AWS Fundamentals – From Basics to Cloud-Native Deployment

Module 1: IT & Infrastructure Basics

1. Introduction to Servers

   • What is a server

   • Types of servers (physical vs virtual)

   • On-premise infrastructure overview

2. Introduction to Virtualization

   • What is virtualization

   • Hypervisors (Type 1 & Type 2)

   • Benefits of virtualization

Module 2: Cloud Computing Fundamentals

3. Introduction to Cloud Computing

   • What is cloud computing

   • Why cloud over traditional infrastructure

4. Cloud Service Models

   • IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (with real-world examples)

5. Cloud Deployment Models

   • Public Cloud

   • Private Cloud

   • Hybrid Cloud

   • Multi-Cloud (brief overview – modern relevance)

Module 3: AWS Overview

6. Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   • What is AWS

   • Global infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge Locations)

   • AWS Shared Responsibility Model

   • AWS pricing basics

Module 4: Compute Services (EC2)

7. Introduction to AWS EC2

   • EC2 instances

   • Instance types

   • AMIs

   • EBS volumes

   • Auto Scaling Groups (ASG)

8. Hands-on: Launching Your First EC2 Instance

   • Key pairs & security groups

   • Connecting to EC2

9. Hands-on: Deploying Your First Application on EC2

   • Web server setup

   • Application deployment basics

Module 5: Storage Services

10. Introduction to Amazon S3

    • Buckets & objects

    • Storage classes

    • S3 security basics

11. Hands-on: Hosting a Static Website on S3

Module 6: Networking (VPC)

12. Introduction to Amazon VPC

    • VPC, subnets

    • Route tables

    • Internet Gateway & NAT Gateway

    • Security Groups vs NACLs

13. Hands-on: Creating and Configuring a VPC

Module 7: Identity & Security

14. Introduction to AWS IAM

    • Users, groups, roles

    • Policies

    • IAM best practices

15. Hands-on: IAM Configuration & Access Management

Module 8: Monitoring & Serverless

16. Introduction to AWS Lambda

    • Serverless concepts

    • Use cases

17. Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch

    • Metrics

    • Logs

    • Alarms

Module 9: Databases

18. Introduction to Amazon RDS

    • Managed databases

    • RDS vs EC2-hosted DB

    • Backup & high availability basics

Module 10: Containers & Container Orchestration

19. Introduction to Containerization

    • What are containers

    • Containers vs virtual machines

20. Introduction to Docker

    • Docker architecture

    • Images & containers

21. Hands-on: Deploying an Application Using Docker

Module 11: Kubernetes & EKS

22. Introduction to Kubernetes

    • Kubernetes architecture

    • Pods, services, deployments

23. Introduction to Amazon EKS

    • Why EKS

    • EKS architecture overview

24. Hands-on: Deploying an Application on Amazon EKS

Module 12: CI/CD Fundamentals

25. What is CI/CD

    • Continuous Integration

    • Continuous Delivery & Deployment

    • DevOps lifecycle overview

26. Hands-on Project: CI/CD Using Jenkins

    • Jenkins setup

    • Build & deploy pipeline

27. End-to-End CI/CD Pipeline

    • Code → Build → Test → Deploy

    • EC2 / Docker / EKS integration

Module 13: Course Wrap-Up

28. Final Review & Wrap-Up Session

    • Recap of AWS services

    • Real-world use cases

    • Next steps & learning roadmap

Outcome of This Course

By the end of this course, learners will:

• Understand AWS core services

• Deploy applications on EC2, S3, Docker, and EKS

• Build a basic end-to-end CI/CD pipeline

• Gain strong cloud & DevOps fundamentals