About this course: CLD110 covers the fundamentals every AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) needs first — what cloud computing and AWS are, cost and infrastructure basics, security, networking, compute, storage, databases, architecture, and monitoring — before later AWS Academy courses go deeper into role-specific skills.
Foundations
MODULE 01

Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS

What cloud computing is · What AWS is · How this course is organized

 MODULE 02

Cloud Economics and Billing

Value proposition · Pricing fundamentals · Free Tier · Cost tools · Support plans

 MODULE 03

AWS Global Infrastructure Overview

Regions · Availability Zones · Edge infrastructure · Hybrid · High availability
Security
MODULE 04

AWS Cloud Security

Shared responsibility · Compliance · IAM · Root user & MFA · Security services
Core Infrastructure
MODULE 05

Networking and Content Delivery

Amazon VPC · Subnets & routing · Traffic control · Load balancing · Route 53 · CloudFront

 MODULE 06

Compute

Amazon EC2 · Instance types & purchasing · AMIs · Auto Scaling · Containers · Lambda

 MODULE 07

Storage

Object/block/file · Amazon S3 · Storage classes · EBS · EFS & FSx · Storage Gateway

 MODULE 08

Databases

Relational vs. non-relational · RDS & Aurora · DynamoDB · ElastiCache · Redshift · DMS
Architecture & Operations
MODULE 09

Cloud Architecture

Well-Architected Framework · Six pillars · Design principles · Loose coupling · Integration services

 MODULE 10

Auto Scaling and Monitoring

Auto Scaling groups · Scaling policies · Health checks · CloudWatch · CloudTrail · Trusted Advisor