Cloud Computing
Virtualization, core infrastructure, containers and Kubernetes, serverless, IaC, and multi-cloud architecture on AWS, Azure and GCP.
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1 · Foundations & virtualization
Time-sharing to hypervisors, service and deployment models.
- 1. Genesis: Time-Sharing to the Public CloudWhy compute became a utility, and the economics that made it inevitable.8 min · 3 MCQs
- 2. Service and Deployment ModelsIaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS and the shared responsibility model.9 min · 3 MCQs
- 3. Virtualization and the HypervisorType 1 and 2 hypervisors, CPU virtualization, and containers as a lighter alternative.9 min · 3 MCQs
2 · Core infrastructure
Compute, storage, networking, identity and databases.
- 4. Compute: Instances, Autoscaling and PlacementInstance families, purchase options, scaling policies and availability design.10 min · 3 MCQs
- 5. Storage: Object, Block and FileDurability, consistency, storage classes and lifecycle economics.9 min · 3 MCQs
- 6. Networking, DNS and Content DeliveryVPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancing and edge caching.10 min · 3 MCQs
- 7. Identity, Access and Cloud SecurityIAM policies, least privilege, workload identity, secrets and encryption.10 min · 3 MCQs
3 · Containers & orchestration
Docker, images, Kubernetes objects and production operations.
- 8. Docker and the Container ImageLayers, Dockerfiles, multi-stage builds, registries and image security.10 min · 3 MCQs
- 9. Kubernetes Architecture and Core ObjectsControl plane, nodes, Pods, Deployments, Services and configuration.12 min · 3 MCQs
- 10. Running Kubernetes in ProductionProbes, resources, autoscaling, storage, RBAC and progressive delivery.11 min · 3 MCQs
4 · Serverless & event-driven
Functions, managed services, queues and event architecture.
5 · Platform engineering
IaC, CI/CD, observability, cost, security and multi-cloud design.
- 13. Infrastructure as CodeDeclarative provisioning, state, modules, drift and safe change management.10 min · 3 MCQs
- 14. CI/CD and Progressive DeliveryPipelines, environment promotion, deployment strategies and rollback.9 min · 3 MCQs
- 15. Observability and Reliability EngineeringMetrics, logs, traces, SLOs, error budgets and incident response.10 min · 3 MCQs
- 16. Cost Engineering (FinOps)Cost drivers, allocation, commitment strategy and architectural savings.8 min · 3 MCQs
- 17. Multi-Cloud, Hybrid and MigrationPortability, the 7 Rs, landing zones, data gravity and lock-in strategy.9 min · 3 MCQs
- 18. Designing a Cloud-Native System End to EndA reference architecture, its failure modes and a production readiness checklist.10 min · 3 MCQs