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AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Zero to Mastery
Module 1: Course Introduction
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (2:18)
Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor
Understanding Your Video Player (notes, video speed, subtitles + more)
Why This Course? (1:46)
Where This Fits into the AWS Certification Path (3:18)
Course Outline & Resources (3:20)
Course Slides
DEMO: Creating an AWS Account for Labs (3:08)
DEMO: Creating an AWS Budget for Labs (3:00)
Set Your Learning Streak Goal
Module 2: AWS Cloud Practitioner Refresher
Module Introduction (0:28)
Module Resources
AWS Infrastructure Concepts (2:25)
Core AWS Services (1:09)
An Overview of Ways to Work with AWS (1:19)
DEMO: Installing the AWS CLI on Windows (1:34)
DEMO: Installing the AWS CLI on Linux (2:04)
DEMO: Installing the AWS CLI on Mac (2:10)
DEMO: Configuring the CLI on Linux, Windows and Mac (4:43)
DEMO: Working with AWS CloudShell (3:26)
Important Points to Remember (2:12)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Let's Have Some Fun (+ Free Resources)
Module 3: Authentication and Authorization – Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Module Introduction (0:37)
Module Resources
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Overview (0:35)
AWS IAM Identity Center (formerly SSO) (2:43)
DEMO: Creating IAM Users (4:46)
DEMO: Creating IAM User Groups (0:45)
IAM Roles (4:00)
IAM Policies (2:20)
DEMO: Creating IAM Policies (2:37)
DEMO: Attaching IAM Policies (3:25)
Security Token Service (STS) Overview (1:52)
DEMO: Switching Roles in the AWS Console (4:22)
Identity Federation (3:52)
AWS Directory Services Overview (3:04)
AWS Single Sign-On Overview (1:03)
Accounts and Organizations Overview (2:19)
DEMO: Working with Organizations, Accounts and AWS Control Tower (3:39)
Important Points to Remember (2:06)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Unlimited Updates
Module 4: Compute
Module Introduction (0:38)
Module Resources
EC2 Overview, Instance Types and Purchasing (2:49)
DEMO: Creating an EC2 Instance (8:35)
Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) Overview (1:05)
DEMO: Creating an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) (3:28)
Connecting to EC2 Instances: Overview (1:12)
DEMO: SSH Connection from Linux (4:11)
DEMO: SSH Connection from Mac (4:22)
DEMO: SSH Connection from Windows 10 or Higher (2:50)
DEMO: SSH Connection from Windows 8 or Earlier (5:23)
DEMO: EC2 Instance Connect with Linux (1:40)
DEMO: Remote Desktop with Windows (2:39)
EC2 Placement Groups Overview (3:07)
DEMO: Creating EC2 Placement Groups (1:53)
EC2 Storage: Elastic Block Store (EBS) Overview (4:34)
DEMO: Creating and Attaching an EBS Volume (8:19)
EC2 Storage: EC2 Instance Store Overview (1:17)
Lambda Overview (1:58)
DEMO: Creating a Lambda Function with an S3 Trigger (6:23)
Lambda Quotas and Use Cases (1:37)
Elastic Beanstalk Overview (1:45)
DEMO: Creating an App with Elastic Beanstalk (10:57)
Containers and Docker Overview (4:43)
Containers on AWS: ECS, EKS, Fargate and ECR Overview (2:40)
Elastic Container Service (ECS) Terminology and Concepts (3:09)
DEMO: Creating an ECS Cluster (2:02)
DEMO: Creating an ECS Service (7:45)
Important Points to Remember (2:08)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Course Check-In
Module 5: Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling
Module Introduction (1:24)
Module Resources
Elastic Load Balancing Overview (3:12)
DEMO: Creating an Application Load Balancer (8:23)
Sticky Sessions Overview (1:26)
DEMO: Working with Load Balancer Sticky Sessions (2:21)
Connection Draining and Deregistration Delay (1:56)
Load Balancing with TLS/SSL Certificates (3:27)
Auto Scaling Groups Overview (1:23)
DEMO: Creating an Auto-Scaling Group (7:11)
Auto Scaling Policies (4:50)
DEMO: Creating an ECS Service with a Load Balancer (14:37)
Auto Scaling with ECS (2:11)
Auto Scaling for RDS and DynamoDB (1:13)
Important Points to Remember (4:33)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Implement a New Life System
Module 6: Networking
Module Introduction (0:40)
Module Resources
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Overview (4:35)
Private, Public and Elastic IP Addresses (3:19)
CIDR Notation and RFC 1918 (6:40)
DEMO: Creating a VPC (2:11)
