AWS Transfer Family (SFTP, FTPS, FTP) Primer

AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed, secure support for file transfers directly into and out of Amazon S3 with support for Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol over SSL (FTPS), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The AWS Transfer Family expands the options available to seamlessly migrate your file transfer workflows to AWS by integrating with existing clients, authentication systems, and scripts.

This course teaches you about the AWS Transfer Family service. You learn what the service is and how it works. The benefits of using this service are explained so that you can determine why you should use it. You are provided with a high-level view of the architecture of AWS Transfer Family using the SFTP protocol so that you can understand how to access it on premises, and how your data is stored in AWS. There are also several brief demos that show you how to set up and access the service using the AWS Management Console.A “What’s new” section has been added to this course to provide you with the latest information about AWS Transfer Family.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 50 minutes

Activities

This course includes reading modules and video demonstrations.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Describe what AWS Transfer Family (SFTP) is and what it does
• Explain the benefits of AWS Transfer Family (SFTP)
• Diagram architecturally how AWS Transfer Family (SFTP) works
• Use the AWS Transfer Family console to configure an SFTP server and add users
• Monitor SFTP usage
• Summarize the use cases for AWS Transfer Family (SFTP)
• Describe the AWS Transfer Family pricing model
• Explain the changes to the AWS Transfer Family service

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Cloud architects
• Storage engineers
• Systems administrators
• Operations administrators

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or equivalent knowledge

Course outline

AWS Transfer for SFTP Overview

• Secure Shell Protocol
• Features of SFTP
• Supported clients

AWS Transfer for SFTP architecture

• Managing hostnames and users
• Cloud based solution
• Virtual Private Cloud

AWS Transfer for SFTP demo

• Getting started
• AWS SFTP demo introduction
• AWS SFTP demo
• Demo: Creating a scope down policy

Monitor AWS SFTP usage and track users activity

• Create a Amazon CloudWatch policies and roles
• Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch
• Using AWS CloudTrail

Monitoring AWS SFTP users demo

• Monitoring SFTP users demo
• Amazon CloudWatch demo

Use cases for AWS SFTP

• Common use cases
• FINRA case study

Pricing model

• Pricing model for AWS Transfer for SFTP
• Pricing examples: light use/heavy use

Key takeaways

• Takeaways
• Resources
• Summary

What’s new

• What is AWS Transfer Family?
• Supported transfer protocols
• Internal vs. external clients
• AWS Transfer Family architecture
• Configuring AWS Transfer Family demo
• Additional resources

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