Module 1: In this module, I managed to define the different types of cloud computing models. I can describe six advantages of cloud computing and be able to recognize the main AWS service categories and core services. I am also being taught to review the AWS cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF).
Module 2: In module 2, I can explain about AWS pricing philosophy. I can recognize fundamental pricing characteristics and indicate the elements of total cost of ownership. This module also taught me to identify how to set up an organisational structure that simplifies billing and account to review data cost and functionality in the AWS Billing Dashboard. I can describe how to use AWS Bills, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets and AWS Cost and Usage Reports. Lastly, I can identify various AWS technical support plans and features.
Module 3: This is the simplest module where I learnt to identify the difference between AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge Locations. I can also identify AWS services and service categories.
Module 4: Module 4 taught me how to recognize the shared responsibility model and responsibility of the customer and AWS. I can recognize IAM users, groups, and roles in order to describe different types of security credentials in IAM. I can also identify the steps to securing a new AWS account and how to recognize how to secure AWS data and also compliance programs.
Module 5: This module exposes my knowledge towards the basics of networking by describing virtual networking in the cloud with Amazon VPC. I also learned to design basic VPC architecture and also indicate the steps to build a VPC with adding components to produce a customised network. Lastly, I can identify the fundamentals of Amazon Route S3 and the benefits of Amazon CloudFront.
Module 6: This module is focusing on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). It is explained about functionality in the EC2 console and how to perform basic functions of EC2 in order to build a virtual computing environment. We were demonstrated when to use AWS Elastic Beanstalk and when to use AWS lambda.
Module 7: In module 7, we were told various types of storage such as Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, Amazon S3 Glacier and their functionality. We are taught to differentiate all of them.
Module 8: Module 8 is about Relational Database Services ( Amazon RDS), DynamDB, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Aurora and their functionality. I also learned how to perform tasks in an RDS database, such as launching, configuring and interacting.
Module 9: In module 9, I am able to describe and identify principles of the AWS Well-architected Framework including the five pillars. I understand the explanation about the importance of reliability and high availability. Lastly, I learned how AWS Trusted Advisor helps customers and understand how to interpret their recommendations.
Module 10: In this last module, I learnt how to distribute traffic across Amazon EC2 instances by using Elastic Load Balancing. I also understand how Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches and releases servers in response to workload changes. Other than that, I learned how Amazon CloudWatch enables you to monitor AWS resources and applications in real time. Lastly, I learnt to perform scaling and load balancing tasks to improve architecture.