Subnets Overview (4:00)
DEMO: Creating Subnets in a VPC (2:31)
Internet Gateways and Route Tables Overview (2:37)
DEMO: Creating an Internet Gateway and Routing to It (8:20)
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) Overview (1:16)
DEMO: Working with Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) (5:41)
Security Groups Overview (3:26)
DEMO: Creating a Custom Security Group (2:44)
Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) Overview (7:37)
DEMO: Working with Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) (3:40)
Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) vs. Security Groups (1:41)
Network Address Translation (NAT) Overview (2:27)
Network Address Translation (NAT) Devices (3:30)
Bastion Hosts Overview (1:46)
VPC Peering Overview (1:42)
DEMO: Setting up VPC Peering (7:21)
VPC Endpoints Overview (1:49)
VPC Flow Logs Overview (1:22)
VPC Reachability Analyzer Overview (1:27)
DEMO: Working with VPC Reachability Analyzer (3:39)
IMPORTANT! Shut Down Resources (1:59)
Site-to-Site VPN Overview (2:17)
Direct Connect Overview (1:48)
Transit Gateway Overview (2:07)
Important Points to Remember (3:56)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 7: Storage
Module Introduction (0:55)
Module Resources
Overview (3:26)
DEMO: Creating and Uploading to an S3 Bucket (4:14)
Durability and Availability (1:28)
Encryption with S3 Overview (5:20)
DEMO: Encrypting Buckets and Objects in S3 (3:51)
S3 Versioning Overview (4:35)
DEMO: Enabling Versioning in S3 (2:41)
S3 Storage Classes and Lifecycle Overview (5:56)
DEMO: Creating S3 Lifecycle Rules (2:56)
Accessing S3 Objects (3:30)
DEMO: Creating an S3 Bucket Policy (4:19)
DEMO: Working with Presigned URLs (2:04)
DEMO: Hosting a Static Website on S3 (3:49)
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and S3 (4:39)
Elastic File System (EFS) Overview (3:08)
Amazon FSx (1:21)
Storage Gateway (3:26)
Snow Family of Products (2:04)
Important Points to Remember (4:36)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Exercise: Imposter Syndrome (2:55)
Module 8: Databases
Module Introduction (0:58)
Module Resources
Overview of Databases in AWS (0:51)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Overview (6:07)
DEMO: Amazon RDS: Creating and Connecting to a MySQL Database (7:28)
Amazon Redshift Overview (1:34)
Amazon DynamoDB Overview (3:48)
DEMO: Creating a DynamoDB Table (3:11)
Amazon ElastiCache Overview (1:54)
Amazon Neptune Overview (0:58)
Important Points to Remember (2:11)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 9: Data Migration and Transfer
Module Introduction (0:32)
Module Resources
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) Overview (2:08)
AWS DataSync Overview (1:09)
AWS Application Migration Service Overview (2:22)
AWS Transfer Family Overview (1:04)
AWS Snow Family Overview (0:55)
Important Points to Remember (1:49)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 10: Analytics
Module Introduction (0:48)
Module Resources
Amazon Athena Overview (1:09)
DEMO: Using Athena to Query S3 Data (5:59)
Amazon Kinesis Family Overview (1:52)
Amazon QuickSight Overview (0:50)
Amazon EMR Overview (0:46)
Important Points to Remember (0:54)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 11: Monitoring
Module Introduction (0:44)
Module Resources
CloudWatch Overview (1:27)
CloudWatch Metrics Overview (4:39)
DEMO: Working with CloudWatch Metrics (4:06)
CloudWatch Logs Overview (1:16)
DEMO: Working with CloudWatch Logs (3:48)
CloudWatch Alarms Overview (1:34)
DEMO: Working with CloudWatch Alarms (5:02)
CloudWatch Dashboards Overview (1:05)
DEMO: Working with CloudWatch Dashboards (3:44)
CloudWatch Agent Overview (1:26)
CloudTrail Overview (2:43)
DEMO: Working with CloudTrail (7:11)
CloudWatch vs. CloudTrail (1:02)
AWS Config Overview (0:42)
DEMO: Working with AWS Config (5:02)
Important Points to Remember (1:27)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 12: Security and Compliance
Module Introduction (1:23)
Module Resources
Overview of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model (1:29)
Infrastructure Protection: AWS Shield (2:57)
Infrastructure Protection: AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) (1:38)
DEMO: Infrastructure Protection: AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) (3:41)
Data Protection: AWS Key Management System (KMS) and CloudHSM (4:45)
