Master AWS Cloud Computing From Scratch

Clear, interactive, and structured AWS lessons designed for absolute beginners.

COURSE SYLLABUS
1. AWS Introduction
Introduction to AWS What is AWS? AWS Global Infrastructure AWS Management Console AWS Account Setup Root User vs IAM User Free Tier & Billing Safety
2. Identity & Access Management
Introduction to IAM IAM Users IAM Groups IAM Policies IAM Roles Multi-Factor Authentication
3. Amazon EC2
Introduction to EC2 EC2 Basics EC2 Instance Types Launch an EC2 Instance Security Groups Key Pairs Elastic Block Store (EBS)
4. Amazon S3
Introduction to S3 S3 Concepts S3 Buckets S3 Objects & Keys Versioning Bucket Policies
5. Amazon VPC
Introduction to VPC VPC Concepts Subnets Route Tables Internet Gateway NAT Gateway VPC Security Groups
6. Amazon RDS
Introduction to RDS RDS Concepts Database Engines Create RDS Database Backups
7. AWS Lambda
Introduction to Lambda Lambda Concepts Lambda Functions Triggers Environment Variables
8. Amazon CloudWatch
Introduction to CloudWatch CloudWatch Concepts Metrics CloudWatch Logs Alarms
9. Elastic Load Balancing
Introduction to Elastic Load Balancing ELB Concepts Application Load Balancer (ALB) Network Load Balancer (NLB) Gateway Load Balancer Target Groups Health Checks Listeners & Rules

Regions and Availability Zones

An AWS Region is a separate geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones. Availability Zones are distinct locations within a Region, designed so workloads can be distributed for resilience.

Why it matters

Region selection affects latency, service availability, compliance considerations and cost. Multiple Availability Zones can reduce dependence on a single location.

How it works

Choose a Region close to the intended users when appropriate, then place resilient resources across Availability Zones where the service and architecture support it.

Real-world example: A web application can run instances in two Availability Zones behind a load balancer so traffic can continue if one zone has a problem.

Core Concept

A Region is a geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones.

Availability Zones are isolated locations within a Region designed to support resilient architectures.

RegionAZ-1AZ-2Resilient ArchitectureApplication + database distributedacross suitable Availability Zones

What you should remember

Key idea

A Region is a geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones.

Key idea

Availability Zones are isolated locations within a Region designed to support resilient architectures.

Real-world example

Use a realistic cloud workload and focus on the responsibility of this AWS service.

User → AWS service → application → data / response

Choose the service that matches the responsibility instead of forcing every workload into one resource.

# Conceptual workflow aws-service --resource example # Verify configuration → test → monitor → clean up
Practice tip: Build the smallest possible lab, verify the result, then remove resources you no longer need.

Quick Test

1 Question

What is the main idea of this AWS lesson?

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