Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Infrastructure:
This subject aims to guide students through practices, patterns, and requirements for creating infrastructure that meets company needs, focusing on developing skills to manage the full life cycle of cloud applications.
Knowledge Core Competency Objectives:
- State why cloud infrastructure is necessary for effectively running cloud applications.
- Explain when and if a business should adopt cloud practices.
- Explain differences between traditional deployment and cloud computing in areas such as reliability, security, and load capacity prediction.
- Discuss patterns for deploying and managing infrastructure and applications.
- State how to secure infrastructure with policy as code.
- Explain how cloud computing helps an organization better prepare for disaster recovery.
Skill Core Competency Objectives:
- Design tests to prove that an infrastructure works as intended.
- Assemble cloud services.
- Manage hybrid cloud services according to business needs.
- Assure service performance across the IT value chain.
- Secure the cloud with content-aware identity and access controls.
- Build a traditional web application and set up virtual servers to support it.
Upon completing this subject, students are expected to have knowledge about managing the entire cloud, including initial service analysis, planning, and modeling. Additionally, they should possess practical skills in navigating the technical nuances of the cloud and understanding how it can benefit a business.