DevOps Engineer – Professional Certification Preparation for AWS

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Description

Please note that this learning path is out of date as of March 6th 2023 and has been replaced with a new learning path which you can find here.

Specifically designed to help you prepare for the AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional Certification, this hands-on learning path provides over 60 hours of interactive content comprised of hands-on labs, video courses, and a preparation exam. This training content has been carefully created to help you study for this AWS certification.

Intended Audience

This learning path is suitable for those wanting to pass the AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional Certification Exam.

Prerequisites

This is one of the two professional-level certifications available with AWS and it's guided to those who already have experience with AWS, and ideally, have already passed the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam, but this is not a prerequisite in taking this certification.

Learning Objectives

The aim of the certification is to validate your knowledge across a number of different key areas, which have been defined by AWS as being able to:

Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS
Implement and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation
Define and deploy monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on AWS
Implement systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing on the AWS platform
Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes

As a means of demonstrating this knowledge, you will be tested across 6 different domains, with each domain contributing to a total percentage of your overall score. These domains are broken down as:

Domain 1: SDLC Automation 22%
Domain 2: Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code 19%
Domain 3: Monitoring and Logging 15%
Domain 4: Policies and Standards Automation 10%
Domain 5: Incident and Event Response 18%
Domain 6: High Availability, Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery 16%

As you progress through the learning path, you will gain all the information and knowledge required to fulfill the domain expectations, gaining a deep understanding of each area.

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Certificate

Your certificate for this learning path

Training Content

1

Course - Beginner - 14m

AWS DevOps Engineer Professional - Introduction

This course introduces the DevOps Engineer – Professional Certification Preparation for AWS learning path.

2

Course - Beginner - 1h 19m

FREE

Compute Fundamentals For AWS

This course dives into the fundamental elements of AWS compute services, discussing the features and advantages of each one.

3

Exam - 35m

Knowledge Check: AWS Compute Fundamentals

Knowledge Check: AWS Compute Fundamentals

4

Course - Beginner - 1h 24m

FREE

Storage Fundamentals for AWS

This course covers the wide range of storage services within AWS, their key features, and when and why you would use them.

5

Exam - 30m

Knowledge Check: AWS Storage Fundamentals

Knowledge Check: AWS Storage Fundamentals

6

Course - Beginner - 1h 8m

FREE

Database Fundamentals for AWS - Part 1 of 2

This course (part of a two-part series on AWS database fundamentals) introduces you to Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, and Amazon Neptune.

7

Exam - 25m

Knowledge Check: Database Fundamentals for AWS Part 1

Knowledge Check: Database Fundamentals for AWS Part 1

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Course - Beginner - 1h 2m

FREE

Database Fundamentals for AWS - Part 2 of 2

This course (part of a two-part series on AWS database fundamentals) introduces you to Amazon Redshift, Amazon QLDB, Amazon DocumentDB, and Amazon Keyspaces.

9

Exam - 25m

Knowledge Check: Database Fundamentals for AWS Part 2

Knowledge Check: Database Fundamentals for AWS Part 2

10

Course - Intermediate - 1h 32m

Working with Amazon DynamoDB

In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of Amazon DynamoDB, including table design, reading, writing, and working with large tables.

11

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 10m

Introduction to DynamoDB

Move your first steps using DynamoDB. Create tables with and withoud secondary indexes, learn how to add new rows and query your data by using the AWS Management Console.

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12

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 30m

Getting Started with Amazon Aurora Database Engine

A hands-on lab introducing you to the high performance and high availability Amazon Aurora database engine.

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13

Course - Beginner - 21m

Introduction to Containers

This course will take you through what containers are, the benefits of using them, and how to containerize an app.

14

Course - Beginner - 18m

Introduction to Microservices, Containers, and ECS

This course explores microservices and containerized workloads within the AWS cloud.

15

Course - Intermediate - 58m

Introduction to AWS EKS

In this course, you'll learn how to quickly launch a new EKS Kubernetes cluster.

16

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h 15m

Amazon EKS - Launch Kubernetes Cluster and Deploy WordPress

Amazon EKS - Launch Cluster and Deploy Microservices Application

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17

Course - Beginner - 57m

FREE

Introduction to Continuous Integration

This course explores the various tools, technologies, and vocabularies surrounding the continuous integration ecosystem.

18

Course - Beginner - 1h 7m

FREE

Introduction to Continuous Delivery

This course introduces you to continuous delivery, providing a solid foundation for more advanced courses on the subject.

19

Course - Intermediate - 15m

AWS CodeCommit

This course introduces AWS CodeCommit and explains how it can be used to manage your source code.

