
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
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Module 1 – Monitoring, Reporting, and Automation
- Amazon CloudWatch Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards Logs and Events AWS CloudTrail – Auditing and governance AWS Config – Compliance and configuration tracking Automation using: AWS Systems Manager (Run Command, Patch Manager, Parameter Store) AWS Lambda CloudWatch Events & EventBridge Lab: Create CloudWatch dashboards, enable CloudTrail, automate EC2 patching with SSM
Module 2 – High Availability, Backup, and Recovery
- Auto Scaling & Elastic Load Balancing (HA setup) Multi-AZ deployments and failover strategies Backup and Restore for: EC2 (AMI, snapshots) RDS and DynamoDB backups S3 versioning and lifecycle policies Disaster Recovery Models: Pilot light, Warm standby, Multi-site Lab: Configure Multi-AZ RDS, set up Auto Scaling group with ELB, test backup & restore
Module 3 – Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Launching & configuring EC2 instances Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS CloudFormation AWS Elastic Beanstalk Managing resources with AWS CLI, SDKs, and Console EC2 Auto Recovery & EC2 Image Builder Lab: Deploy application stack using CloudFormation, create AMI with Image Builder
Module 4 – Security and Compliance
- Identity and Access Management (IAM): Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, MFA Encryption & Secrets Management: AWS KMS Secrets Manager SSM Parameter Store VPC Security: Security Groups vs. NACLs VPC Flow Logs Governance: AWS Organizations & Service Control Policies (SCPs) Resource-based policies (e.g., S3, Lambda) Lab: Configure IAM roles, enable MFA, encrypt S3 data, set SCPs in AWS Organizations
Module 5 – Networking and Content Delivery
- VPC Components: Subnets, Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways VPC Peering & Transit Gateway DNS & CDN: Route 53 (public/private DNS) CloudFront (CDN setup & caching) Hybrid Connectivity: VPN, Direct Connect basics Lab: Build VPC with public/private subnets, configure Route 53 hosted zones, integrate CloudFront
Module 6 – Cost and Performance Optimization
- Cost Management: AWS Budgets Cost Explorer Trusted Advisor Performance Optimization: EC2 Right-Sizing Choosing S3 storage tiers & EBS types Tuning compute, networking & database performance Lab: Create AWS Budgets, analyze cost in Cost Explorer, optimize EC2 instance types
Module 7 – Key AWS Services
- Exam Preparation Key AWS Services Covered: Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda Storage: EBS, S3, Glacier Networking: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray, AWS Config Security: IAM, KMS, Organizations Automation: Systems Manager, CloudFormation
Course Detail
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate – Training Curriculum
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Module 1 – Monitoring, Reporting, and Automation
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards
- Logs and Events
- AWS CloudTrail – Auditing and governance
- AWS Config – Compliance and configuration tracking
- Automation using:
- AWS Systems Manager (Run Command, Patch Manager, Parameter Store)
- AWS Lambda
- CloudWatch Events & EventBridge
- Lab: Create CloudWatch dashboards, enable CloudTrail, automate EC2 patching with SSM
- Amazon CloudWatch
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Module 2 – High Availability, Backup, and Recovery
- Auto Scaling & Elastic Load Balancing (HA setup)
- Multi-AZ deployments and failover strategies
- Backup and Restore for:
- EC2 (AMI, snapshots)
- RDS and DynamoDB backups
- S3 versioning and lifecycle policies
- Disaster Recovery Models: Pilot light, Warm standby, Multi-site
- Lab: Configure Multi-AZ RDS, set up Auto Scaling group with ELB, test backup & restore
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Module 3 – Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Launching & configuring EC2 instances
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Managing resources with AWS CLI, SDKs, and Console
- EC2 Auto Recovery & EC2 Image Builder
- Lab: Deploy application stack using CloudFormation, create AMI with Image Builder
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Module 4 – Security and Compliance
- Identity and Access Management (IAM):
- Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, MFA
- Encryption & Secrets Management:
- AWS KMS
- Secrets Manager
- SSM Parameter Store
- VPC Security:
- Security Groups vs. NACLs
- VPC Flow Logs
- Governance:
- AWS Organizations & Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Resource-based policies (e.g., S3, Lambda)
- Lab: Configure IAM roles, enable MFA, encrypt S3 data, set SCPs in AWS Organizations
- Identity and Access Management (IAM):
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Module 5 – Networking and Content Delivery
- VPC Components: Subnets, Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways
- VPC Peering & Transit Gateway
- DNS & CDN:
- Route 53 (public/private DNS)
- CloudFront (CDN setup & caching)
- Hybrid Connectivity: VPN, Direct Connect basics
- Lab: Build VPC with public/private subnets, configure Route 53 hosted zones, integrate CloudFront
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Module 6 – Cost and Performance Optimization
- Cost Management:
- AWS Budgets
- Cost Explorer
- Trusted Advisor
- Performance Optimization:
- EC2 Right-Sizing
- Choosing S3 storage tiers & EBS types
- Tuning compute, networking & database performance
- Lab: Create AWS Budgets, analyze cost in Cost Explorer, optimize EC2 instance types
- Cost Management:
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Module 7 – Key AWS Services & Exam Preparation
- Key AWS Services Covered:
- Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda
- Storage: EBS, S3, Glacier
- Networking: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray, AWS Config
- Security: IAM, KMS, Organizations
- Automation: Systems Manager, CloudFormation
- Exam Preparation:
- Domain weightage review
- Practice exam & Q&A
- Final tips and strategies
- Key AWS Services Covered:

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator