Introduction to Cloud Computing :

•  A Short history
•  Client Server Computing Concepts
•  Challenges with Distributed Computing
•  Introduction to Cloud Computing
•  Why Cloud Computing?
•  Benefits of Cloud Computing

Networking Basics :

•  Understanding Networking Concepts
•  TCP/IP
•  Application Protocols
•  Understanding Linux Files and Networking Tooling
•  IPconfig dig, ping
•  Traceroute, netstat tcpdump, resolve.conf, ssh, scp/rsync

Amazon Web Services(AWS) :

•  Introduction to the AWS Product
•  Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2)
•  Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
•  Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
•  Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
•  Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
•  Amazon DynamoDB
•  Auto Scaling
•  Amazon ElastiCache

Elastic Compute Cloud Essentials :

•  Introduction to the AWS Management Console
•  Regions and Availability Zones - How to choose the right one
•  Amazon Machine Images (AMI)
•  Setting up security
•  Finding the right AMI
•  Launching an instance - How to choose the right instance type
•  Security via Key Pairs
•  Working with the Security Group
•  Assigning Elastic IPs
•  Logging into the instance

EC2 Instances :

•  Deciding between On-demand instances, Spot instances, Reserved instances
•  EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace



• Working with AMIs :

  •  Choosing the right AMI
  •  Creating your own AMI
  •  Deciding what goes into an AMI

Elastic Block Store (EBS) :

•  Creating and deleting volumes
•  Attaching and detaching volumes
•  Mounting and Unmounting the attached volume
•  Creating snapshots

Simple Storage Service (S3) :

•  Creating and deleting buckets
•  Adding objects to buckets
•  Getting objects
•  Deleting objects

Relational Database Service (RDS) :

•  Selecting the Engine
•  Configuring the Database Engine
•  Creating your Database
•  Setting up automatic backups
•  Authorizing access to the DB via DB Security Groups

Cloudwatch :

•  Debugging cloud related issues
•  Monitoring the AWS Service Health Dashboard
•  Monitoring with Cloudwatch
•  Getting statistics for a specific EC2 instance
•  Getting aggregated statistics
•  Metrics for other AWS Services and related namespaces
•  Setting up notifications
•  Using command-line tools

Elasticache :

•  Advantages of Elasticache
•  Understanding various terminologies IAM Best Practices
•  Cache Cluster and Cache Node

Other AWS Services :

•  Cache Security Groups Elastic Beanstalk
•  Cache Parameter Groups Simple Notification Service
•  Cache Node Types Simple Email Service (SES)
•  Auto-discovery of nodes Simple Queue Service (SQS)