🟢 1. Cloud Fundamentals
Before diving into AWS, understand:
What is cloud computing?
IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS
Regions and Availability Zones
Shared Responsibility Model
Recommended: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
🔵 2. Core AWS Services
Start with the building blocks:
Category Services
Compute EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk
Storage S3, EBS, Glacier
Databases RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora
Networking VPC, Route 53, CloudFront
Security IAM, KMS, Cognito
🟣 3. Hands-On Projects
Host a static website on S3
Deploy a serverless function with Lambda
Launch a WordPress site on EC2
Build a REST API with API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB
🟠4. DevOps & Automation
Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, Terraform
CI/CD: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray
Containerization: ECS, EKS, Fargate
🟡 5. Security & Identity
IAM: Users, Roles, Policies
MFA and access keys
Encryption with KMS
VPC security groups and NACLs
Compliance and auditing with AWS Config and CloudTrail
🟤 6. Advanced Architecture
Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
Multi-tier architecture
High availability and fault tolerance
Disaster recovery strategies
Hybrid cloud and VPNs
⚪ 7. Specialized Services
Explore based on your goals:
Goal Services
AI/ML SageMaker, Rekognition, Comprehend
Big Data EMR, Athena, Glue, Redshift
IoT AWS IoT Core, Greengrass
Mobile/Web Apps Amplify, AppSync
🚀 8. Certifications Path
Level Certification
Beginner Cloud Practitioner
Associate Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps Admin
Professional Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer
Specialty Security, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, etc.
📚 Recommended Resources
Type Resource
Docs AWS Documentation
Interactive AWS Skill Builder
Courses A Cloud Guru, freeCodeCamp, Coursera
Practice AWS Labs on GitHub, Qwiklabs
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