Introduction to Cloud Computing on AWS for Beginners [2025]

Introduction to Cloud Computing on AWS for Beginners [2025]

Learn Cloud Computing Concepts and AWS Basics | Master AWS Fundamentals and Hands-on Skills on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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What you'll learn

• This course covers fundamental concepts of cloud computing and is designed for absolute beginners
• Learn the basics of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's leading cloud computing platform
• Gain an understanding of the fundamental systems on which the cloud is based, including storage, networking, and compute
• Develop hands-on skills using core Amazon Web Services (AWS) services
• Build knowledge from beginner level to advanced concepts

Description

This beginner-friendly Introduction to Cloud Computing on AWS course takes you from the AWS basics to becoming a competent AWS cloud practitioner. With expert instruction and engaging content, you'll learn general cloud computing concepts and AWS from fundamentals right through to advanced concepts. You'll also build hands-on skills using many of the core Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. Ideal for beginners - absolutely no cloud computing experience is required!

We use a highly visual and effective method of teaching cloud computing and AWS concepts using diagrams and animations (no bullet-point slides). There are lots of hands-on exercises using an Amazon Web Services (AWS) free tier account to help you gain practical experience.

If you're interested in moving into a high-paying career working with cloud computing services - this is the best way to get started. You'll build knowledge from beginner level to advanced concepts, with plenty of opportunities to practice what you're learning.

This course is an excellent way to get started with cloud computing and also serves as a great starting point for those planning to earn their AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certifications (you will need additional courses aimed at those AWS certifications).

Watch the intro video to learn how this course will help you gain a solid understanding of cloud computing on AWS.

KEY SKILLS YOU WILL DEVELOP

Learn fundamental concepts of cloud computing and including storage, database, networking, virtualization, containers, and cloud architecture

Create an AWS Free Tier account and launch your first virtual servers (Amazon EC2 instances) on the AWS Cloud

Configure elasticity, high availability and fault tolerance using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

Create and configure storage services and upload files and objects using Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3

Launch a relational database on Amazon RDS and a NoSQL database using Amazon DynamoDB

Automatically deploy infrastructure using code through AWS CloudFormation

Create a Platform as a Service (PaaS) application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Learn how to use DevOps tools on AWS to automate a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline

Implement serverless computing and Docker containers on AWS using AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS

Create serverless event-driven architectures on Lambda

Create loosely coupled services with Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS

CORE TOPICS WE WILL COVER IN THIS CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS COURSE

IT Fundamentals

Gain an understanding of fundamental IT concepts, including:

Client / server computing

Storage concepts: block, file, and object

IP addressing and subnetting basics

Networking: routers and switches

Server virtualization and Docker containers

Application programming interfaces (APIs)

Cloud Computing Concepts

Learn about the key cloud computing concepts:

Legacy / traditional IT vs cloud computing

The advantages of cloud computing services

Cloud computing examples

Cloud computing service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

Cloud computing deployment models (private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, multicloud)

Scaling up vs scaling out

Load balancing

High availability and Fault tolerance

Monolithic vs microservices architectures

AWS Access Control and Networking

In this section you'll learn the basics of Amazon AWS and the AWS IAM and Amazon VPC:

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Creating AWS IAM users and groups

Cloud networking - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Creating custom Amazon VPCs

Cloud computing security - security groups and network ACLs

Creating security groups and NACLs

Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, and Load Balancing

Learn how to use Amazon AWS's IaaS platform and launch virtual servers on Amazon EC2:

Launching Amazon EC2 instances

Create a website on Amazon EC2

Using IAM Roles with EC2

Scaling with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Add high availability with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

AWS Storage Services

Use block, file, and object storage on AWS:

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Instance Stores

Amazon EBS snapshots and AMIs

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

AWS Databases

Use managed database services in the AWS Cloud:

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Create Amazon RDS DB with a Read Replica

Amazon DynamoDB

Create a DynamoDB table

Automation and DevOps on AWS

Learn how to automate deployment and management on AWS and use the AWS Developer Tools:

Deploy infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation

Deploy a Platform as a Service (PaaS) application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

AWS CodeCommit, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy

Create an AWS CodePipeline with AWS Elastic Beanstalk

DNS, Caching, and Performance Optimization

Use Amazon Route 53 for DNS resolution and domain registration

Use the Amazon CloudFront content delivery network (CDN)

AWS Global Accelerator

Containers and Serverless Computing

You'll learn about Docker containers and serverless computing:

Docker Containers on Amazon ECS

Serverless computing with AWS Lambda functions

Application integration services and loose coupling

Amazon EventBridge

WHAT DO OTHER STUDENTS SAY?

If you're new to cloud computing, this beginner-friendly course is the perfect place to get started. But don't just take our word for it – check out the excellent course reviews from thousands of happy students:

"Great experience, clearly presented and lots of hands on practice demos"

"Awesome, the flow of the session is very good; the trainer started from basics and then gradually moved to advanced topics. Highly recommended"

"I am a second-year CS student at one of the best unis in the UK. This lecturer explained my whole network module in literally 20 mins and I understood more than in my uni lectures. lol"

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Hi, I'm Neal Davis, and I'm delighted to be your instructor for this AWS Developer course. As the founder of Digital Cloud Training, I'm deeply committed to providing top-quality AWS certification training resources. I created this beginner's course to help you understand core cloud computing concepts & the basics of AWS. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the Cloud space, I'm excited to share my expertise with you on Udemy.

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Who this course is for:

• Anyone keen to learn about cloud computing
• Ideal for newbies to cloud computing
• Professionals keen to explore cloud computing services
• Anyone interested in understanding Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Aspiring developers who want to build applications on AWS
• Students keen to learn the fundamental concepts of cloud computing