Database Fundamentals for AWS

Overview

This course will provide you with an introduction to the cloud database services offered by AWS. In this course, we will first explore the fundamentals of cloud databases, outline the cloud databases provided by AWS before exploring how to get started selecting and using the AWS Database Services.

Intended Audience

This course suits anyone interested in learning more about the database services offered by AWS.

Prerequisites

The course is an introductory level course so there are no specific database skills or experiences required as a pre-requisite. Having a basic understanding of cloud computing will help you gain the most from this course. I recommend completing “What is cloud computing?” first if you are new to cloud computing.

Learning Objectives

On completing this course you will have an understanding of the different types of database services available to you within the AWS cloud platform. You will be able to recognize and explain the various database services offered by AWS, and be able to identify and select which database service might suit a specific use case or requirement.

Outline

First, we learn to recognize and explain the basics of a cloud database service.
We then learn to recognize and explain the differences between non-relational and relational databases before taking a high-level pass over the family of AWS database services available.
We then dive in the Non Relational Databases 
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elasticache 
- and Amazon Neptune exploring use cases for when we might want to use a non-relational database service.


Next, we dive into amazon RDS - the AWS Relational Database Service, exploring the database services provided by RDS. We then examine the services and their various use cases in the context of a scenario.