Amazon Application Load Balancer are deployed to provide scale, performance and resiliency for web application deployed on the cloud. Application Load Balancer distributes incoming application traffic at the layer 7 of OSI model, across multiple targets such as instances, containers and IP addresses, in one or more Availability Zones.
In this “Getting Started” course, you will learn the benefits, typical use cases, and technical concepts of the Amazon Application Load Balancer. The course will allow you to try the service through provided Interactive Tool in the AWS Management Console.
- Course level: Fundamental
- Duration: 60 minutes
Activities
This course includes presentations, graphics, sample code, and interactive activities
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Understand how Amazon Application Load Balancer works.
- Familiarize yourself with the technical concepts of Amazon Application Load Balancer.
- List typical use cases for Amazon Application Load Balancer.
- Specify what it would take to implement Amazon Load Balancer in a real-world scenario.
- Recognize the benefits of Amazon Application Load Balancer.
- Explain the cost structure of Amazon Application Load Balancer.
- Show how to use Amazon Application Load Balancer from the AWS Management Console.
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
- Developers
- Solutions architects
- Cloud practitioners
- IT operations engineers
- IT professionals
- IT leaders
Prerequisites
No prerequisites needed.
Course outline
- Amazon Application Load Balancer Basics
- Benefits of Amazon Application Load Balancer
- Typical use cases for Amazon Application Load Balancer
- Cost of running Amazon Application Load Balancer
- How to manage Amazon Application Load Balancer via AWS Console
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