AWS-DEVOPS : DevOps Engineering on AWS

Module 00: Course Overview

• Welcome and logistics
• Student resources - books and lab access
• Course agenda

Module 01: Introduction to DevOps

• List the benefits of implementing DevOps
• Describe Amazon's own transformation to DevOps
• Describe how AWS supports teams with DevOps Knowledge Check

Module 02: Infrastructure Automation

• Explain the benefits of Infrastructure as Code
• Define key components of a CloudFormation template
• Use AWS CloudFormation to model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources
• Explain how to manage and control changes to infrastructure Knowledge Check

Module 03: AWS Toolsets

• List and describe some AWS tools that support automation
• Describe how Amazon Q accelerates your software development lifecycle
• Configure and use AWS CLI to manage AWS services
• Explain the benefits of AWS CDK in defining infrastructure Knowledge Check
• Lab 1: Use AWS CloudFormation to provision and manage a basic infrastructure
• Build AWS CloudFormation templates in YAML to define infrastructure resources
• Create a CloudFormation stack to provision infrastructure and review the outputs
• Detect changes made to your resources and generate drift reports
• Update your infrastructure using CloudFormation change sets

Module 04-Part 1: CI/CD with Development Tools

• Describe Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Delivery in the release workflow.
• Describe source code controls best practices
• Configure AWS CodeBuild to implement continuous integration tasks
• Configure AWS CodeDeploy to perform application deployments for various
• compute environments Knowledge Check
• Lab 2: Deploy an application to an EC2 fleet using AWS CodeDeploy
• Make systematic deployments to a fleet of EC2 servers using CodeDeploy
• Verify CodeDeploy agent is installed and running on a Windows server
• Create a deployment application and group in CodeDeploy
• Review and prepare deployment package to be installed by CodeDeploy
• Monitor deployment status in CodeDeploy and deployment targets

Day 2

Module 04- Part 2: CI/CD with Development Tools

• Day 1 Recap
• Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment for your applications using AWS DevOps tools.
• Build and configure AWS CodePipeline to orchestrate CI/CD workflow of application deployments
• Describe best practices involved in application delivery and deployments Knowledge Check
• Lab 3: Automating code deployments using AWS CodePipeline
• Package application code and upload the revision to an Amazon S3 bucket.
• Build a multi-stage AWS CodePipeline with Amazon S3 as the source stage and AWS CodeDeploy as the deployment stage.
• Review the deployment configurations and perform an automatic code deployment using AWS CodeDeploy.
• Verify automatic deployment was successful using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager.

Module 05: Microservices

• Describe the benefits of microservices in the software lifecycle
• Explain the architectural requirements of microservices
• Explore AWS services that help building microservices Knowledge Check

Module 06: DevOps and Containers

• Describe the basics of Docker and containerization
• Describe how to use Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) service to manage containerized applications
• Differentiate between AWS container services: Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate,
• Amazon Elastic Container Registry, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.
• Describe how AWS container services support DevOps efforts and improving
• performance, scaling, and efficiency. Knowledge Check

Module 07: DevOps and Serverless Computing

• Describe how AWS serverless computing simplifies development and deployment
• List key AWS services that support serverless computing
• Use Lambda functions to develop quick automation solutions
• Configure Serverless Application Model (SAM) to deploy serverless solutions Knowledge Check
• Lab 4: Deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM and a CI/CD pipeline
• Build and locally test a serverless application using AWS SAM
• Package and deploy a serverless application using AWS SAM CLI
• Set up a CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment of a sample serverless
• application using AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeDeploy Verify the deployment results

Module 08: Deployment Strategies

• Differentiate between deployment configurations available for each compute platform with CodeDeploy
• Define different strategies to implement in continuous deployment
• Configure Blue/Green deployments with CodeDeploy
• Identify AWS services that support various deployment configurations and explain how they are used in deployment Knowledge Check

Module 09: Automated Testing

• Describe testing and automation options in a CI/CD pipeline
• Describe various testing scenarios and best practices
• Use the pipeline for continuous testing Knowledge Check

Day 3

Module 10: Security Automation

• Day 1 & 2 Recap
• Describe DevSecOps principles
• Outline how to integrate security into the pipeline workflow
• Explain steps and tools for ensuring security of and in CI/CD pipeline
• Describe and configure AWS security services to build secure applications and solutions
• Knowledge Check

Module 11: Configuration Management

• Describe need for configuration management
• Explain use of AWS Config and AWS Config Rules
• Describe AWS Systems Manager and AWS Systems Manager Automation
• Explain Amazon Machine Image Management (AMI)Knowledge Check
• Lab 5: Performing blue/green deployments with CI/CD pipelines and Amazon ECS
• Build custom container images using AWS CodeBuild and store them in Amazon ECR
• Set up a CI/CD to build and automate application container image creation using AWS CodePipeline
• Host and run a containerized web application using Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate
• Configure AWS CodeDeploy to perform a blue/green deployment
• Set up a CI/CD to automate the build and deployment of a containerized web application

Module 12: Observability

• Differentiate between observability and monitoring
• Describe AWS Services for observability
• Describe Amazon DevOps Guru service for automated monitoring of AWS resources
• Explain Amazon DevOps Guru workflow Knowledge Check
• Lab 6: Using AWS DevOps tools for CI/CD pipeline automations
• Build a CI/CD release pipeline using AWS CloudFormation to orchestrate deployment of a sample web application
• Perform basic troubleshooting and fix AWS CodePipeline as needed
• Automate static checks and verifications using AWS Lambda functions
• Integrate various AWS DevOps tools into an automated workflow
• Review service map and trace events from an AWS Lambda function using AWS XRay

Module 13: Course Summary

• Course recap
• Options for continuing your learning
• Course feedback