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# Architecting on AWS

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> Instructor: **Monica Rosen**, Technical Trainer at **AWS**
> Email: morosen@amazon.com
> LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/monicarosen

## :cookie: Day 1
### Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals
> [AWS Data Centers](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-center/data-centers/)
> [AWS Global Infrastructure](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/)
> [AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/?wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-order=desc&wa-guidance-whitepapers.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&wa-guidance-whitepapers.sort-order=desc)
> [Blog: Successful solutions architects do these five things](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/successful-solutions-architects-do-these-five-things/)

### Module 2: Account Security
> [AWS account root user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html)
> [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/root-vs-iam.html#aws_tasks-that-require-root)
> [AWS Policy Generator](https://awspolicygen.s3.amazonaws.com/policygen.html)
> [Policy evaluation logic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_evaluation-logic.html)
> [Identity providers and federation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers.html)
> [What is AWS Organizations?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_introduction.html)
> [AWS re:Invent 2018: Become an IAM Policy Master in 60 Minutes or Less (SEC316-R1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsK4MtsELU)

### Module 3: Networking 1
> [An interactive IP address and CIDR range visualizer](https://cidr.xyz/)
> [Get started with Amazon VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-getting-started.html)
> [Default VPCs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/default-vpc.html)
> [Security in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/security.html)
> [Security best practices for your VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-security-best-practices.html)
> [Amazon VPC FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/faqs/)

### Module 4: Compute
> [Amazon Machine Images (AMI)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html)
> [Amazon EC2 Instance Types](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/)
> [Instance purchasing options](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-purchasing-options.html)
> [Amazon EBS volume types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-volume-types.html)
> [AWS re:Invent 2020: HPC on AWS: Innovating without infrastructure constraints](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us9ZGtzZRk8)
> [When should I use Lambda?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/welcome.html#when-to-use-cloud-functions)
> [Lambda runtimes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html)

## :cookie: Day 2
### Module 5: Storage
> [Cloud storage overview](https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/cloud-storage/)
> [What is object storage?](https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/object-storage/)
> [Amazon S3 Block Public Access – Another Layer of Protection for Your Accounts and Buckets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-block-public-access-another-layer-of-protection-for-your-accounts-and-buckets/)
> [Amazon S3 Storage Classes](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/)
> [Amazon S3 pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/)
> [Amazon EFS FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/efs/faq/)
> [Windows home directories made easy with Amazon FSx](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/windows-home-directories-and-file-shares-made-easy-with-amazon-fsx/)
> [AWS Snow Family FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/snow/faqs/?nc=sn&loc=2)

### Module 6: Database Services
> [Purpose-Built Databases on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/products/databases/)
> [What is a Relational Database?](https://aws.amazon.com/relational-database/)
> [What is NoSQL (nonrelational) Database?](https://aws.amazon.com/nosql/)
> [Working with read replicas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ReadRepl.html#USER_ReadRepl.PostgreSQL)
> [Cross-Region disaster recovery of Amazon RDS for SQL Server](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/cross-region-disaster-recovery-of-amazon-rds-for-sql-server/)
> [What is Amazon Aurora?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_AuroraOverview.html)
> [Getting started with DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/GettingStartedDynamoDB.html)
> [Read consistency of DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.ReadConsistency.html)
> [Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/memcached/?nc=sn&loc=2&dn=1)
> [Amazon ElastiCache for Redis](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/redis/?nc=sn&loc=2&dn=1)
> [In-memory acceleration with DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DAX.html)

### Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling
> [How Amazon CloudWatch works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_architecture.html)
> [Amazon EventBridge features](https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/features/)
> [Amazon EventBridge FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/faqs/)
> [Creating a billing alarm to monitor your estimated AWS charges](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html)
> [How CloudTrail works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/how-cloudtrail-works.html)
> [Elastic Load Balancing FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/faqs/?nc=sn&loc=5)
> [Elastic Load Balancing features](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/features/)
> [Tutorial: Set up a scaled and load-balanced application](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/tutorial-ec2-auto-scaling-load-balancer.html)
> [Get started with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/get-started-with-ec2-auto-scaling.html)
> [How do I troubleshoot and fix failing health checks for Application Load Balancers?](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/elb-fix-failing-health-checks-alb/)

