Amazon Aurora Getting Started

In this course, you will learn the benefits and technical concepts of Aurora. You will learn about Aurora’s high performance, scalability, and efficient management capabilities that simplify database operations. If you are new to the service, you will learn how to start using Aurora through a demonstration using the AWS Management Console. You will learn about Aurora’s high performance, scalability, and efficient management capabilities that simplify database operations.

Activities

• Presentations
• Videos
• Knowledge checks

Course objectives

• Describe how Amazon Aurora works.
• Recognize the benefits of Aurora.
• Explain the cost structure of Aurora.
• Familiarize yourself with the technical concepts of Aurora.
• List typical use cases for Aurora.
• Specify what it would take to implement Aurora in a real-world scenario.
• Explore how to use Aurora on the AWS Management Console (the console)

Intended audience

• Architects
• Business Development/Analyst Managers
• Business Users
• Data Scientists

Recommended Skills

• Knowledge of the AWS console
• Knowledge of SQL

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction

• Introduction to Amazon Aurora
• Architecture and Use cases

Module 2: Using Amazon Aurora

• Creating an Aurora MySQL data cluster
• Connecting to an Aurora MySQL data cluster
• Creating a table and inserting data into an Aurora MySQL database

Module 3: Resources

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