Description

 AWS Cloud Bootcamp

Start Date: Saturday, 13th December 2025

Duration: 6 Weeks (Weekends Only – Saturdays & Sundays, 8 PM IST (~3 Hrs each Live session)

Mode: Live on Zoom

Format: 100% Hands-On + Real-World Projects + AWS Certification Prep

Ideal For:

1. Beginners looking to start a cloud career

2. Professionals preparing for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional

3. DevOps, Cloud, and IT professionals looking to strengthen AWS practical skills

 

 Bootcamp Objectives

By the end of this bootcamp, participants will be able to:

1. Understand AWS core services and architecture concepts

2. Deploy and manage infrastructure using AWS best practices

3. Design and implement real-world AWS solutions (highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable)

4. Prepare confidently for AWS Solution Architect Associate / Professional certifications

5. Build hands-on projects to showcase in resumes and interviews

 

Week 1: AWS Fundamentals & Core Building Blocks

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS Global Infrastructure

2. AWS Management Console and CLI setup

3. Understanding AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations

4. Identity and Access Management (IAM): Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies

5. Compute Services Overview: EC2 Deep Dive (AMI, Instance Types, Security Groups, Key Pairs)

6. Storage Services Overview: S3, EBS, and EFS fundamentals

7. Launching and managing virtual servers on AWS

8. Introduction to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model and Security Best Practices

 

Week 2: Networking, Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling

1. Deep Dive into Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

2. Understanding Subnets, Route Tables, Internet Gateways, and NAT Gateways

3. Configuring Security Groups and Network ACLs

4. Elastic Load Balancing (Application, Network, and Gateway Load Balancers)

5. Auto Scaling Groups and Scaling Policies

6. Introduction to AWS CloudWatch for monitoring instances and scaling events

7. Designing highly available and fault-tolerant architectures

 

Week 3: Storage, Databases, and Backup Strategies

1. S3 Advanced Concepts: Lifecycle Management, Versioning, Encryption, and Cross-Region Replication

2. Understanding Amazon RDS: Engine Types, Backups, Multi-AZ Deployments, and Read Replicas

3. Introduction to DynamoDB for NoSQL workloads

4. Data backup, recovery, and archival with AWS Backup and Glacier

5. Managing data durability, availability, and cost optimization for storage services

6. Understanding block vs. object vs. file storage in AWS

 

Week 4: Serverless and Event-Driven Architectures

1. Introduction to Serverless Computing on AWS

2. AWS Lambda: Function creation, triggers, permissions, and versioning

3. API Gateway: Building REST APIs with Lambda integrations

4. Event-Driven Services: SNS, SQS, EventBridge, and Step Functions

5. Understanding serverless architecture patterns and use cases

6. Designing scalable and cost-efficient serverless workflows

 

Week 5: Infrastructure as Code and Continuous Deployment

1. Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts

2. AWS CloudFormation: Templates, Stacks, Parameters, and Outputs

3. Introduction to Terraform for AWS – core workflow and comparison with CloudFormation

4. AWS Developer Tools: CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline

5. Integrating GitHub Actions with AWS for CI/CD automation

6. Deploying infrastructure and applications using code-driven automation

 

Week 6: Monitoring, Cost Optimization, and Certification Preparation

1. Monitoring with CloudWatch Metrics, Logs, and Alarms

2. Auditing with CloudTrail and Resource Tracking with AWS Config

3. Using AWS Trusted Advisor and Budgets for cost management and optimization

4. Understanding AWS Well-Architected Framework: Pillars and Design Principles

5. Reviewing key architecture patterns for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability

6. AWS Exam Preparation: Tips, Practice Questions, and Strategy for Solution Architect Associate & Professional

7. Open Q&A, recap, and final guidance for certification and career next steps