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This short course explores some of the different networking features and components across your AWS infrastructure. It looks at some important networking elements that are essential for a solutions architect to be familiar with at a high level. The main components of the course are set out in the learning objectives listed below.
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Learning Objectives
This course introduces the following topics and what they are used for:
- Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs)
- Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs)
- EC2 Enhanced Networking with the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA)
- VPC Endpoints
- AWS Global Accelerator
Intended Audience
This course is intended for:
- Those responsible for managing a network infrastructure and optimizing network connectivity within AWS
- Anyone looking to take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam
Prerequisites
In order to get the most from this course, you should have a basic understanding of AWS architecture, as well as the EC2 service.
Hello and welcome to this short course which will look at some of the different networking features and components across your AWS infrastructure. This course does not focus on VPC components, such as NACLs, public/private subnets, bastion hosts and NAT Gateways, etc, as we have a different course dedicated to these topics and more on VPC architecture which can be found here. However it will look at some important networking elements that are essential for a solutions architect to be familiar with at a high level.
Before I start, I would like to introduce myself, my name is Stuart Scott, and I specialize in AWS (Amazon Web Services). Feel free to connect with me with any questions using the details shown on the screen, alternatively you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an e-mail to support@cloudacademy.com where one of our cloud experts will reply to your question.
This course has been designed for those who are responsible for managing a network infrastructure and optimizing networking connectivity within an AWS environment. It would also be beneficial to anyone taking the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam. The objectives of this course are to introduce you to the following topics at a high level giving you an understanding of what they are and what they are used for. These include Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs), Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs), EC2 Enhanced Networking with the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA), VPC Endpoints, and the AWS Global Accelerator. You should have a basic level of awareness of AWS Architecture, in addition to the EC2 Service. For more information on both of these topics please take a look at our existing content here:
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Lectures
- Elastic IP Addresses
- Elastic Network Interfaces
- EC2 Enhanced Networking with the Enhanced Network Adaptor
- VPC Endpoints
- AWS Global Accelerator
Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.
He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.
In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.