AWS SysOps Admin: Provision and Maintain Cloud Resources

by Amber Israelsen

To pass the AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate exam, you should understand how to provision and maintain resources. This course reviews Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), CloudFormation, deployments types, and troubleshooting.

What you'll learn

The core of an AWS solution is the infrastructure (whether raw or managed), and the application components deployed to it. In this course, AWS SysOps Admin: Provision and Maintain Cloud Resources, you’ll learn how to use AWS services to create, manage, and troubleshoot your solution. First, you’ll explore how to work with EC2 Image Builder to create and manage Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). Next, you’ll use CloudFormation to provision and update infrastructure as code. Finally, you’ll learn about the different deployment scenarios and how to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of a SysOps administrator needed to answer questions from the “Provision and Maintain Cloud Resources” domain of the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam.

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About the author

Amber has been a software developer and technical trainer since the early 2000s. She holds certifications for AWS and a variety of Microsoft technologies. In recent years, she has focused on AWS, Machine Learning, Azure, Power Apps, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and .NET, teaching students around the world. She also works to bridge the gap between developers, designers and businesspeople with her expertise in visual communication, user experience and business/professional skills.

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