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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="4616" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/amazon-awssys" lastchanged="2025-12-24T11:12:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Cloud Operations on AWS (formerly Systems Operations)</title><productcode>AWSSYS</productcode><vendorcode>AW</vendorcode><vendorname>Amazon Web Services</vendorname><fullproductcode>AW-AWSSYS</fullproductcode><version>5</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;In this course, you will learn to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, an AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage access to AWS resources using AWS accounts and organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources by using AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Develop a resource deployment strategy using metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and AWS Control Tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automate resource deployment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through CloudOps lifecycle processes, such as deployments and patches&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure a highly available cloud environment that uses AWS services, such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing, to route traffic for optimal latency and performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to scale out your cloud environment based on demand&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features, such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets, to monitor your cloud environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS Cloud environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS Cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build a comprehensive cost model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs by using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost &amp;amp; Usage Report&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Successfully completed &lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/en/course/amazon-awse&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;AWS Technical Essentials &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(AWSE)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; course&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Background in either software development or systems administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This course is intended for:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Informational technology workers who want to increase their cloud operations knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;h4&gt;Day 1&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is Cloud Operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AWS Well-Architected Framework&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AWS Well-Architected Tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 2: Access Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 3: System Discovery&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Methods to interact with AWS services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tools for automating resource discovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 4: Deploy and Update Resources&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cloud Operations in deployments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tagging strategies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deployment using AWS Control Tower&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 5: Automate Resource Deployment&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deployment using AWS CloudFormation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deployment using AWS Service Catalog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Day 2&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 6: Manage Resources&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;AWS Systems Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 7: Configure Highly Available Systems&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Route 53&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 8: Automate Scaling&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scaling with Spot Instances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing licenses with AWS License Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 9: Monitor and Maintain System Health&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitoring AWS infrastructure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitoring applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 10: Data Security and System Auditing&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implementing detection mechanisms&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automating incident remediation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Day 3&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 11: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Networking beyond the VPC&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 12: Mountable Storage&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Amazon EBS snapshots&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating backup and data recovery plans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configuring shared file system storage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 13: Object Storage&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 14: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gaining AWS cost awareness&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using control mechanisms for cost management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Optimizing your AWS spend and usage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>In this course, you will learn to:


- Identify the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, an AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar
- Manage access to AWS resources using AWS accounts and organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources by using AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config
- Develop a resource deployment strategy using metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and AWS Control Tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment
- Automate resource deployment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog
- Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through CloudOps lifecycle processes, such as deployments and patches
- Configure a highly available cloud environment that uses AWS services, such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing, to route traffic for optimal latency and performance
- Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to scale out your cloud environment based on demand
- Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features, such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets, to monitor your cloud environment
- Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment by using AWS services, such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config
- Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service
- State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS Cloud environment
- Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS Cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier
- Build a comprehensive cost model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs by using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost &amp; Usage Report</objective_plain><essentials_plain>We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:



- Successfully completed AWS Technical Essentials (AWSE) course
- Background in either software development or systems administration
- Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows
- Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This course is intended for:



- System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud
- Informational technology workers who want to increase their cloud operations knowledge</audience_plain><outline_plain>Day 1

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS


- What is Cloud Operations
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- AWS Well-Architected Tool
Module 2: Access Management


- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations
Module 3: System Discovery


- Methods to interact with AWS services
- Tools for automating resource discovery
- Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
- Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config
Module 4: Deploy and Update Resources


- Cloud Operations in deployments
- Tagging strategies
- Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
- Deployment using AWS Control Tower
Module 5: Automate Resource Deployment


- Deployment using AWS CloudFormation
- Deployment using AWS Service Catalog
- Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code
Day 2

Module 6: Manage Resources


- AWS Systems Manager
- Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code
Module 7: Configure Highly Available Systems


- Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing
- Amazon Route 53
Module 8: Automate Scaling


- Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling
- Scaling with Spot Instances
- Managing licenses with AWS License Manager
Module 9: Monitor and Maintain System Health


- Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads
- Monitoring AWS infrastructure
- Monitoring applications
- Hands-On Lab: Monitor Applications and Infrastructure
Module 10: Data Security and System Auditing


- Maintaining a strong identity and access foundation
- Implementing detection mechanisms
- Automating incident remediation
Day 3

Module 11: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks


- Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
- Networking beyond the VPC
Module 12: Mountable Storage


- Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
- Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance
- Using Amazon EBS snapshots
- Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources
- Creating backup and data recovery plans
- Configuring shared file system storage
- Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery
Module 13: Object Storage


- Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
- Managing storage lifecycles on Amazon S3
Module 14: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization


- Gaining AWS cost awareness
- Using control mechanisms for cost management
- Optimizing your AWS spend and usage
- Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for CloudOps</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">1795.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">1795.00</price><price country="KZ" currency="USD">1500.00</price><price country="KE" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="KW" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="DZ" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="MA" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="TN" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="LB" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="JO" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="LR" currency="USD">1480.00</price><price country="AE" currency="USD">1750.00</price><price country="SA" currency="USD">1750.00</price><price country="OM" currency="USD">1750.00</price><price country="QA" currency="USD">1750.00</price><price country="ZA" currency="USD">1380.00</price><price country="AR" currency="USD">1395.00</price><price country="CL" currency="USD">1395.00</price><price country="PE" currency="USD">1395.00</price><price country="CO" currency="USD">1485.00</price><price country="MX" currency="USD">1485.00</price><price country="BR" currency="USD">1485.00</price><price country="P3" currency="USD">1395.00</price><price country="PA" currency="USD">1395.00</price><price country="CR" currency="USD">1485.00</price><price country="US" currency="USD">2025.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1450.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1500.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">1795.00</price><price country="RU" currency="RUB">127500.00</price><price country="SG" currency="USD">1895.00</price><price country="IL" currency="ILS">6230.00</price><price country="GR" currency="EUR">1500.00</price><price country="MK" currency="EUR">1500.00</price><price country="BE" currency="EUR">2095.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2095.00</price><price country="HU" currency="EUR">1500.00</price><price country="PL" currency="PLN">4500.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">2655.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2470.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">2795.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">2550.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>