Build cloud engineering skills on Alibaba Cloud.
Learn how to deploy, manage, and operate cloud infrastructure using Alibaba Cloud services and tools.
Develop practical knowledge of cloud networking, compute, storage, security, monitoring, and operations that help organizations build reliable, scalable, and secure cloud environments.
- Why get trained: Gain hands-on cloud engineering skills to deploy and manage Alibaba Cloud services while building a strong foundation for cloud operations and certification success.
- Why it matters: Organizations are accelerating cloud adoption and require skilled cloud professionals who can manage infrastructure, optimize performance, strengthen security, and support business-critical applications.
- Who should attend: Cloud engineers, system administrators, infrastructure engineers, network engineers, IT operations professionals, technical consultants, and professionals pursuing Alibaba Cloud certifications.
Build the cloud operations expertise needed to manage modern Alibaba Cloud environments with confidence. HRD Corp Claimable
Overview
A Cloud Engineer is responsible for understanding Alibaba Cloud services to create, configure, and manage cloud resources. This foundational role is essential for advancing to specialized positions and plays a key part in supporting cloud operations within an organization through effective resource management and collaboration.
Skills Covered
- Fundamental Cloud Service Knowledge: Understanding core Alibaba Cloud services (e.g., ECS, VPC, OSS, RDS, ACK, CDN) and their use cases.
- Resource Provisioning: Proficient in deploying and managing cloud resources through the Alibaba Cloud console.
- Basic Tool Knowledge: Familiarity with tools for managing cloud resources, including Auto Scaling, DTS, and DMS.
- Basic Networking Configuration: Understanding how to configure network elements such as VPCs, security groups, and SLBs.
- Basic Security & Monitoring Knowledge: Awareness of essential security practices to secure the Alibaba Cloud account (via RAM), and basic knowledge of resource monitoring service (CloudMonitor).
Prerequisites
None
Target Audience
Module 1: Introduction to Alibaba Cloud & Basic Cloud Security
- Getting to Know Alibaba Cloud
- Who we are
- Global infrastructure
- Regions and zones
- Alibaba Cloud CDN
- Choosing where to deploy services
- Why cloud?
- What is the cloud
- Cloud deployment and service models
- Shared responsibility model
- Cloud pricing models
- Basic Cloud Account Security
- Alibaba Cloud accounts and identities
- Root user, RAM user, RAM user groups, RAM roles
- Interacting with Alibaba Cloud
- Setting up your Alibaba Cloud account
- Authentication & authorization
- Credentials in Alibaba Cloud
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Locking down the root user
Module 2: Compute & Networking on Alibaba Cloud
- Virtual Private Cloud Fundamentals
- Networking basics and terminology (IP addresses and CIDR blocks)
- What is Alibaba Cloud VPC
- Concepts & components
- vSwitches
- vRouters
- Network ACLs
- Security groups
- Basic operations
- Setting up security groups
- Enabling Internet access for resources within VPCs
- Elastic Compute Service Fundamentals
- Computing on and off the cloud
- Understanding traditional and cloud servers
- Compute options on Alibaba Cloud
- What is Alibaba Cloud ECS
- Functions and features
- Basic operations
- Launching and releasing instances
- Duplicating launched instances
- Other compute options on Alibaba Cloud
- Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (container)
- Alibaba Cloud Elastic Container Instances (serverless)
Module 3: Storage on Alibaba Cloud
- Object Storage Service Fundamentals
- Storage types on Alibaba Cloud (file, block, object storage)
- Elastic Block Storage
- Understanding cloud disks
- Apsara File Storage NAS
- What is OSS
- Concepts & components
- Buckets, objects, URL identifiers
- Functions and features
- Bucket policies, versioning, storage tiers, lifecycle management
- Use cases
- Basic operations
- Creating buckets
- Uploading and downloading objects from buckets
Module 4: Databases on Alibaba Cloud
- ApsaraDB RDS Fundamentals
- Databases on the cloud
- RDBs and RDBMSs
- Managed and self-hosted DBs
- What is ApsaraDB RDS
- Supported engines
- What is a DB instance
- Security & backups
- Tools
- Data Transmission Service
- Database Management Service
- Other DB options on Alibaba Cloud
- PolarDB (Cloud-native RDB developed in-house)
- Other options for NoSQL, etc
Module 5: Scaling & Monitoring Alibaba Cloud Resources
- Server Load Balancer Fundamentals
- Availability and business continuity
- What is SLB
- Types of load balancers in Alibaba Cloud
- Concepts and components
- Listener, backend server groups
- Health checks
- Additional features
- Disaster recovery
- Auto Scaling
- DDoS protection
- Auto Scaling Fundamentals
- What is Auto Scaling
- How Auto Scaling works
- Concepts & components
- Scaling modes, scaling components
- Billing for Auto Scaling
- Basic operations
- Setting up Auto Scaling with SLB
- CloudMonitor Fundamentals
- Why monitoring matters
- What is CloudMonitor
- Concepts & components
- Application groups
- Dashboards and alerts
- Basic operations
- Creating a dashboard and setting up an alert
Dates & Locations
July 14, 2026 - July 15, 2026
July 14, 2026 - July 15, 2026
September 8, 2026 - September 9, 2026
September 8, 2026 - September 9, 2026
November 10, 2026 - November 11, 2026
November 10, 2026 - November 11, 2026
Exam & Certification
Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate: Cloud Engineer.
The Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate: Cloud Engineer (Exam Code: CEA-C01) is a foundational, role-based technical credential. It replaced the older ACA Cloud Computing certification to focus on practical, job-ready skills.
It is primarily designed for junior solution architects, cloud operators, and beginners transitioning into cloud roles.
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