Planning an AWS Outposts Implementation

In this course, you learn about implementation planning for AWS Outposts, including facilities requirements, networking requirements, Outposts security responsibility, and planning where to deploy your code. You learn how Outposts works with the AWS Cloud and on-premises systems. Finally, you learn about how Outposts integrates with other AWS services you may want to use.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 80 minutes

Activities

This course includes self-paced lessons in Articulate Rise, videos, and knowledge checks.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Explain Outposts
• Recall and explain the AWS shared responsibility model and how it differs for Outposts
• Identify Outposts implementation requirements
• Explain Outposts relationship with the AWS Region
• Illustrate Outposts and on-premises networking
• Explain similarities and differences between Outposts development and on-premises computing development

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• DevOps administrators
• SysOps administrators
• Facilities managers
• Network managers
• IT managers

Prerequisites

• None

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to AWS Outposts

• Course overview
• Outposts overview and use cases
• Implementation fundamentals

Module 2: Understanding security and compliance

• Outposts security and compliance overview
• AWS shared responsibility model for Outposts
• Securing Outposts

Module 3: Facilities planning

• Outposts data center requirements
• Installation process and access requirements

Module 4: Network planning

• Outposts solution connectivity overview
• Outposts relationship with AWS Cloud
• On-premises connectivity
• Connectivity between on-premises network and AWS Region

Module 5: Planning application deployment

• Location of AWS services
• Application deployment: Local vs. in-region