Getting Started with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Curriculum description In this curriculum, you acquire the knowledge you need to start using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). You learn about the key elements of Amazon S3 and explore how to configure them. You learn how to upload data to Amazon S3 and what additional AWS services you can use to transfer data to Amazon S3 at scale. You also learn the basic elements of security within Amazon S3. Finally, you review how Amazon S3 integrates with other services for specific use cases. You also gain parctial hands-on experience through a self-paced lab.

This course includes one or more optional self-paced labs hosted at amazon.qwiklabs.com. Labs must be paid for with credits, which cost $1 USD per credit. Labs typically cost up to 15 credits. This cost is not included with free digital training on aws.training. You will need to create a Qwiklabs account to purchase credits and take a lab.

     • Course level: Intermediate      • Duration: 2.5 hours

Activities

This curriculum includes online materials, a knowledge check, and an optional self-paced lab.

Curriculum objectives

In this curriculum, you will learn to:      • Describe the main components of an Amazon S3 implementation      • Describe the tools and operations you can use to interact with Amazon S3      • Explain the requirements for and limitations of uploading data to Amazon S3      • Create an Amazon S3 bucket and upload an object to it      • Describe the main security and access control mechanisms available in Amazon S3      • Block public access to an S3 bucket      • Describe key Amazon S3 integrations with other services for specific use cases

Intended audience

This curriculum is intended for:      • Cloud architects      • Storage architects      • Developers      • Operations engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:      • Completed AWS Storage Offerings  

Curriculum outline

Course 1: Getting Started with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)      • Course introduction      • Storage fundamentals      • Amazon S3 fundamentals      • Interfacing with Amazon S3      • Amazon S3 data management      • Cloud data migration services      • Securing data access      • Encrypting data      • Amazon S3 service integration      • Knowledge check

Lab 1: Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)      • Create a bucket in Amazon S3      • Add an object to a bucket      • Manage access permissions on an object and a bucket      • Create a bucket policy      • Use bucket versioning