Amazon Web Services Basic Cloud Concepts: Cloud Infrastructure

Name: Amazon Web Services Basic Cloud Concepts: Cloud Infrastructure
Author: Demetria Crawford

Learn the design principles from the AWS Well-Architected Framework

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Hello. My name is Demetria Crawford. In this lesson, we will review the AWS Well-Architected Framework. As a cloud professional, our goal is to design, implement, and maintain optimized solutions, which increase efficiency within an organization. If the foundation of a cloud solution is not solid, the chances of failure or loss of functionality is much higher. AWS provides the Well-Architected Framework as a standard to assist with operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization and sustainability. These are the six pillars of the framework. Let's take a look at the six design pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework whitepaper. First, we have operational excellence pillar. This includes the ability to develop and run effective cloud solutions while continuously improving processes to deliver value. There are five design principles for operational excellence in the cloud. The first is to perform operations as a code. The goal is to perform as many processes through computation, such as scripts or programs to minimize the possibility of human error. For example, instead of manually calculating inventory at the end of the day, create processes which will automate the daily inventory for you. The second design principle of operational excellence is to maintain frequent small, reversible changes. You wanna keep things manageable. The third design principle is to refine operation procedures frequently. Always look for ways to improve procedures. Review and validate current procedures and processes, and update them accordingly. Always validate the effectiveness of your processes and procedures. The fourth design principle is to anticipate failures, test your environment, create scenarios of possible issues, which could happen and test your solutions against them. Then will assist in creating responses for simulated events. Finally, we have learn from all operational failures. Always look for lessons learned. Failures happen, so take the lessons from what you've learned to build better processes or updates for the infrastructure. Our next design pillar is the design for security pillar. This focuses on the three principles of security, which are confidentiality, integrity and availability. We will spend some more time reviewing this pillar in another lesson. Next, we have the reliability pillar. This focuses on providing a cloud environment, which is available to perform the workloads it's designed for. When designing for reliability, we are creating a solution, which has high availability. This may be obtained through recovery planning or distributed system design. We will cover reliability as a part of designing for failure as well. Next, we have performance efficiency pillar. This focuses on delegating complex tasks to your cloud provider, rather than assigning them to employees. The use of specialized services, such as machine learning allows employees to focus on production development, rather than spending a lot of time focusing on complex decision making based on large amounts of data. Also, designing with serverless architecture removes the need for you to run and maintain physical servers. Next, we have the cost optimization pillar. This focuses on minimizing unnecessary cost. In order to accomplish this, selecting the right resources and scaling to meet business needs is required. Now, our last pillar, sustainability, focuses on minimizing the environmental impact of running cloud solutions. Understanding the responsibilities of the cloud provider and your responsibilities as a customer are required. AWS is responsible for optimizing the sustainability of the cloud by delivering efficient, shared infrastructure, water stewardship and sourcing renewable power. Customers are responsible for sustainability in the cloud by optimizing workloads and resources allocations. Now, in this lesson, we reviewed the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework as a concept to create efficient cloud solutions. If you would like to learn more about the six pillars, feel free to go to the AWS documentation. If you look at the top of our bar, we have Documentation. Go to View all Documentation. And type in AWS Well-Architected in the search bar and that will bring you to the whitepaper that we just reviewed. Thanks for watching. Stay tuned for the next lesson where I will review designing for optimized cost.

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Course Description

As cloud professionals, our goal is to design, implement, and maintain optimized solutions, which increase efficiency within an organization. This requires an expanded understanding of cloud infrastructure so that implementation can be successful. If the foundation of the cloud solution is not solid, the chances of failure or loss of functionality are much higher. AWS provides the AWS Well-Architected Framework, which describes important concepts, design standards, and architectural best practices for handling workloads on the cloud. The Well-Architected Framework consists of six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. Together, these pillars not only provide guiding principles for designing to optimize cost, but also to protect against failure and to provide optimal security. In these lessons covering Amazon Web Services Cloud Infrastructure, you will learn the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and the principles of cloud architecture, so you can determine if your design aligns with the best practices.

What You'll Learn

Describe the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability
Explain how to optimize cloud solutions for cost
Explain how to design cloud architecture for failure
Explain how to design cloud architecture for security
Apply the principles of cloud architecture to determine whether a design aligns with best practices

Key Takeaways

The AWS Well-Architected Framework describes important concepts, design standards, and architectural best practices for handling workloads on the cloud.
The Well-Architected Framework consists of six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.
Together, the pillars provide guiding principles for designing to optimize cost, protect against failure, and provide optimal security.
If the foundation of a cloud solution is not solid, the chances of failure or loss of functionality are much higher.
An expanded understanding of cloud infrastructure helps cloud professionals design, implement, and maintain optimized solutions that increase organizational efficiency.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

It covers Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure, teaching the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and the principles of cloud architecture so you can determine if your design aligns with best practices. Lessons include the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Design for Optimized Cost, Design for Failure, and Design for Security.

What are the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

The six pillars are Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.

Who is this course for?

It is aimed at cloud professionals whose goal is to design, implement, and maintain optimized solutions that increase efficiency within an organization.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course builds skills in Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Cloud Strategy, and Cloud-Native Infrastructure.

What will I be able to do after completing this course?

You will be able to describe the pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and explain how to optimize for cost, design for failure, and design for security.