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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Amazon Networking Services

In the previous chapters, we learned about Amazon compute and storage services, focusing on EC2, EBS, EFS, and S3. We provisioned EC2 instances and the cloud storage that can be used by EC2 and other services. In this chapter, we will discuss Amazon cloud networking, where all the cloud resources are connected and communicate with each other.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Computer network basics – the fundamental network concepts, such as IP address, network address, and CIDR notation.
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) – the Amazon cloud network where EC2 and other services communicate with each other. We will provision VPCs, subnets, and EC2 instances in the VPC/subnets and explore EC2 instance communications within the VPC and to the internet.
  • AWS network security – this becomes a priority once our VPC and EC2 instances are exposed to the internet. We will show how to build and configure network...