21-day roadmap for AWS Solutions Architect

Week 1: Core AWS Concepts and Compute

Day 1: AWS Global Infrastructure

●​ Concepts:
○​ AWS Regions, Availability Zones (AZs), Edge Locations.
○​ Shared Responsibility Model.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand how AWS operates globally and ensures redundancy.
○​ Learn which components are global, regional, or specific to AZs.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Use the AWS Management Console to explore available regions.
○​ Identify the services that are region-specific.

Day 2: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

●​ Concepts:
○​ IAM roles, users, groups, and policies.
○​ Access keys and MFA.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Create least privilege policies.
○​ Understand IAM best practices.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create IAM users with specific permissions.
○​ Implement an IAM role for an EC2 instance.

Day 3: Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

●​ Concepts:
○​ Instance types (General Purpose, Compute Optimized, etc.).
○​ AMIs, key pairs, and instance lifecycle.
○​ Pricing models: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand EC2 configurations and use cases.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Launch and connect to an EC2 instance.
○​ Experiment with different instance types.
Day 4: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Auto Scaling

●​ Concepts:
○​ Types of load balancers (Application, Network, Classic).
○​ Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) and policies.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn to scale applications dynamically.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create an Application Load Balancer and link it to an Auto Scaling Group.

Day 5: Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

●​ Concepts:
○​ S3 bucket policies, storage classes, versioning.
○​ Lifecycle management and cross-region replication.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand S3's role in object storage.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create a bucket and set up lifecycle rules.
○​ Experiment with permissions and versioning.

Day 6: Elastic Block Store (EBS)

●​ Concepts:
○​ EBS volume types (GP3, IO1, etc.).
○​ Snapshots and data backups.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn how to attach, detach, and resize EBS volumes.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Attach an EBS volume to an EC2 instance.
○​ Take a snapshot and restore it.

Day 7: AWS CLI and SDK

●​ Concepts:
○​ Command-line operations with AWS CLI.
○​ Automating AWS tasks using SDKs like Boto3 (Python).
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Familiarize with CLI commands and scripting.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Write a Python script to launch an EC2 instance using Boto3.
○​ Use the CLI to manage S3 buckets.
Week 2: Networking, Databases, and Security

Day 8: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

●​ Concepts:
○​ Subnets, Route Tables, Internet/NAT Gateways.
○​ Security Groups and NACLs.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand VPC configurations for secure networking.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create a VPC with public and private subnets.
○​ Set up a NAT Gateway.

Day 9: Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service)

●​ Concepts:
○​ RDS engines, Multi-AZ deployments, read replicas.
○​ Backup and restore.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn how to deploy and manage relational databases.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Launch an RDS instance with Multi-AZ.
○​ Configure backups.

Day 10: Amazon DynamoDB

●​ Concepts:
○​ NoSQL fundamentals, partition keys, and sort keys.
○​ DynamoDB Streams and Global Tables.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand high-availability database solutions.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create a DynamoDB table and run queries.
○​ Enable DynamoDB Streams.

Day 11: Amazon Route 53

●​ Concepts:
○​ DNS routing policies: Simple, Weighted, Failover, etc.
○​ Domain registration.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn how to configure DNS routing.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
 ○​ Set up a simple hosted zone.
○​ Implement failover routing.

Day 12: AWS CloudFormation

●​ Concepts:
○​ Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
○​ Stacks and templates.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Automate resource deployments.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Deploy an EC2 instance using a CloudFormation template.

Day 13: AWS Security and Compliance

●​ Concepts:
○​ AWS WAF, Shield, and Macie.
○​ Security best practices.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn about DDoS protection and compliance tools.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Set up AWS WAF rules to filter traffic.

Day 14: Identity Federation

●​ Concepts:
○​ Active Directory integration, SAML, and SSO.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Understand cross-account access solutions.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Configure an SSO solution for AWS.

Week 3: Advanced Services and Design Principles

Day 15: AWS Lambda

●​ Concepts:
○​ Event-driven compute, triggers, and permissions.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Build serverless applications.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Write a Lambda function to process S3 events.
Day 16: Amazon API Gateway

●​ Concepts:
○​ REST APIs, usage plans, and throttling.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn how to design scalable APIs.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create a REST API and integrate it with Lambda.

Day 17: SQS, SNS, and EventBridge

●​ Concepts:
○​ Asynchronous messaging, notifications, and event buses.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Build decoupled architectures.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Create an SQS queue and send messages.

Day 18: Monitoring with CloudWatch

●​ Concepts:
○​ Metrics, alarms, logs, and dashboards.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Learn how to monitor AWS resources.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Set up alarms for EC2 instance metrics.

Day 19: Cost Management

●​ Concepts:
○​ AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, Savings Plans.
●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Optimize AWS costs effectively.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Set up a budget alert for monthly spending.

Day 20: High Availability and Fault Tolerance

●​ Concepts:
○​ Multi-region architectures and disaster recovery.
 ●​ Learning Goals:
○​ Design resilient applications.
●​ Hands-on Practice:
○​ Set up cross-region replication for S3.

Day 21- Day 28: Exam Review and Practice

●​ Activities:
○​ Review key services and concepts.
○​ Take a full-length practice test.
○​ Read AWS Well-Architected Framework whitepapers.