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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Cloud fundamentals with a networking lens: VPC, subnets, routing, security groups and how a cloud network differs from a campus one.
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Course overview
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is a foundation-level course from Tungabadra Networks. It covers 9 modules, is delivered classroom, online (live), corporate (on-site), and includes 2 applied projects. It prepares for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02).
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner course covers cloud fundamentals, with the networking sections taught in more depth than the exam strictly requires because that is where a network engineer adds value.
You work through VPC design, subnets, route tables, internet and NAT gateways, security groups and network ACLs, and then contrast each with its on-premises equivalent.
It follows the topic areas AWS publishes for the CLF-C02 exam.
Who this course is for
- Network engineers whose estate is extending into cloud
- Engineers preparing for AWS CLF-C02
- Infrastructure staff needing cloud fundamentals
- Anyone moving from on-premises networking to hybrid
What you will be able to do
By the end of AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, you will be able to:
- Explain the shared responsibility model and core AWS services
- Design a VPC with public and private subnets and correct routing
- Distinguish security groups from network ACLs and use each correctly
- Understand connectivity options between on-premises and cloud
- Reason about cloud cost as an architectural constraint
- Map an on-premises network design onto cloud primitives
Skills covered
- Amazon VPC
- Subnets and routing
- Security groups
- Network ACLs
- Internet & NAT gateways
- IAM basics
- Shared responsibility model
- Hybrid connectivity
- Cloud cost basics
- AWS core services
Curriculum
9 modules of instruction and lab work.
Cloud Basics for Networking Professionals
4 topics
- From an on-premises data centre to AWS
- Cloud vs data centre
- Regions, availability zones and latency
- High availability and fault tolerance
AWS Networking Fundamentals
7 topics
- The VPC as a virtual data centre
- CIDR and subnet design
- Public vs private subnets
- Route tables
- Internet gateway vs NAT gateway
- Elastic IP
- How it maps to CCNA concepts
Cloud Security
5 topics
- Security groups vs NACLs
- Stateful vs stateless
- IAM users, roles and policies
- Network security vs identity security
- Enterprise scenarios
Compute (EC2)
4 topics
- Instance types
- Secure access
- Auto scaling and load balancing
- Load balancer traffic flow
Storage & Data Flow
3 topics
- S3, EBS and EFS
- Data flow
- Public vs private access
Databases
3 topics
- RDS and DynamoDB
- Private subnets
- High availability and backup
Monitoring & Operations
3 topics
- CloudWatch
- CloudTrail
- SLA, uptime and fault isolation
Pricing & Billing
4 topics
- Pay-as-you-go
- Data transfer charges
- Cost optimization
- How poor network design raises cost
AWS in Networking Careers
4 topics
- Cloud in networking roles
- Hybrid cloud
- VPN and Direct Connect
- The path from CCNA or JNCIA to AWS Practitioner, Solutions Architect and Cloud Network Engineer
Projects you will complete
On-premises to cloud mapping
Take a campus network design and express its equivalent in VPC primitives, documenting what does not translate.
Prerequisites
- Basic networking knowledge is helpful but not required
- An AWS account (free tier is sufficient)
Certification
Course completion certificate
Issued on completion. The certificate lists the modules completed and the skills applied. Tungabadra Networks is not an authorized training partner of this vendor and does not administer or issue the exam. Exams are booked and paid for directly with the vendor.
This course also covers the topic areas assessed by the following third-party exams:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
Career opportunities
Roles this course is designed to prepare you for in the US job market:
Cloud Network Engineer
Owns connectivity between cloud and on-premises.
Infrastructure Engineer
Runs hybrid estates.
Network Engineer (hybrid)
Extends the campus network into cloud.
Cloud Support Engineer
Diagnoses customer cloud networking issues.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AWS free tier cover the labs?
Most of them. Any lab that uses paid resources states the estimated cost and includes teardown steps.
Is this enough to work in cloud?
It is the foundation. For a cloud-focused role, follow it with Linux for Network Engineers and the automation track.
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