AWS Cloud Roadmap
Master Amazon Web Services and cloud computing
About This Roadmap
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 services for compute, storage, databases, networking, machine learning, and more. As you master AWS, you will learn to design cloud architectures, deploy applications, manage infrastructure, implement security, optimize costs, and leverage various AWS services. This comprehensive roadmap covers AWS fundamentals, core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda), networking (VPC, Route 53), security (IAM, KMS), serverless computing, containers (ECS, EKS), databases, monitoring, and AWS best practices. AWS skills are in extremely high demand as companies migrate to the cloud. AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps) are highly valued. Cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and backend developers all benefit from AWS expertise.
Prerequisites
- Linux basics
- Networking fundamentals
- Basic programming
- Understanding of web applications
What You'll Learn
Complete Learning Path
6-8 weeks
1Cloud Computing
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, cloud benefits
2AWS Global Infrastructure
Regions, AZs, edge locations
3IAM
Users, groups, roles, policies, MFA
4AWS Console
Navigation, billing, support
10-12 weeks
1EC2
Instances, AMIs, security groups, key pairs
2S3
Buckets, objects, versioning, lifecycle policies
3VPC
Subnets, route tables, internet gateway, NAT
4RDS
Databases, backups, read replicas, Multi-AZ
8-10 weeks
1Lambda
Functions, triggers, layers, cold starts
2API Gateway
REST APIs, WebSocket, authentication
3ECS
Docker containers, task definitions, services
4EKS
Kubernetes on AWS, node groups, add-ons
8-10 weeks
1EBS
Block storage, volumes, snapshots
2EFS
File storage, mounting, performance
3DynamoDB
NoSQL, tables, indexes, streams
4ElastiCache
Redis, Memcached, caching strategies
8-10 weeks
1Route 53
DNS, routing policies, health checks
2CloudFront
CDN, distributions, caching
3Security
Security groups, NACLs, WAF, Shield
4KMS
Encryption, key management, secrets
6-8 weeks
1CloudWatch
Metrics, logs, alarms, dashboards
2CloudFormation
IaC, stacks, templates, change sets
3CI/CD
CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
4Certifications
Solutions Architect, Developer prep
Tools & Technologies
Career Opportunities
- Cloud Engineer
- AWS Solutions Architect
- DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Developer
- SRE
- Cloud Consultant