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title: AWS Cloud
description: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud computing platform. You will understand core AWS services, including compute, storage, and databases, and learn how to design, deploy, and secure scalable applications on the AWS infrastructure.
category: programming-tech
subcategory: devops
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/aws-cloud
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# AWS Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud computing platform. You will understand core AWS services, including compute, storage, and databases, and learn how to design, deploy, and secure scalable applications on the AWS infrastructure.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 4 Courses • 1 Websites

## Courses

### 1. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

AWS's own exam-preparation material for the Certified DevOps Engineer Professional credential, covering CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring and logging, incident response, and security and compliance controls on AWS. Assumes prior hands-on experience administering AWS environments.

**Difficulty:** Advanced | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://aws.amazon.com/training/digital/aws-certified-devops-engineer-professional/

**Tags:** aws, ci-cd, infrastructure-as-code, certification, devops

### 2. freeCodeCamp AWS Tutorials / Certification Prep

freeCodeCamp often provides extensive, free video courses on YouTube and their platform covering various AWS topics, including certification preparation. These are typically hands-on and project-based.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/tag/aws/

**Tags:** aws, aws-certification, cloud-computing, tutorials

### 3. Introduction to Robotics on AWS

Short AWS-produced course on running robotics workloads in the cloud, covering industry trends, the shift to cloud-connected robots, common challenges robotics companies face and recommended architecture patterns. Learners understand which AWS services address typical robotics problems and related best practices.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Duration:** 1 hour | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-introduction-to-robotics-on-aws

**Tags:** aws, cloud-robotics, cloud-architecture, robotics-workloads, iot

### 4. AWS: Network Management and Operations

First course in the ANS-C01 AWS Advanced Networking Specialty exam prep series, taught by Whizlabs. Covers VPC subnets and security groups, hybrid connectivity with VPN and Direct Connect, and routing policies between on-premises and AWS networks.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-network-management-and-operations

**Tags:** aws, vpc, direct-connect, hybrid-networking, aws-certification

## Websites

### 1. AWS Architecture Blog

Provides articles and insights into various AWS architectural patterns, solutions, and best practices directly from AWS architects and engineers.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/

**Tags:** aws, cloud-architecture, solutions-architecture, reference-architectures, best-practices

## Podcasts

### 1. Containers from the Couch

An AWS-run show focusing specifically on container technologies on AWS, often with live demos and expert discussions.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/containers-from-the-couch/

**Tags:** aws, containers, amazon-ecs, amazon-eks, kubernetes

### 2. AWS Official Podcast

Features interviews with AWS leaders, customers, and partners, discussing new services, use cases, and best practices.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://aws.amazon.com/podcasts/

**Tags:** aws, cloud-computing, aws-services, case-studies

## Books

### 1. AWS for System Administrators

**Author:** Prashant Lakhera

A Packt guide for sysadmins automating AWS infrastructure with CloudFormation, Terraform and Boto3, covering IAM, VPC networking, EC2, load balancing, autoscaling, RDS, monitoring and automated backups. Assumes Linux administration experience and comfort with scripting.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1800201532?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** aws, system-administration, cloudformation, terraform, boto3, infrastructure-automation

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