Overview

A SysOps Administrator manages, deploys, and optimizes Alibaba Cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, security, and cost-efficiency. This role involves implementing observability, automating processes for scalability and reliability, managing user permissions to protect resources, and applying cost optimization strategies to control expenses.

Skills Covered

  • Cloud Infrastructure Management: Expertise in designing, deploying, and managing scalable solutions on Alibaba Cloud.
  • Proficiency in Monitoring Tools: Skilled in utilizing Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) and ActionTrail for real-time performance tracking and alerting.
  • Automation Proficiency: Experience in automating and managing deployments and infrastructure while applying IaC principles.
  • Access Control Management: Proficient in configuring Resource Access Management (RAM) to effectively manage user permissions, roles, and policies effectively.
  • Cost Optimization Strategies: Familiarity with cost management techniques, including preemptible instances, reserved instances, and effective utilization of resource plans.
  • Disaster Recovery Planning: Proficient in designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies using Cloud Backup and disaster recovery services.

Prerequisites

CEA-C01: Alibaba Cloud Engineer Engineer

Target Audience

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Identity and Access Management on Alibaba Cloud

  • Resource Access Management Fundamentals
    • Importance of access control
      • Concept of identity on the cloud
      • Principle of least privilege
    • What is RAM
      • Authentication and authorization
      • How RAM works
    • User and role management
      • Planning username conventions & management
      • Manage roles, not users
      • RAM roles
    • Implementing access control policies
      • Access control methods
      • Role-based access control
      • Attribute-based access control
      • RAM policies
      • Writing secure and manageable policies

Module 2: Observability on Alibaba Cloud

  • Introduction to Observability
    • Monitoring metrics & logging
    • Data you should keep track of
    • What makes a good monitoring system?
  • Application Real-time Monitoring Service (ARMS) Fundamentals
    • Setting up alerts and monitoring performance metrics
    • Creating alerts based on performance thresholds
    • Monitoring resource utilization: CPU, memory, and disk I/O
  • ActionTrail Fundamentals
    • What is ActionTrail
    • Understanding the importance of action auditing, tracking API calls, and configuration changes

Module 3: Resource Deployment & Network Management on Alibaba Cloud

  • Designing and deploying scalable solutions on Alibaba Cloud
    • Key components: ECS, VPC, SLB
    • Principles of high availability and fault tolerance
    • Understanding regions and zones
    • Discussing the implications of region and zone selection for resilience and latency
  • Networking fundamentals in Alibaba Cloud
    • Overview of VPCs, Security Groups, NAT Gateways, and Route Tables
    • Configuring Security Groups and Firewalls
    • Setting rules to control inbound and outbound traffic
    • Best practices for securing network configurations
    • Interconnecting networks
      • Implementing VPN connections
      • Understanding Express Connect
      • VPC Peering

Module 4: Planning for Disaster Recovery on Alibaba Cloud

  • Disaster Recovery and Backup on Alibaba Cloud
    • Understanding disaster recovery strategies
    • What is RTO and RPO
    • Types of disaster recovery solutions
    • Backup strategies on Alibaba Cloud
      • Backing up ECS
      • Backing up ApsaraDB RDS
    • Introduction to Cloud Backup
      • What is Cloud Backup
      • Basic operations
      • Configuring automated backups for different services

Module 5: Automating Deployment on Alibaba Cloud

  • Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps Practices
    • Managing resources efficiently
    • Automated deployments
    • Benefits of IaC in cloud operations
    • Popular IaC tools
  • Resource Orchestration Service Fundamentals
    • What is ROS
    • Concepts & components
      • Stacks & templates
      • Resource dependencies
      • Lifecycle management
    • Basic operations
      • Creating and managing stacks in ROS

Module 6: Cost Optimization Techniques on Alibaba Cloud

  • Cost Optimization Techniques on Alibaba Cloud
    • Overview of cost management
      • Why cost management matters
      • Billing models for Alibaba Cloud core services
    • Understanding cost optimization offerings on Alibaba Cloud
      • Preemptible instances and reserved instances
      • Resource plans
    • Implement cost savings with Auto Scaling
      • Rightsizing resources
      • Advanced operations on Auto Scaling

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