Understand what cloud is: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, shared responsibility model, regions, and why companies migrate to cloud.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Set up a free-tier AWS account. Deploy a static website to S3 with CloudFront CDN. Calculate the monthly cost for 10K visitors.
Design VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, and VPN/peering connections. Networking is where most cloud architectures fail.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Design a multi-tier VPC: public subnet for ALB, private subnets for app servers and databases, NAT gateway for outbound. Draw the architecture diagram.
Master EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS for compute and S3, EBS, EFS for storage. Know when to use which service and how to optimize costs.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Deploy the same app three ways: EC2, Lambda, and ECS. Compare cost, performance, and operational overhead.
Managed databases are a superpower. Learn RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and how to pick the right database for each workload.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Design the database architecture for a high-traffic Indian e-commerce platform: RDS for transactions, DynamoDB for cart, ElastiCache for sessions.
Real architects never click in the console. Master Terraform or CloudFormation to define, version, and reproduce entire environments.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Write Terraform for a complete production environment: VPC, ALB, ECS cluster, RDS, S3, IAM. Make it replicable across staging/prod.
Design secure architectures. Master IAM, encryption at rest/transit, WAF, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and compliance frameworks.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Audit your Terraform infrastructure for security: IAM over-permissions, unencrypted resources, public access. Fix every issue.
Design systems that survive failures. Learn multi-AZ, multi-region, auto-scaling, backup strategies, and RTO/RPO planning.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Design a multi-region active-active architecture for a payment gateway. Document failover procedures and run a chaos test.
Recommended Resources
Cloud bills can explode. Learn to analyze costs, right-size resources, use reserved/spot instances, and implement tagging strategies.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Take a sample AWS bill and cut it by 40%: identify waste, right-size instances, recommend reserved capacity, and implement budget alerts.
Cloud certifications matter for architects. Prepare for AWS Solutions Architect Associate, then Professional. Interview prep focuses on design scenarios.
By the end, you'll be able to
Mini-project
Take 5 practice exams, design architectures for 10 common scenarios (e-commerce, streaming, IoT), and do 3 mock interviews.
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