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Major Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, and HostupCloud (Our Own IaaS)

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Introduction to the Course What Is Cloud Computing? Definition and NIST Model Why Cloud Computing? Business Drivers, Cost Savings, Agility History of Cloud Computing: Mainframes to Hyperscale Cloud Service Models: IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS with Real Examples Cloud Deployment Models: Public, Private, Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Major Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, and HostupCloud (Our Own IaaS)Cloud Economics: CapEx vs OpEx, Pay-As-You-Go, TCO Analysis Key Cloud Terminology: Regions, AZs, Edge Locations, Elasticity HostupCloud: Our Own IaaS Platform and Data Centers Case Study: How Netflix Migrated to the Cloud Quiz, Homework and Handouts Terminal Demo: Cloud Server Management

What Is a Data Center? Purpose, Evolution, and Role in Cloud

Data Center Tiers: Tier I Through Tier IV (Uptime Institute)

Physical Infrastructure: Racks, Servers, Cabling, Floor Planning

Server Types: Blade, Rack-Mount, Tower, and Custom Hardware

Power Systems: Utility Feeds, UPS, Generators, PDUs

Power Redundancy: N+1 and 2N Configurations

Cooling: CRAC/CRAH Units, Hot/Cold Aisle Containment

Liquid Cooling and Immersion Cooling Technologies

Physical Security: Biometrics, Mantraps, CCTV, Security Zones

Network Infrastructure: Top-of-Rack, Spine-Leaf, Core/Aggregation/Access

Hyperscale Data Centers: How AWS, Google, Microsoft, and HostupCloud Build

Sustainability: PUE, Renewable Energy, Carbon Neutrality

HostupCloud Data Center: Our Infrastructure and Architecture

Case Study: Inside a Google Data Center (Virtual Tour)

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

What Is Virtualization? Concept, History, and Why It Matters

Hypervisors: Type 1 (Bare-Metal) vs Type 2 (Hosted)

VMware, Hyper-V, KVM: Comparing Hypervisors

Virtual Machines Deep Dive: Creating, Configuring, Managing

Containers: What They Are and How They Differ from VMs

Docker Fundamentals: Images, Containers, Dockerfiles

Docker in Practice: Building and Running Containerized Apps

Docker Hub and Container Registries

Container Orchestration: Why You Need It

Kubernetes Fundamentals: Pods, Nodes, Clusters, Deployments

Kubernetes Services, Ingress, and Networking

Kubernetes in Practice: Deploying a Multi-Container App

VMs vs Containers: Decision Framework

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Cloud Compute Overview: VMs to Serverless Spectrum

Virtual Machines: EC2 (AWS), Azure VMs, Compute Engine (GCP), HostupCloud VMs

Instance Families, Sizes, and Pricing (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot)

Serverless Computing: What No Server Really Means

AWS Lambda Deep Dive: Triggers, Functions, Cold Starts

Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions

Container Services: ECS, EKS, Azure Container Instances, Cloud Run, HostupCloud Containers

Auto Scaling: Horizontal vs Vertical, Policies, Predictive Scaling

Load Balancing: ALB, NLB, Gateway LB, Health Checks

Elastic Beanstalk and App Services: PaaS Made Simple

HostupCloud Compute: VM Provisioning and Management

Practical: Designing a Highly Available Web Application

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Cloud Storage Overview: Why It's Different

Block Storage: EBS, Azure Managed Disks, Persistent Disks

File Storage: EFS, FSx, Azure Files, Filestore

Object Storage: Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, HostupCloud S3

S3 Masterclass: Buckets, Versioning, Encryption, Policies

Storage Classes and Lifecycle: Standard, IA, Glacier, Intelligent-Tiering

CDN with Object Storage: CloudFront Distribution

Backup Strategies: Snapshots, AWS Backup, Cross-Region Replication

Disaster Recovery: Backup & Restore, Pilot Light, Warm Standby, Active-Active

Data Transfer: Snowball, DataSync, Storage Gateway, Transfer Acceleration

HostupCloud Storage: S3-Compatible Object Storage and Block Volumes

Practical: Cost-Optimized Storage Architecture for a Media Company

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Networking Refresher: IP, Subnets, CIDR, TCP/UDP, OSI

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Your Isolated Network

Subnets: Public vs Private, Route Tables, Segmentation

Internet Gateway and NAT Gateway

Security Groups and NACLs: Stateful vs Stateless

VPC Peering and Transit Gateway

DNS in the Cloud: Route 53, Azure DNS, Cloud DNS

CDN: CloudFront, Azure CDN, Cloud CDN

VPN and Direct Connect / ExpressRoute

Elastic Load Balancing and Global Accelerator

Network Monitoring: VPC Flow Logs, Network Watcher

HostupCloud Networking: VPC, Firewall, and Load Balancer Setup

Practical: Multi-Tier, Multi-Region Network Architecture

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Shared Responsibility Model: Provider vs Customer