### Module 8: Automation
> [Working with AWS CloudFormation templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-guide.html)
> [Sample template (US East Region)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/sample-templates-applications-us-east-1.html)
> [AWS Systems Manager features](https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/features/)
> [AWS Elastic Beanstalk FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/faqs/)

### Module 9: Containers
> [Microservices architecture on AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/microservices-on-aws/simple-microservices-architecture-on-aws.html)
> [AWS X-Ray features](https://aws.amazon.com/xray/features/)
> [AWS Containers services](https://aws.amazon.com/containers/)
> [Containers and AWS Services FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/containers/faqs/)
> [AWS re:Invent 2020: AWS Fargate: Are serverless containers right for you?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtymod0nPBo)
> [Kubernetes on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/kubernetes/)
> [Amazon EKS features](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/features/)

## :cookie: Day 3
### Module 10: Networking 2
> [Network-to-Amazon VPC connectivity options](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-vpc-connectivity-options/network-to-amazon-vpc-connectivity-options.html)
> [What is AWS Site-to-Site VPN?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/s2svpn/VPC_VPN.html)
> [AWS Direct Connect connections](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/WorkingWithConnections.html)
> [AWS Direct Connect Delivery Partners](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/partners/?partner-solutions-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.partnerNameLower&partner-solutions-cards.sort-order=asc&awsf.partner-solutions-filter-location=*all)
> [Adding MACsec security to AWS Direct Connect connections](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/adding-macsec-security-to-aws-direct-connect-connections/)
> [AWS Transit Gateway features](https://aws.amazon.com/transit-gateway/features/)
> [AWS Transit Gateway Examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/tgw/TGW_Scenarios.html)

### Module 11: Serverless
> [Getting started with API Gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/getting-started.html)
> [Differences between Amazon SQS, Amazon MQ, and Amazon SNS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-difference-from-amazon-mq-sns.html)
> [Amazon SQS FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/faqs/)
> [Amazon SQS features](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/features/)
> [Getting started with Amazon SNS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-getting-started.html)
> [AWS re:Invent 2020: Scalable serverless event-driven architectures with SNS, SQS & Lambda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zysQqxgj0I)
> [AWS Step Functions Features](https://aws.amazon.com/step-functions/features/)
> [Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLgkTUmwOU)
> [Getting Started with Amazon Kinesis](https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/getting-started/?nc=sn&loc=3)

### Module 12: Edge Services
> [Using Route 53 Private Hosted Zones for Cross-account Multi-region Architectures](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/using-route-53-private-hosted-zones-for-cross-account-multi-region-architectures/)
> [Route 53: Choosing a routing policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-policy.html)
> [Creating Amazon Route 53 health checks and configuring DNS failover](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/dns-failover.html)
> [How CloudFront delivers content](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/HowCloudFrontWorks.html)
> [How caching works with CloudFront edge locations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-hit-ratio-explained.html)
> [AWS Global Accelerator features](https://aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/features/)
> [How AWS Shield works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-overview.html)
> [AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-best-practices-ddos-resiliency/welcome.html)
> [AWS Outposts Family](https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/)

### Module 13: Backup and Recovery
> [What is a disaster?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws/what-is-a-disaster.html)
> [AWS Backup FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/backup/faqs/)
> [Getting started with AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/getting-started.html)
> [AWS Whitepaper: Disaster Recovery of Workloads on AWS: Recovery in the Cloud](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws.html)
> [Backup & Restore Services with AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/backup-restore/services/)
> [Disaster recovery options in the cloud](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/disaster-recovery-workloads-on-aws/disaster-recovery-options-in-the-cloud.html)
> [AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/disaster-recovery/faqs/?nc=sn&loc=4)



:::success
:information_source: **Certification Resources**
* > [AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/)
* > [Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/9496/exam-prep-aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate?saa=sec&sec=prep)
* > [Explore all AWS Certification exams](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/exams/?nc2=sb_ce_exm)
* > [Schedule an Exam](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/testing/?nc2=sb_ce_se)



