Migrating to AWS - Tips and Tricks

This is my list of hints and tips for this course. It’s markdown so you can save it, access it or store it anywhere. I might also give you other links that are course specific. I’ll add specific answers to questions I get during the course. I’ll share it with everyone.

Start of the day

play a funny or interesting video. ** Like the New Zealand police recruitment, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9psILoYmCc ** Perhaps even the Australia Day lamb video with the historical boat people and a history of Australia in 3 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yugymulPx9Y . Or how about learning Aussie slang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDb_WsAt_Z0
Here’s a sample of the AWS Podcast http://d1le29qyzha1u4.cloudfront.net/AWS_Podcast_Episode_230.mp3
Shark eating fibre cable.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMxkRh7sx84 or a more interesting title. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/sharks-are-eating-the-internet-in-vietnam-9962747.html or the rebuttal of this presumably fake news. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/its-official-sharks-no-longer-a-threat-to-subsea-internet-cables/ and one more from Google. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/08/15/how-google-stops-sharks-from-eating-undersea-cables/#1fe4e3e91f2b
Australian Hilux Add https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u91WGac2mbI

In an Emergency

** if you get locked out, lost or something else disastrous you can call my cell phone. I sometimes miss it buzzing or beeping so be persistent.

Administrivia

We need to jump through some hoops to get access to the labs, notes and my hints and tips. Be consistent with the email address you use for all sites. There are three seperate sites you need to access and one bitly link which is this page:

Join or login to https://www.aws.training/ to ensure your training and certifications are captured. No we don’t spam you or sell your details.
Access Qwiklab (yes it is spelt INCORRECTLY) ** aws.qwiklabs.com for the labs in this class ** run.qwiklabs.com for outside of the class or to do other labs at your own pace. NOTE: Some are free others require course credits.
Access the course notes and slides. You’ll receive two emails. One confirming your attendance at this course and with the following links. The download link seems broken. You can download apps for phones, tablets and laptops. Or use your browser.
www.vitalsource.com look for a signup link and download link. Or just go to https://evantage.gilmoreglobal.com/#/user/signin
Once you’ve logged into Vitalsource (aka Bookshelf, Gilmore, eVantage) you can redeem your unique course materials code (in a seperate email) and update your book list. You should see a lab guid and student guide for Architecting on AWS, version 5. . The student guide is the powerpoint decks and notes and the lab guide is the step by step instructions for the labs.

Cool Links

A must see video on how aws is built and engineered. AWS re:Invent 2014: AWS Innovation at Scale with James Hamilton (SPOT301) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIQETrFC_SQ He also updated this talk on network performance at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyOAjFNPAbA

AWS re:Invent 2017 ** Deep Dive: Migrating Big Data Workloads to AWS (ABD312) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOZi3Z6baKQ ** ENT204 - Large-scale AWS Migrations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03y9lxtxD4g https://www.portal.reinvent.awsevents.com/2016/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=8851&tclass=popup ** ENT210 - Deep Dive on AWS Cloud Data Migration Services - https://www.portal.reinvent.awsevents.com/2016/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=8124&tclass=popup
ReInvent 2017 AWS database updates in a non AWS post https://blog.shi.com/news/database-announcements-stole-show-aws-reinvent/
AWS Podcast - Deep Dive into AWS Service Catalog http://d1le29qyzha1u4.cloudfront.net/AWS_Podcast_Episode_228.mp3
AWS migration blog https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/category/migration/
Well Architected Whitepaper https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecture/AWS_Well-Architected_Framework.pdf

Migration links

AWS Migration Methodology, Process, and Tools - AWS Server Migration Service Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrwy-G8h8SU
AWS Server Migration Services Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf-SPwxUin8 (this is the video shown in Module 4 of the course)
Application Discovery Service FAQs - https://aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/faqs/

Security Links

AWS re:Invent 2017: ** Deep Dive on Amazon S3 & Amazon Glacier Storage Management with (STG311) - Specifically security around storage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUWqDOnXeDw
Multi account top down enterprise security of AWS accounts read up on Turbot https://turbot.com . This was an offshoot from AWS re:Invent 2015 | (ARC305) Self-service Cloud Services: How J&J Is Managing AWS at Scale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za1EysyUVS0

Ian’s list of links for weekly review of all stuff AWS. (trying to keep up with the firehose)

http://www.tinyurl.com/awswhatsnew https://broadcast.amazon.com/channels/5-Friday-Learning-Series https://broadcast.amazon.com/channels/113 NOTE: Videos can be downloaded as well as streaming https://w.amazon.com/index.php/AWS-Sales-BD/AWS-Services-BD/What%27s_New Please help spread the words: AWS What’s New: https://aws.amazon.com/new/ AWS Support What’s New: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/whats-new/ Jeff Barr Blog Post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-action-links-for-aws-trusted-advisor/ Jeff Barr Tweet: https://twitter.com/jeffbarr/status/558429034712162305 Twitter: https://twitter.com/awscloud/status/558429091561340929 Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1CHt54F Google+: http://bit.ly/1BiVrTt LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/1AVPh9a

https://aws.amazon.com/podcasts/aws-podcast/ and all the faq pages for each product (this is where I start reading)

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