IAM: Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies

IAM Best Practices: Least Privilege, Permission Boundaries

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Setup and Enforcement

Federation and SSO: SAML, OIDC, AWS SSO, Azure AD, HostupCloud SSO

Encryption at Rest: KMS, Key Rotation, Server vs Client Side

Encryption in Transit: TLS/SSL, Certificate Manager

Secrets Management: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault

Network Security: WAF, Shield, DDoS Protection, GuardDuty

Compliance: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR

Security Logging: CloudTrail, AWS Config, Security Hub

Incident Response in the Cloud

HostupCloud Security: IAM, Firewalls, and Auth System

Practical: Securing a Healthcare App for HIPAA Compliance

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Database Fundamentals: Relational vs Non-Relational, ACID vs BASE

Managed vs Self-Managed: Why Managed Saves Time

Amazon RDS: Multi-AZ, Read Replicas, Backups

Amazon Aurora: Cloud-Native High-Performance Database

Azure SQL and Cloud SQL: Managed Relational on Azure/GCP

NoSQL: DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Firestore Explained

DynamoDB Masterclass: Tables, Partitions, Indexes, Streams

In-Memory: ElastiCache (Redis/Memcached), DAX

Data Warehousing: Redshift, BigQuery, Synapse Analytics

Database Migration: AWS DMS, Schema Conversion Tool

Choosing the Right Database: Decision Framework

Practical: Database Architecture for E-Commerce Platform

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Why Monitoring Matters: Metrics, Logs, Traces

Amazon CloudWatch: Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards

Azure Monitor and Google Cloud Operations

Centralized Logging: CloudWatch Logs, ELK/OpenSearch

Distributed Tracing: X-Ray, Application Insights

Alerting: SNS, PagerDuty, On-Call Best Practices

Understanding Your Cloud Bill: Cost Explorer, Usage Reports

Cost Optimization: Right-Sizing, Reserved, Savings Plans, Spot

Tagging and Cost Allocation for Accountability

Budgets, Alerts, and Spending Limits

FinOps: Cloud Financial Management Practice

Practical: Monitoring and Cost Dashboard for a Startup

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

What Is DevOps? Culture, Practices, Lifecycle

Version Control with Git: Repos, Branching, Merging, PRs

Git in Practice: GitHub, GitLab, Collaborative Workflows

Continuous Integration (CI): Automated Building and Testing

Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD): Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling

CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Why Clicking Doesn't Scale

AWS CloudFormation: Templates, Stacks, Drift Detection

Terraform Fundamentals: Providers, Resources, State, Plan, Apply

Terraform in Practice: Modules, Workspaces, Remote State

Ansible: Playbooks, Roles, and Idempotency

Immutable Infrastructure: Building AMIs with Packer

GitOps: ArgoCD, Flux, Declarative Kubernetes

HostupCloud DevOps: CI/CD with HostupCloud Infrastructure

Practical: Full CI/CD Pipeline for Microservices

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Microservices Architecture: Principles and Anti-Patterns

API Gateway, Service Discovery, Event-Driven Communication

Serverless Patterns: Event-Driven, Fan-Out, Saga

Step Functions and Durable Functions: Orchestrating Workflows

Edge Computing: Lambda@Edge, CloudFront Functions

AI and ML in the Cloud: SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI

Big Data: EMR, Glue, Kinesis, Streaming Analytics

Cloud Migration: The 7 R's Strategy

Building a Migration Plan: Assessment, Landing Zone, Cutover

Well-Architected Framework: 6 Pillars Deep Dive

High Availability: Multi-AZ, Multi-Region, Chaos Engineering

HostupCloud as Your Private Cloud: Building Your Own IaaS

Multi-Cloud Strategies: Benefits and Complexity

Cloud-Native Patterns: 12-Factor App, Sidecar, Strangler Fig

Practical: Reviewing a Production Multi-Region SaaS Platform

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Why Get Certified? Career Impact and Salary Data

AWS Certification Path: Practitioner to Specialty

AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Breakdown

AWS Solutions Architect Associate: Preparation Guide

Azure Certifications: AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400

GCP Certifications: Digital Leader, Associate, Professional

HostupCloud Certified Practitioner: Our Own Certification Path

Multi-Cloud Certs: Terraform, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), CompTIA

Cloud Career Roles: Engineer, Architect, DevOps, SRE, Security

Building Your Portfolio: GitHub, Blog, Open Source, Homelab

Networking and Community: Conferences and Online Groups

Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Cloud Interview Landscape: What Companies Look For

Top 30 Cloud Computing Conceptual Questions