20

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 40m

Introduction to CodeCommit

An introduction to the highly scalable and fully-managed AWS CodeCommit source control service. This lab covers creating, accessing, and adding files to repositories hosted in CodeCommit.

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21

Course - Intermediate - 15m

Working with AWS CodeBuild

This course will familiarize you with the AWS CodeBuild service and ensure you know when and where to use it within your own software projects.

22

Course - Intermediate - 19m

Working with AWS CodeDeploy

This course will familiarize you with the AWS CodeDeploy service and ensure you know when and where to use it within your own software projects.

23

Course - Intermediate - 19m

Working with AWS CodePipeline

This course will familiarize you with the AWS CodePipeline service and ensure you know when and where to use it within your own software projects.

24

Hands-on Lab - Advanced - 4h

Continuous Integration and Deployment with AWS Code Services

Follow the application lifecycle from dev to prod: continuous integration, rollbacks and blue/green deployments with AWS Code Services.

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25

Course - Intermediate - 21m

Working with AWS Codestar

This course introduces you to AWS CodeStar and how it can be used to provision an entire CI/CD workflow using a range of AWS services.

26

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 20m

Develop and Deploy an Application with AWS CodeStar

Kickstart your individual and team code projects with AWS CodeStar. Learn to develop and deploy an application with AWS CodeStar.

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27

Course - Intermediate - 19m

Working with AWS Cloud9

This course will familiarize you with the AWS Cloud9 service and ensure you know when and where to use it within your own software projects.

28

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 1h

Static Code Analysis Within CI/CD Pipelines

Integrate static code analysis within a three-stage AWS CodePipeline CI/CD pipeline to prevent vulnerabilities from making it into production in this Lab.

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29

Course - Intermediate - 16m

An Overview of Amazon CloudWatch

This course takes a high-level look at Amazon CloudWatch and some of its features and components.

30

Course - Intermediate - 12m

Building CloudWatch Dashboards

This course is geared towards helping you understand the value of building your own dashboards within CloudWatch, to give you unparalleled visibility into your architecture and dedicated systems.

31

Course - Intermediate - 1h 9m

AWS CloudTrail: An Introduction

This course provides an introduction to the AWS CloudTrail service, looking at all its features and components.

32

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 15m

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Monitoring AWS CloudTrail management events with Amazon CloudWatch Logs

Learn how to integrate AWS CloudTrail with Amazon CloudWatch Logs to monitor AWS management events in this hands-on lab.

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33

Course - Intermediate - 1h 12m

AWS Config: An Introduction

In this course, you'll learn how AWS Config allows you to have visibility of your entire AWS infrastructure from a configuration perspective.

34

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h

Compliance Check Using AWS Config Rules (Managed & Custom)

Compliance check using AWS Config Rules: See how AWS Config can enhance your security and compliance with AWS managed rules and custom rules with AWS Lambda

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35

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h 10m

Run a Controlled Deploy With AWS Elastic Beanstalk

For controlled deployments and efficient deployment services of code on EC2 instances, Elastic Beanstalks provides a superior interaction model and developer tools experience.

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36

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h

Deploying a PHP Application Using AWS OpsWorks

Deploy a PHP application using Chef with Amazon OpsWorks.

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37

Course - Intermediate - 28m

How To Use CloudFormation for Automation

In this course, we will cover the foundations of CloudFormation.

38

Course - Advanced - 2h 2m

Advanced Use of AWS CloudFormation

In this course, you'll learn advanced AWS CloudFormation skills, including nested stacks, custom resources, continuous integration, and event automation.

39

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h

Hands-On CloudFormation for Deploy Scalability

Scalable DevOps: Using CloudFormation for Whole VPC Stacks.

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40

Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h

Static Analysis and Alerting for Infrastructure as Code

Explore the benefits of static code analysis for infrastructure as code, specifically Terraform, and be alerted when the analysis detects an issue in this Lab.

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41

Course - Advanced - 1h 4m

How to Implement & Enable Logging Across AWS Services (Part 1 of 2)

In this course, you'll learn how to implement logging and monitoring across AWS Services including Amazon CloudWatch, CloudWatch Monitoring Agent, AWS CloudTrail Logs, and Amazon S3 Access Logs.

42

Course - Advanced - 1h 4m

How to Implement & Enable Logging Across AWS Services (Part 2 of 2)

In this course, you'll learn how to implement logging and monitoring across AWS Services including Amazon CloudWatch, CloudWatch Monitoring Agent, AWS CloudTrail Logs, and Amazon S3 Access Logs.

