Dive into the world of Linux, AWS and Terraform. Learn to administer Linux systems, leverage AWS services, and architect scalable cloud solutions. Perfect for aspiring DevOps engineers and system administrators. Learn to automate infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform.
Linux Fundamentals
- Introduction to Linux: History, philosophy, and distributions
- Linux file system structure and navigation
- Basic Linux commands (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv, etc.)
- Text editors (vi, nano)
- User and group management
- File permissions and ownership
- Package management (apt, yum)
- Shell scripting basics
Linux Server Administration
- System installation and configuration
- Network configuration (IP addressing, routing, firewall)
- SSH and secure remote access
- Server hardening and security best practices
- Process management (ps, kill, top)
- System monitoring and logging
- Disk management and partitioning
- Cron jobs and automation
- Virtualization (LXC, Docker)
Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS
- Cloud computing concepts: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- AWS overview: Core services and architecture
- AWS Free Tier and account setup
- AWS Management Console
- IAM (Identity and Access Management)
AWS Core Services
- EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Instance types, launch configurations, security groups, key pairs, EBS volumes
- S3 (Simple Storage Service): Object storage, buckets, versioning, access control
- VPC (Virtual Private Cloud): VPC creation, subnets, route tables, internet gateway, NAT gateway
- RDS (Relational Database Service): Database instance creation, configuration, backups
- Elastic Load Balancing: Load balancer types, target groups
- Auto Scaling: Auto scaling groups, scaling policies
AWS Additional Services
- CloudWatch: Monitoring and logging
- Lambda: Serverless computing
- SQS (Simple Queue Service): Message queuing
- SNS (Simple Notification Service): Messaging
- Route 53: DNS management
- IAM (Identity and Access Management) in depth: Roles, policies, users
Linux on AWS
- Deploying Linux instances on EC2
- Configuring Linux instances for AWS
- Managing Linux instances using AWS tools
- Integrating Linux with AWS services (S3, RDS, etc.)
- Security best practices for Linux on AWS
DevOps and Automation
- Introduction to DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with CloudFormation
- Configuration management with Ansible
- Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
- Automation best practices
AWS Security
- AWS security best practices
- IAM best practices
- VPC security
- Security groups and network ACLs
- Data encryption
- Identity and access management
Cost Optimization
- AWS Cost Explorer
- Rightsizing instances
- Reserved instances
- Spot instances
- Cost optimization strategies
Practical Projects
- Building a web application on AWS
- Implementing a CI/CD pipeline
- Creating a highly available architecture
- Designing a cost-effective solution
- Troubleshooting common AWS issues
Terraform Hands-On Lab
- Understand infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts
- Understand Terraform’s purpose (vs other IaC)
- Understand Terraform basics
- Use the Terraform CLI
- Interact with Terraform modules
- Terraform Provisioners
- Implement and maintain state (Remote State Management)
- Read, generate, and modify configuration
- Understand Terraform
- Security Management
- Terraform Challenges