AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional Prep

We'll show you how to architect scalable and resilient pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, focusing on parallel actions and deployment strategies.

Learn to optimize build times with CodeBuild project caching, buildspec configurations, and managing build environments.

A problem-solving session on implementing blue/green and canary deployments using CodeDeploy, including hooks and rollback mechanisms.

Step-by-step guide to building complex, multi-stage pipelines with approval gates and conditional execution paths.

Master CloudFormation templates, nested stacks, and change sets for predictable and repeatable infrastructure deployments.

Learn to manage infrastructure across multiple regions and accounts and detect configuration drift effectively.

Explore the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for defining infrastructure in familiar programming languages and synthesizing CloudFormation.

A real case study analysis on securing secrets with AWS Secrets Manager, artifact encryption, and IAM role assumption in pipelines.

We'll diagnose and solve common issues in CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy to prepare you for scenario-based questions.

Learn how to use State Manager, Patch Manager, and Parameter Store for consistent configuration and patching at scale.

We'll build a solution using CloudWatch Logs, Subscription Filters, and Kinesis Data Firehose to aggregate logs from multiple accounts.

A hands-on guide to creating meaningful metrics, alarms, and dashboards to monitor application health and infrastructure performance.

Understand how to instrument your applications with X-Ray to analyze and debug performance bottlenecks in complex microservices.

Learn to build decoupled, event-driven architectures using EventBridge rules to react to changes in your AWS environment in real-time.

We'll create a real-world solution that automatically responds to CloudWatch alarms by invoking a Lambda function to remediate issues.

A practical look at using Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Trusted Advisor to identify and act on cost-saving opportunities in DevOps workflows.

A deep dive into AWS KMS, Secrets Manager, and Systems Manager Parameter Store for managing sensitive data securely.

We'll configure Security Groups, NACLs, and VPC Flow Logs to secure network access and monitor traffic patterns for anomalies.

Learn to deploy Config rules to continuously audit and assess whether your AWS resources comply with your security policies.

Understand how GuardDuty uses machine learning to detect malicious activity and how to integrate it with your incident response workflow.

A step-by-step guide to deploying WAF rules to block common web exploits and using Shield for DDoS protection.

We'll design a secure multi-account strategy using Organizations and IAM roles for centralized access control and auditing.

Learn how to enable and analyze CloudTrail logs to track user activity and API usage for security investigations and compliance.

A practical problem-solving session on enabling encryption by default and managing encryption keys for various data stores.

Explore strategies for backup, restore, and failover using AWS Backup, RDS snapshots, and multi-region deployments.

We'll review best practices for securing Lambda functions, API Gateway, and event sources to minimize your attack surface.

We'll analyze architectures for EC2, RDS, and serverless applications to ensure they can handle component failures gracefully.

Learn to configure backup plans, vaults, and lifecycle policies to automate data protection for EBS, RDS, and DynamoDB.

A deep dive into EC2 Auto Scaling groups, target tracking policies, and Application Load Balancer configurations for dynamic workloads.

Explore patterns for active-active and active-passive setups using Route 53, Global Accelerator, and data replication services.

We'll configure highly available databases and understand the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency.

Learn to use S3 storage classes, cross-region replication, and lifecycle policies to optimize for cost and data durability.

A step-by-step guide to setting up health checks and failover routing policies to automatically redirect traffic during outages.

We'll build a resilient, decoupled system using SQS queues and SNS topics to handle traffic spikes and prevent data loss.

Master complex ALB and NLB configurations, including path-based routing and SSL termination for multi-tier applications.

A comprehensive review of the most critical concepts and services, walking through sample exam-style scenarios to test your knowledge.