Manage cloud resources

In this module you will:

• Identify the two main types of virtual machines and provide examples of each
• Identify major reasons that virtualization is an essential technology for cloud computing
• List the key advantages that containers have over virtual machines
• Understand key terms such as Docker containers, container images, and container registries
• Identify some of the ways in which major cloud platforms support containers
• Recall key design considerations for data-center networks and describe the need for network virtualization to support multiple tenants

In Partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.

In this module you will:

• Describe common load patterns and how they drive the need to scale
• Enumerate the strategies and considerations in scaling cloud applications
• Discuss the advantages of auto-scaling and the mechanisms used to achieve it
• Describe the importance of load balancing in cloud applications and enumerate various methods to achieve it
• List the primary benefits of serverless computing and explain the concept of serverless functions

This content is provided in partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.

In this module you will:

• Learn about how to automate cloud resource management with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
• Explain the concept of Infrastructure-as-Code and enumerate the advantages that it offers over ordinary scripting
• List some of the tools that implement IaC for popular cloud platforms and describe some of the differences between them
• Understand Terraform's role as an infrastructure orchestrator and describe how it differs from a conventional configuration manager

In Partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.