AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02): Reliability and Business Continuity

📖 Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of building reliable and highly available systems on AWS. Learners will explore scalability concepts, including vertical and horizontal scaling, and implement Auto Scaling solutions to dynamically handle workloads.

The course covers database reliability using Amazon RDS and Aurora, including Multi-AZ deployments, read replicas, and failover strategies. Learners will also design fault-tolerant systems using services like Amazon EFS, Elastic IPs, and S3 cross-region replication.

Additionally, the course introduces disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and loosely coupled architectures using services like Amazon SQS and DynamoDB Streams. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, learners will develop the skills needed to ensure business continuity and system resilience while preparing for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02) exam.

Who is this course for

• System administrators managing critical workloads

• DevOps engineers focused on uptime and resilience

• Cloud engineers designing fault-tolerant systems

• AWS certification aspirants (SysOps Administrator Associate)

• Professionals responsible for disaster recovery and business continuity

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Design scalable systems using Auto Scaling and elasticity principles

• Implement high availability using Multi-AZ and fault-tolerant architectures

• Configure and manage Amazon RDS and Aurora for reliability

• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies

• Use S3 cross-region replication and EBS snapshot automation

• Build loosely coupled systems using Amazon SQS and DynamoDB Streams

• Optimize system resilience and minimize downtime

• Prepare effectively for the SOA-C02 certification exam

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS)

• Familiarity with cloud architecture and system operations

• Some experience with AWS environments is helpful

• Basic knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery concepts (optional)

Course outline

Section 1: Building Scalable Systems

1. Elasticity and Scalability 101

2. Introducing AWS Auto Scaling

3. Lab: Creating Auto Scaling Plans

4. Troubleshooting Auto Scaling Issues

5. Vertical Scaling vs. Horizontal Scaling

6. Using AWS ElastiCache

Section 2: Scaling Aurora

1. Aurora 101

2. Creating an Amazon Aurora RDS Database (MySQL Compatible)

3. Understanding Aurora Auto Scaling Options

Section 3: RDS and Reliability

1. RDS and Multi-AZ Failover

2. RDS and Read Replicas

3. Deploy an Amazon RDS Multi-AZ and Read Replica in AWS

4. Lab: Creating and Encrypting RDS Snapshots

Section 4: Building Reliable Systems

1. Differentiating Single Availability Zones vs. Multi-AZ Deployments

2. Implementing Fault Tolerant Workloads Using Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

3. Building Fault Tolerance Using Elastic IPs

4. Readying for Disaster Recovery

5. AWS Service Maintenance Windows

6. Configuring S3 Cross-Region Replication

7. Implementing Loosely Coupled Architectures with SQS

8. Lab: Automating EBS Snapshots Using Data Lifecycle Manager

9. Using DynamoDB Streams for Backing Up Your Table to Another Region

Section 5: Summary

1. Review: Reliability and Business Continuity Summary - Part 1

2. Review: Reliability and Business Continuity Summary - Part 2

3. Reliability and Business Continuity Quiz