MCCCD Program Description

Amazon Web Services Academy Cloud Foundations

Course: CLD110

First Term: 2020 Spring

Lec + Lab 2.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: T- Lab Load

Description: Provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. Intended for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. Helps to prepare students for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify the benefits of cloud computing for business. (I) 2. Summarize the economic advantages of cloud computing. (I) 3. Execute services using AWS Elastic Compute (EC2). (II) 4. Select services using the AWS Management Console. (II) 5. Choose among AWS storage options to meet performance requirements. (III) 6. Create Virtual Private Clouds on AWS. (IV) 7. Investigate AWS database options. (V) 8. Use Elastic Load Balancing (EBL) to scale services. (VI) 9. Manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) to limit access and maintain security. (VII) 10. Formulate decisions based on recommended architectural principles and best practices. (VIII) 11. Evaluate AWS compute and networking options. (VIII) 12. Examine alternative support options and features. (IX)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Cloud Concepts A. Advantages of cloud computing B. Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS) C. Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) D. Cloud economics E. AWS global infrastructure II. Compute Use of core services A. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) B. Lambda serverless compute C. Elastic Load Balancer D. Elastic Beanstalk, Platform as a Service (PaaS) III. Selection of storage options A. Elastic Block Store (EBS) B. Simple Storage Service (S3) C. Elastic File System (EFS) D. Amazon Glacier IV. Creation of Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) A. Virtual Private Cloud B. VPC security groups C. CloudFront, global Content Delivery Network (CDN) V. Building a database server A. Relational Database Service (RDS) B. DynamoDB, NoSQL database C. Redshift, data analytics D. Aurora, MySQL- and PostgreSQL compatible VI. Balancing, scaling, and monitoring architecture A. Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) B. CloudWatch, real time monitoring C. Auto Scaling, automatic workload scaling VII. Management of cloud security A. Shared responsibility model B. Identity and Access Management (IAM) C. TrustedAdvisor D. CloudTrail E. AWS Config F. Security and compliance VIII. Cloud architecting A. Well-architected design principles B. Reliability and high availability IX. Cloud support services A. Cost Explorer B. Billing and support

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 10, 2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.