Designing for Complexity on AWS

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Craig Golightly

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0. Course Overview

0. Course Overview.mp4

01:40

1. Setting up Your AWS Organization

0. Globomantics Failures.mp4

02:16

1. Enabling AWS Organizations.mp4

02:09

2. Demo- Adding AWS Accounts to Your Organization.mp4

07:06

2. Using IAM- Users, Groups, Policies, and Roles

0. Understanding Users, Groups, and Policies.mp4

06:55

1. Demo- Creating IAM Users and Groups.mp4

06:23

2. Demo- Using IAM Roles.mp4

07:39

3. Managing Service-linked Roles.mp4

03:43

3. Managing Cross-account Access

0. IAM Roles and Cross-account Access.mp4

03:07

1. Demo- Using Roles for Cross-account Access.mp4

08:02

2. Resource-based Policies vs. Roles.mp4

02:37

3. Demo- S3 Bucket Access with a Resource-based Policy.mp4

05:20

4. Using Federation and AWS Single Sign-on

0. Working with Federated Users.mp4

03:55

1. Demo- Configuring Federated User Access.mp4

08:51

2. Expanding Your Single Sign-on Experience.mp4

01:21

3. Enabling Federation with STS and Cognito.mp4

03:38

5. Maintaining Compliance

0. Understanding Shared Responsibility.mp4

04:42

1. Demo- Setting a Password Policy for Users.mp4

03:19

2. Using Service Control Policies (SCPs).mp4

04:05

3. Demo- Evaluating Service Control Policies.mp4

08:05

6. Optimizing Costs

0. Avoiding Common Cost Mistakes.mp4

06:35

1. Leveraging AWS Tools for Cost Optimization.mp4

02:37

2. Guidelines from the AWS Well-architected Framework.mp4

05:01

7. Reserved Instances and Spots

0. Understanding Reserved Instances.mp4

05:10

1. Reserved Instance Pricing Examples.mp4

06:02

2. Using the Reserved Instance Marketplace.mp4

02:06

3. Saving Money with Spot Instances.mp4

03:01

4. Demo- Launching Spot Instances.mp4

06:37

Description

Keeping your AWS account secure, cost-effective, and easy to use doesn’t have to be a mystery. This course will teach you how to organize and secure your AWS users and accounts as well as strategies to optimize your costs.

What You'll Learn?

As your AWS account grows having the proper user control and reporting structure in place is essential for security, auditing, and ease of use. In this course, Designing for Complexity on AWS, you’ll learn to implement best practices for managing and securing your AWS account. First, you’ll explore AWS organizations to help you break your account into logical divisions. Next, you’ll discover how IAM Identities help you manage and secure your account. Finally, you’ll learn how to track and optimize costs so you know exactly where your AWS spend is going and have confidence that you are getting the most from each dollar. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of AWS account organization needed to manage complex accounts. This course will also help you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam.

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Craig Golightly

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Craig is passionate about solving problems with the right tools. He has over 20 years of software development experience with large enterprises and small startups on everything from search engines to fighter jets. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science with extensive experience in AWS, microservices, and artificial intelligence. Craig enjoys teaching and mentoring others so they can save time and accomplish their goals faster.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.