Master cloud operations and administration with Alibaba Cloud.
Learn how to manage, monitor, and optimize Alibaba Cloud environments to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient cloud operations.
Develop practical skills in cloud infrastructure management, monitoring, networking, security, troubleshooting, and operational best practices that support business-critical workloads.
- Why get trained: Gain hands-on cloud administration skills to effectively manage Alibaba Cloud resources, improve operational efficiency, strengthen security, and maintain service availability.
- Why it matters: Organizations rely on skilled cloud administrators to maintain performance, optimize resources, support business continuity, and ensure cloud environments operate securely and efficiently.
- Who should attend: Cloud administrators, cloud engineers, system administrators, infrastructure engineers, network administrators, IT operations professionals, technical support engineers, and professionals pursuing Alibaba Cloud certifications.
Build the operational expertise needed to manage and optimize Alibaba Cloud environments with confidence. HRD Corp Claimable.
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
Target Audience
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
Dates & Locations
August 12, 2026 - August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026 - August 12, 2026
October 14, 2026 - October 14, 2026
October 14, 2026 - October 14, 2026
December 9, 2026 - December 9, 2026
December 9, 2026 - December 9, 2026
Exam & Certification
Alibaba Certified Cloud SysOps Administrator.
The Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate: SysOps Administrator (Exam Code: SOA-C01) is a technical credential tailored for operations professionals. It officially replaced the older ACA System Operator certification to focus more deeply on day-to-day infrastructure management, monitoring, and automation.
It is designed for system administrators, operations engineers, and DevOps beginners managing scalable systems.
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