS ORGANIZATIONS & SERVICE CONTROL POLICIES
Larger enterprises using AWS can benefit from managing multiple AWS accounts through AWS Organizations. Knowing how to do this will help you in your role as a certified AWS SysOps Admin. In this course, you’ll begin by using AWS Organizations to add accounts to organizations, identifying the benefits of using AWS organizations and organizational units (OUs). Next, you’ll manage AWS organizations and OUs using the AWS Organizations GUI and CLI. Lastly, you’ll apply service control policies (SCPs) to AWS organizations for central control of the AWS environment. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
6 videos | 14m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: MANAGING AWS COSTS
Even though AWS service usage does not require a capital upfront investment, care must be taken to reduce monthly recurring AWS charges. In your role as a certified AWS SysOps Admin, monitoring and managing AWS costs and usage will be your responsibility. In this course, you’ll learn how to do this effectively using AWS tools. You’ll start by configuring EC2 and RDS spot instances and reserved instances to reduce costs. Next, you’ll examine AWS invoices and budgets and use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze charges through the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. Lastly, you’ll learn how to consolidate billing benefits, budget reports, and savings plans. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
16 videos | 51m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: PLANNING AWS MIGRATIONS
Organizations will likely have legacy systems and services that they don’t want to lose. As an AWS SysOps Admin, you can help organizations reuse their existing on-premises IT services by migrating them to the AWS cloud. In this course, you’ll practice judging when and how to carry out this migration. You’ll begin by examining various IT service assessment and migration options. Next, you’ll learn how to use the AWS Migration Hub and AWS SMS Migration Connector. You’ll then replicate an on-premises Hyper-V virtual machine to AWS and import a virtual machine image for reuse in the AWS cloud. Lastly, you’ll use AWS Snowball and Snowmobile for data migration. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
11 videos | 44m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: MONITORING & TAGGING
In your role as a certified SysOps Admin, you’ll need to monitor IT services and data to ensure the efficient, secure, and proper usage of IT systems. In this course, you’ll learn how to monitor deployed AWS resources using AWS tools. You’ll begin with exposure to how CloudWatch is used to monitor AWS resources. Next, you’ll work with CloudWatch alarms, AWS dashboards, and the AWS Health service. You’ll then work with EC2 instances, S3 bucket event monitoring, VPC flow logs, and CloudTrail audit events. Additionally, you’ll explore how to monitor S3 storage and tiers. And lastly, you’ll tag AWS resources using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
12 videos | 45m Assessment

AWS SYSOPS ASSOCIATE: DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS USING AWS
Creating custom applications in AWS is part of a SysOps Admin’s duties. However, to build and manage applications effectively, you need to use the right AWS tools for the job. In this course, you’ll learn how to do just that! You’ll start by examining how to access AWS resources through .NET and node.js. You’ll then investigate how App Mesh is used for application service mesh management and Cloud Map to facilitate centralized service discovery. Next, you’ll identify when to enable single sign-on to facilitate user access to apps. Lastly, you’ll use Cloud 9 to create a script for app creation and explore how Global Accelerator uses the Amazon worldwide network infrastructure. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.
11 videos | 37m Assessment