Serverless computing in AWS

Name: Serverless computing in AWS
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Using serverless components on AWS for hosting a website

Created byAlan Rodrigues

Last updated 11/2018

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What you'll learn

Understand how to host a static web site using the Simple Storage service
Understand how to work with DynamoDB tables
Understand the basics of using Node JS with AWS Services
Understand how to use functions in AWS Lambda
Understand how to use the API gateway service

Course content

7 sections • 57 lectures • 4h 14m total length

Evolution of Infrastructure8:24
This chapter looks at the Evolution of Infrastructure
Introduction to Amazon Web Services2:11
This chapter looks at Amazon Web services
What are we going to cover3:27
This chapter looks at what is going to be covered in this course
Starting with development3:34
This chapter looks at starting with development
The AWS Free Tier Account3:26
This chapter looks at the Free Tier account
Lab - Creating IAM users6:36
This chapter looks at creating IAM users
Recap1:18
This chapter looks at a recap of this section

Agenda0:59
Compare hosting a static site on the simple storage service with the elastic compute service, and review Route 53, identity and access management policies, and AWS CLI for API calls.
What is the Simple Storage Service3:16
This chapter looks at the simple storage service
Lab - Simple Storage Service4:00
This chapter looks at a demo on the simple storage service
What is Route 534:27
This chapter looks at Route 53
Lab - Using EC2 to host a static web site7:28
This chapter looks at using EC2 to host a static web site
Lab - Using S3 to host a static web site9:15
This chapter looks at using S3 to host a static web site
Using the command Line Interface6:24
IAM Policies4:04
This chapter looks at IAM Policies
Lab - IAM Policies9:04
This chapter looks at a Lab on IAM Policies

Agenda2:17
Working with DynamoDB via the CLI7:45
What is Node.js2:03
This chapter looks at Node.js
Lab - Setting up Node.js6:26
This chapter looks at setting up Node.js to work with AWS
Lab - Node.js and DynamoDB3:25
This chapter looks at using Node.js with DynamoDB
Lab - Python and S35:09
Lab - Python and DynamoDB3:27
Describe using the Python low-level DynamoDB client to describe a table, get an item by ID, and put new items, highlighting attribute definitions, hash key ID, and read/write capacity.

Agenda0:55
What is AWS Lambda4:40
This chapter looks at AWS Lambda
Lab - Using AWS Lambda7:12
This chapter looks at a Lab on AWS Lambda
Additional aspects on AWS Lambda3:53
IAM Roles5:28
This chapter looks at IAM Roles
Lab - AWS Lambda and Event Data6:22
This chapter looks at AWS Lambda and Event Data
AWS Lambda and S3 - Node.js5:01
This chapter looks at using AWS Lambda with S3
Monitoring AWS Lambda3:11
This chapter looks at monitoring AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda and S3 trigger - Node.js5:32
This chapter looks at AWS Lambda and S3 triggers
AWS Lambda and DynamoDB - Node.js3:32
This chapter looks at AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
Lab - AWS Lambda and S3 - Python3:41
Lab - AWS Lambda and S3 trigger - Python2:29
Configure an S3 trigger to invoke a Lambda function in Python whenever a file is uploaded to a bucket, capturing the bucket name and object key from the event.
Lab - AWS Lambda and DynamoDB - Python3:27

Agenda0:38
Introduction to the API gateway service7:31
Lab - Creating an API5:52
Build a serverless API in AWS using API Gateway, creating resources like customers and products, and connect GET/POST methods to a Lambda function that accesses DynamoDB.
Lab - Working with POST Data8:05
AWS API Gateway and Lambda - Python2:33
Lab - Deploying the API5:13
Deploy your API in AWS API gateway, create stages (production and staging), and test external invocation with Postman by sending POST requests to the deployed endpoint.
Lab - Calling the API from a Web page3:07
The complete picture2:10
Learn a complete serverless architecture where a static site on s3 triggers api gateway, invoking lambda to access dynamodb.
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Requirements

Have prior knowledge on development of web applications
Basic understanding on databases
Understanding on any one programming language - JavaScript , .Net , Java , python

Description

This course is designed for students who want to have a better idea of building and deploying web based applications using serverless components on AWS. In this course we will touch upon the following

Hosting a static web site using the Elastic Compute Cloud service
Hosting a static web site using the Simple Storage service
Working with DynamoDB
Working with AWS Lambda
Using Node.js as the underlying runtime for our server side Javascript
Using the API gateway service
Putting all the serverless components together for our application

Who this course is for:

Those who want to know the various serverless services in AWS
Those who want to know how to build and deploy web application using serverless components in AWS

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 29min

Simple Storage Service9 lectures • 49min

DynamoDB5 lectures • 21min

Node.js and Python with AWS7 lectures • 31min

AWS Lambda13 lectures • 55min

API Gateway Service8 lectures • 35min

Personal Project8 lectures • 34min

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