Amazon Web Services Training Library
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Whether you need a subject matter expert, tutor or study buddy, Ela is here to help in course and labs.- COURSEAlana LaytonProvision Infrastructure As Code with AWS CloudFormationBeginnerDuration: Up to 14 hours and 38 minutesAuthor: Alana Layton; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to use AWS CloudFormation, an infrastructure as code (IaC) service, to provision and manage AWS resources.; Duration: Up to 14 hours and 38 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This course has: 5 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 7 Hands-on labs
- COURSEAlana LaytonLeveraging Amazon Q Developer for AI-Powered Application Building and OptimizationBeginnerDuration: Up to 2 hours and 33 minutesAuthor: Alana Layton; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Looking to get started with AI code generation? With this content, you'll learn the basics of Amazon Q Developer, including what it is and how to use it.; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 33 minutes; Content Topics: Serverless, Development Tools; This course has: 3 Lessons, 2 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 1 - How do you securely operate your workload?AdvancedDuration: Up to 7 hours and 15 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 1 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 7 hours and 15 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This course has: 12 Lessons, 1 Resource, 3 Hands-on labs
- COURSEAlana LaytonUnderstanding Amazon DynamoDBBeginnerDuration: Up to 4 hours and 7 minutesAuthor: Alana Layton; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: This course will walk you through the basics of Amazon DynamoDB, including how to create tables and indices, how to read and write data to DynamoDB, how; Duration: Up to 4 hours and 7 minutes; Content Topics: NoSQL; This course has: 7 Lessons, 2 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottManaging Migration and Data Transfer with AWSIntermediateDuration: Up to 5 hours and 58 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Understand the different AWS services that are available when performing data migration and transfer operations for your workloads; Duration: Up to 5 hours and 58 minutes; Content Topics: Networking, Migration, Storage, Databases, Content Delivery Networking; This course has: 6 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 2 Hands-on labs
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillUsing the IAM Policy Simulator to Test IAM PoliciesIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to use the web-based IAM Policy Simulator and the AWS Command line Interface to test AWS IAM policies in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzMonitoring Amazon ECS Resources With Amazon CloudWatchIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to monitor and react to AWS ECS metrics using Amazon CloudWatch container insights in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Containers; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzDeveloping a REST API with the AWS SAM CLIBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to utilize the AWS SAM CLI to develop an API Gateway REST API in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM); This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzWorking with Terraform FunctionsIntermediateDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to incorporate various built-in functions using Terraform in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillUsing Tooling to Improve AWS CloudFormation Template QualityBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutesAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to use various tools to improve quality and detect security issues in AWS CloudFormation templates in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzAccelerating Deployments with AWS CDK Hotswap and WatchIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to monitor resources, detect changes, and perform automatic deployments using AWS CDK Hotswap and Watch in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Serverless; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzManaging Access and Permissions with the AWS CDKIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to create and manage IAM roles and policies with the AWS CDK in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Serverless; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- COURSEJeremy CookEBS WorkshopIntermediateDuration: Up to 5 hours and 10 minutesAuthor: Jeremy Cook; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Please use these labs to further reinforce learning regarding EBS.; Duration: Up to 5 hours and 10 minutes; Content Topics: Storage; This course has: 5 Hands-on labs
- COURSEAlana LaytonImplementing intelligent threat detection with Amazon GuardDutyIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hours and 14 minutesAuthor: Alana Layton; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: With this course, you'll learn how to protect your AWS accounts by using the intelligent threat detection service, Amazon GuardDuty.; Duration: Up to 2 hours and 14 minutes; Content Topics: Security; This course has: 4 Lessons, 1 Hands-on lab
- COURSEStuart ScottAmazon EBS: High-performance block-storage in AWSAdvancedDuration: Up to 5 hours and 59 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: This course focuses on the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service, allowing you to become familiar with its uses, helping to embed it into your architecture.; Duration: Up to 5 hours and 59 minutes; Content Topics: Storage; This course has: 4 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 5 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 6 - How do you protect your compute resources?AdvancedDuration: Up to 8 hours and 38 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 6 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 8 hours and 38 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This course has: 10 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 4 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottUser activity and API tracking with AWS CloudTrailAdvancedDuration: Up to 4 hours and 35 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: This course shows how AWS CloudTrail enables you to track both user account activity and API usage across your AWS account to maintain governance and compliance; Duration: Up to 4 hours and 35 minutes; Content Topics: Management, Security, Monitoring; This course has: 2 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 2 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottCreate, Manage, and Control Cryptographic Keys using AWS KMSAdvancedDuration: Up to 5 hours and 41 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: This course will help you to create, manage, and control cryptographic key using AWS KMS, through on-demand courses and hands-on labs and challenges; Duration: Up to 5 hours and 41 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This course has: 3 Lessons, 4 Hands-on labs
- HANDS-ON LABJun FritzGenerating Custom Images and Variations with Amazon BedrockIntermediateDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Jun Fritz; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Generate images and variations using the Amazon Bedrock Image Playground and runtime in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Development, Artificial Intelligence; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAndrew BurchillPlanning EC2 Capacity With Amazon ForecastBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Andrew Burchill; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this hands-on lab, you will see how to prepare web log data for use with Amazon Forecast's EC2 planning capability.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This hands-on lab has: 4 Lab steps
- COURSEDanny JesseeAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 9 - How do you protect your data in transit?AdvancedDuration: Up to 8 hours and 7 minutesAuthor: Danny Jessee; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 9 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 8 hours and 7 minutes; Content Topics: Management, Security; This course has: 9 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 3 Hands-on labs
- COURSEDanny JesseeAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 8 - How do you protect your data at rest?AdvancedDuration: Up to 10 hours and 59 minutesAuthor: Danny Jessee; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 8 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 10 hours and 59 minutes; Content Topics: Encryption, Identity and Access Management; This course has: 14 Lessons, 5 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 5 - How do you protect your network resources?AdvancedDuration: Up to 28 hours and 1 minuteAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 5 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 28 hours and 1 minute; Content Topics: Networking, Development, Security, Management, Content Delivery Networking; This course has: 21 Lessons, 1 Lab challenge, 15 Hands-on labs
- COURSEStuart ScottAWS WAF - Security Pillar SEC 3 - How do you manage permissions for people and machines?AdvancedDuration: Up to 14 hours and 31 minutesAuthor: Stuart Scott; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Gain the knowledge required to implement the best practices as outlined within section 3 of the Security pillar of the AWS Well Architected Framework; Duration: Up to 14 hours and 31 minutes; Content Topics: Amazon Web Services; This course has: 17 Lessons, 6 Hands-on labs