Notes
Cloud Architecture
Study notes on cloud infrastructure and operations.
- Week 1 — Cloud Computing Fundamentals
Essential cloud characteristics, service models, deployment models and shared responsibility.
- Week 2 — Virtualization & Virtual Machines
Hypervisors, virtual compute, networking, storage and container fundamentals.
- Week 3 — Cloud Migration
Migration assessment, planning, execution, validation and the six migration strategies.
- Week 4 — Cloud Agility & Application Lifecycle
Agile cloud delivery, application lifecycle management, DevOps and release automation.
- Week 5 — Cloud Networking
Software-defined networking, VPCs, IP addressing, subnetting, routing and load balancing.
- Week 6 — Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networking
Hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity through VPNs, direct links, peering, DNS and routing.
- Week 7 — Cloud Security Configurations
Cloud threats, security scanning, DevSecOps, micro-segmentation and virtual network controls.
- Week 8 — Data & Protocol Security
Compute hardening, application protection, data states, encryption and secure protocols.
- Week 10 — IAM & Authentication
Identity lifecycle, privileged access, authentication factors, federation and authorization.
- Week 11 — Cloud Storage
File, block and object storage, RAID, performance, availability and data protection.
- Week 12 — Monitoring, Events & Logs
Cloud metrics, continuous monitoring, dashboards, event correlation and centralized logging.
- Week 13 — Automation & Cloud Operations
Automation workflows, infrastructure as code, configuration management and operational tooling.