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Cloud Computing Security

In this MOOC, we will learn Cloud Computing basics using AWS as an example, We will guide you to create AWS account, planning AWS resources for your cloud systems, create AWS EC2 instances, access them and configure the popular LAMP web services with MySQL database. We will guide you to create user accounts for your programmer or operators using AWS Identify and Access management GUI, Register your domain name and setup DNS entry for your servers using AWS Route 53 in 22 mintues! and show you how to use AWS Command Line interface to create and managing instances and services programmatically. We then introduce AWS Load balancing feature, create load balancing cluster for scalability and reliability. We also demonstrate how to diagnose the problem introduced by the health check and firewall restriction conflicts. By the end of this course, you should be able to create your own web cluster with mysql databases, setup your users with credentials to manage your AWS resources/virtual machines either through their management control interface or using AWS CLI API using scripts. You will also learn the best practice in cloud security and debugging service interaction issues may arise in the cloud systems.

Status: Apache
Status: Cloud Computing
BeginnerCourse13 hours

Featured reviews

JC

5.0Reviewed Jul 11, 2019

It's a very good course with a good mix of fundamental understanding of AWS concepts and hands on experience on basic configurations. It really helped me in enhancing my Cloud Security skills.

GB

5.0Reviewed Mar 19, 2019

Learned a lot about AWS and some techniques in clous security

AA

5.0Reviewed Feb 18, 2019

very useful and interesting to learn more about cloud computing and secuirty

FS

5.0Reviewed Aug 18, 2022

good basic course on cloud computing and basic security configuration on AWS

PC

5.0Reviewed Jan 20, 2020

Very good course giving exposure to fundamentals of Cloud Computing & various AWS Security platforms.

SG

5.0Reviewed Feb 20, 2019

good type of teaching , this will useful to everyone

JG

5.0Reviewed Dec 10, 2020

Great Course! Very informational and the activities are helpful for skill enhancement. Thanks.

MS

5.0Reviewed Jul 16, 2020

i enjoyed doing this course, it has covered all the basics for AWS.

AS

4.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2023

A Cloud security review will ensure your organisation data exposure is significantly reduced and your ability to maintain legal and regulatory compliance is maintained or enhanced.

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