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Hands-on Lab - Intermediate - 2h 30m

Monitor Like a DevOps Pro: Build A Log Aggregation System in AWS

Learn how to monitor AWS Cloud systems by building a log aggregation system using Logstash, Kibana, and the Amazon OpenSearch Service.

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44

Course - Beginner - 15m

Overview of Amazon Kinesis

This course provides an introduction to Amazon Kinesis including what it does and why it's important.

45

Course - Advanced - 40m

Working with Amazon Kinesis Analytics

In this course, you'll learn about the key features and core components of Kinesis Analytics, and what an end-to-end real-time data streaming example looks like.

46

Course - Beginner - 35m

Understanding AWS Lambda to Run and Scale Your Code

This course will provide an overview of AWS Lambda and how to get started using the service.

47

Exam - 15m

Knowledge Check: Understanding AWS Lambda

Knowledge Check: Understanding AWS Lambda

48

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 2h

Reacting to CodeCommit Events with AWS Lambda

Learn how to invoke a Lambda function in response to CodeCommit events on your repository.

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49

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 30m

Process Amazon SNS Notifications with AWS Lambda

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a fully-managed, highly-scalable service that facilitates message delivery. Learn how to send messages and process them with AWS Lambda.

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50

Resource - Not defined - 10m

What Are the Best Practices for Tagging AWS Resources?

Understand some of the best practices of tagging resources when designing a tagging strategy

51

Resource - Beginner - 10m

AWS Shared Responsibility Model

Understand where your security responsibility starts and ends with the shared responsibility models

52

Course - Intermediate - 17m

FREE

How AWS IAM is Used to Securely Manage Access

This course provides an overview of the AWS Identity & Access Management Service, commonly referred to as IAM, along with its core features.

53

Course - Intermediate - 25m

Managing User Identities with Long Term Credentials in AWS IAM

This course explains how to manage your user identities when using the AWS Identity and Access Management Service, commonly referred to as IAM.

54

Course - Intermediate - 35m

Managing Access using IAM User Groups & Roles

This course explores some of the security best practices when using user groups and roles and how these can help you secure access to your resources more effectively.

55

Course - Intermediate - 37m

Using IAM Policies to Define and Manage Permissions

This course covers how IAM Policies can be used to allow you to grant and restrict access to your resources within your AWS account, as well as the different types of policies and how to interpret a policy.

56

Exam - 35m

Knowledge Check: Overview of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Knowledge Check: Overview of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

57

Course - Intermediate - 10m

Using AWS Identity Federation to Simplify Access at Scale

This course covers AWS Identity Federation including what it is, some of the AWS services that can be involved in federation, and also highlight some scenarios where you might want to implement it.

58

Course - Intermediate - 56m

AWS Security Best Practices: Abstract and Container Services

This course discusses the responsibility between AWS and the customer when architecting both abstract and container services

59

Course - Intermediate - 29m

Using AWS Trusted Advisor to Follow and Implement Best Practices

This course looks at how to use AWS Trusted Advisor to implement some best practices and recommendations across your AWS environment with your organization.

60

Hands-on Lab - Beginner - 1h 10m

Follow Best Practices with AWS Trusted Advisor

Follow best practices with AWS Trusted Advisor auditing your AWS environment and advising you on performance, and security improvements.

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61

Resource - Beginner - 10m

AWS Global Infrastructure: Availability Zones, Regions, Edge Locations, Regional Edge Caches

An explanation of the core components that make up the AWS Global Infrastructure

62

Course - Beginner - 22m

When to use RDS Multi-AZ & Read Replicas

In this course, you'll learn about RDS multi-AZ and will come away knowing when to implement and use this feature within your own environment.

63

Course - Beginner - 37m

Using SQS, SNS and SES in a Decoupled and Distributed Environment

In this course, you'll learn to design greater applications using managed services in a decoupled environment and understand the differences between SQS, SES, and SNS.

64

Course - Intermediate - 55m

Using AWS Storage for On-Premises Backup & Disaster Recovery

This course explains how and when to use Amazon S3, AWS Storage Gateway, and AWS Snowball for backup and disaster recovery.

65

Course - Beginner - 3m

AWS DevOps Engineer Professional - Summary

This course reviews and summarizes the DevOps Engineer – Professional Certification Preparation for AWS learning path.

66

Hands-on Lab Challenge - Advanced - 1h 30m

AWS Developer Tools Challenge

In this lab challenge, you'll need to complete several tasks using an existing continuous deployment stack built on AWS Developer Tools.

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67

Exam - 2h 50m

Cert Prep: Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional for AWS

Cert Prep: Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional for AWS

About the Author

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Stuart Scott

AWS Content Director

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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.