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AWS Compute Fundamentals

AWS Elastic Cloud Compute, or EC2 is one of the key services offered through the AWS Cloud. This course will teach you the key fundamentals to enable you to begin your journey with AWS EC2 instances.

Beginner
49m 5s

Created by Neil Hitchins

Last Updated Sep 19, 2024

AWS Compute Fundamentals
Beginner
49m 5s
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AWS Compute Fundamentals

AWS Elastic Cloud Compute, or EC2 is one of the key services offered through the AWS Cloud. This course will teach you the key fundamentals to enable you to begin your journey with AWS EC2 instances.

Beginner
49m 5s

Created by Neil Hitchins

Last Updated Sep 19, 2024

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Hosting websites, applications, or databases, Amazon EC2 instances are a key and hugely versatile service in the AWS cloud. In this course, AWS Compute Fundamentals, you’ll learn to build and manage your first EC2 instance. First, you’ll explore what an EC2 instance is and the components that make up this capability. Next, you’ll discover how to administer and manage your EC2 instance. Finally, you’ll learn about other compute services in the AWS cloud such as containers and serverless. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of AWS compute fundamentals needed to build and manage your own EC2 instances.

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Neil Hitchins - Pluralsight course - AWS Compute Fundamentals
Neil Hitchins
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Neil is a Senior Training Architect working for Pluralsight covering both AWS and Azure. He has over 20 years experience in IT, coming from an Infrastructure background before moving into cloud. He has experience as both an engineer and an Architect and has achieved professional-level certifications in both AWS and Microsoft Azure.

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