Curriculum Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:
- Define the AWS Cloud
 - Explain the AWS pricing philosophy
 - Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS
 - Describe the security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud, including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
 - Create a virtual private cloud (VPC) by using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
 - Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk
 - Differentiate between Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier (Amazon S3 Glacier)
 - Demonstrate when to use AWS database services, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora
 - Explain the architectural principles of the AWS Cloud
 - Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
 
Student Prerequisites
To ensure success in this course, students should have the following:
- General IT technical knowledge
 - General IT business knowledge
 
Certification Journey
Complete this prior to attempting the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (CLF-C01)