DEMO: Working with Keys in AWS KMS (2:47)
Data Protection: AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) (2:00)
Data Protection: AWS Secrets Manager (2:26)
DEMO: Working with AWS Secrets Manager (2:24)
Data Protection: Amazon Macie (1:00)
Detection: Amazon Inspector (1:06)
Detection: Amazon GuardDuty (0:54)
Detection: AWS Config Overview (0:42)
DEMO: Working with AWS Config (5:02)
Detection: AWS Security Hub (0:49)
DEMO: A Tour of AWS Security Hub (1:49)
Incident Response: Amazon Detective (1:31)
Compliance: AWS Artifact (0:43)
DEMO: A Tour of AWS Artifact (1:02)
Important Points to Remember (3:29)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 13: Automation and Governance
Module Introduction (0:36)
Module Resources
CloudFormation Overview (2:22)
DEMO: Deploying a CloudFormation Template (5:57)
AWS Service Catalog Overview (1:32)
AWS Systems Manager and Parameter Store Overview (3:35)
Important Points to Remember (1:14)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 14: DNS and Network Routing
Module Introduction (0:41)
Module Resources
Domain Name System (DNS) Basics (6:40)
Amazon Route 53 Overview (7:33)
DEMO: Working with Record Types in Route 53 (5:11)
CloudFront Overview (2:47)
DEMO: Setting up a CloudFront Distribution with an S3 Origin (6:13)
AWS Global Accelerator Overview (3:13)
Important Points to Remember (1:59)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 15: Application Integration
Module Introduction (2:05)
Module Resources
Amazon API Gateway Overview (2:01)
DEMO: Creating a REST API with API Gateway and Lambda (4:35)
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Overview (2:29)
SQS Queue Types and Functionality (6:18)
DEMO: Sending and Receiving Messages with SQS (4:28)
Simple Notification Service (SNS) Overview (1:58)
DEMO: Sending an Email Using Amazon SNS (3:06)
Amazon EventBridge (CloudWatch Events) Overview (2:41)
AWS Step Functions Overview (1:27)
Important Points to Remember (2:31)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 16: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Module Introduction (0:51)
Module Resources
The AWS Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Stack (6:38)
Important Points to Remember (1:09)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 17: Backup and Recovery
Module Introduction (0:52)
Module Resources
Disaster Recovery Terminology and Strategies (4:54)
Overview of Backup Features in AWS (1:32)
DEMO: Data Lifecycle Manager Overview (3:38)
DEMO: Creating a Backup with AWS Backup (5:20)
DEMO: Restoring a RDS Database to a Point in Time (2:50)
DEMO: Restoring a RDS Database from a Snapshot (2:45)
DEMO: Promoting a RDS Read Replica (3:21)
Disaster Recovery with Amazon Aurora (1:47)
Amazon Aurora Multi-Master and Global Databases (1:47)
Important Points to Remember (2:57)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 18: Billing and Pricing
Module Introduction (0:44)
Module Resources
Overview of EC2 Pricing Models (4:36)
DEMO: Working with Savings Plans, Spot and Reserved Instances (5:10)
Organizations and Consolidated Billing (1:35)
DEMO: Working with the Billing Dashboard (5:39)
DEMO: Working with AWS Cost Explorer (6:20)
DEMO: Working with the AWS Pricing Calculator (3:31)
AWS Budgets and Billing Alerts/Alarms Overview (6:58)
DEMO: Setting up AWS Budgets and CloudWatch Billing Alerts/Alarms (8:08)
IMPORTANT: Deleting Resources Used in the Course (4:34)
Important Points to Remember (3:31)
Practice Questions
Practice Questions: Answers & Explanations
Module 19: The Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Module Introduction (1:35)
Module Resources
The Reliability Pillar (1:52)
The Performance Efficiency Pillar (1:32)
The Security Pillar (1:34)
The Cost Optimization Pillar (1:17)
The Operational Excellence Pillar (1:05)
The Sustainability Pillar (1:28)
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) (3:25)
Module 20: Preparing for the Exam
Module Introduction (0:35)
Module Resources
DEMO: Reviewing the Exam Guide (2:54)
DEMO: Test-Taking Tips and Sample Questions (7:26)
DEMO: Registering for the Exam, Cost and Vouchers (2:49)
Exam Day! What to Expect (2:37)
Next Steps (1:09)
Practice Exam
Instructions
Practice Exam
Practice Exam: Answers & Explanations
Where To Go From Here?
Thank You! (1:17)
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