CIS 219 - Introduction to Virtual Computing

3 Credits, 4 Contact Hours
2 lecture periods 2 lab periods

Introduction to managing a cloud virtualized data center. Includes virtual machine deployment, management, monitoring, and automation. Also includes working with virtual networks, implementing disaster recovery and high availability, virtual security, and performance optimization.

Prerequisite(s): CIS 119 or CIS 170.
Information: Students will have the opportunity to obtain vendor specific badges.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC-S Options requirement

Course Learning Outcomes

Deploy standard cloud infrastructure features such as virtual networks and servers, load balancing, and auto-scaling virtual machines.
Follow industry best practices for maintaining, monitoring, and securing numerous virtual machines.

Outline:

Overview of Virtual Machines
1. History of virtualization
2. Components of a virtual machine
  1. Memory
  2. CPU
  3. Network
  4. Storage
Overview of Cloud Computing
1. Introduction to Microsoft Azure
2. Introduction to Google Cloud Compute
3. Introduction to Amazon Web Services
Storage
1. Simple storage services (S3)
  1. Encryption
  2. Replication
  3. Storage Classes
  4. Logging
  5. Performance
2. Glacier
  1. Data retrieval
  2. Glacier vs S3
Compute
1. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  1. Instance lifecycle
  2. Securing an instance
2. Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
Networking
1. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  1. DHCP options
  2. Subnets
  3. Routing
  4. Elastic IPs
  5. Security Groups
  6. Network Address Translation (NAT)
  7. Virtual Private Gateways
2. Elastic Load Balancing
3. CloudWatch
4. Auto Scaling
Route 53 and DNS
1. DNS resolution basics
2. Resiliency
3. Record Types
Securing AWS
1. Identity and Access Management
2. Firewall
3. Account Security
Risk and Compliance
1. AWS Risk and compliance program
2. Reports and certifications