AWS Cloud Practitioner Foundations
BeginnerAmazon Web Services (AWS) · 9 lessons · 1h 23m
The core AWS services, pricing model and architecture concepts every cloud professional needs.
What this course covers
Start from zero and build a working mental model of AWS — compute, storage, networking, identity and billing — the same foundation the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam covers, taught through the lens of real-world usage rather than exam trivia.
Ananya Rao
Cloud Solutions Architect
Course outline
Module 1: Getting Oriented in AWS
- 📄What AWS actually is, and why it won6 min
- 📄Regions, Availability Zones and edge locations8 min
- 📄The AWS shared responsibility model7 min
Module 2: Core Services: Compute, Storage & Networking
- 📄EC2: instances, AMIs and instance types9 min
- 📄S3: buckets, storage classes and durability8 min
- 📄VPC basics: subnets, route tables and security groups10 min
- 🔗Further reading: AWS Well-Architected Framework20 min
Module 3: Identity, Billing & Support
- 📄IAM: users, roles, groups and policies9 min
- 📄Understanding your AWS bill6 min
📝 AWS Foundations Check(pass at 70%)
🔒 AWS Cloud Practitioner — Final Exam(proctored · 30 min · pass at 70% · camera required)
Final proctored exam — the exam screen locks immediately if you switch tabs, exit fullscreen, or lose window focus. Passing it (plus finishing every lesson) is what unlocks your certificate.
Enroll to unlock the exam.
Hands-on labs for this course
Practice what you learn in real lab environments — book access any time.
Amazon EC2
Launch and manage EC2 instances in an isolated sandbox account.
Amazon S3
S3 buckets pre-provisioned for object storage, versioning and lifecycle labs.
Amazon RDS
Managed relational databases on RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server & more).
AWS IAM
Sandbox for practicing IAM users, roles, policies and permission boundaries.
Learning materials
Downloadable PDF references for this course, organized by topic.
AWS Quick Reference Guide
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