Course Description
This Python Boto3 free course is the complete guide on the Boto3 library with lots of hands-on, real-world examples showing how to manage AWS services such as AWS EC2, EBS, AMIs, Snapshots, S3, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, DynamoDB, IAM, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, KMS, SES, and many others using AWS APIs.
This course will help you to solve almost any automation problem you might face by providing lots of reusable code examples for your Python Lambda functions, scripts, or other AWS automation code.
Python Basics
This part of the course provides in-depth information about the Python programming language required to interact with all AWS resources using the Boto3 library.
Many integrated development environments (IDEs) available today allow you to develop code in any programming language on your local machine. The most
In this course section, we’ll describe what major components every Python program consists of and cover best practices for properly structuring and
The purpose of any computer program is to store and process some data. To store and get easy access to the data
Python syntax is easy and straightforward. If you wrote the program using Python syntax best practices and structured it in the right
Python operators are symbols that represent computations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They can also be used to compare values and
In the previous chapters, we reviewed Python program structure, variables, and basic data types and operators in Python. The examples we’ve used
In Python, all statements are executed sequentially. The first statement is executed first, followed by the second, and so on. At the
Python is a well-known dynamically initialized, interpreted, and object-oriented high-level programming language. It’s a convenient and possibly the best language that minimizes
In any programming language, the function is a reusable block of code that allows us to implement repetitive tasks in the code
A Python tuple is a collection of ordered and immutable objects. Python tuples are sequences, just like lists. The differences between tuples
Python is an Object-Oriented Programming Language. That means that Python implements a programming paradigm based on “objects,” where every “object” can store
If you need to find all unique elements from the list or find common or uncommon elements from two or more lists,
A Python module is a file containing the definition of a set of functions, statements, and variables. It can also contain runnable code
The scope or the variable scope in Python is a part of a program where a certain variable is accessible. A variable
Exceptions refer to the events of errors experienced when executing a program. This Python Exceptions tutorial will overview different exceptions in Python
Learning how to use a Python dictionary is important because it allows you to store and efficiently organize data. Dictionaries are one
Knowing how to work with files in Python is important because it allows us to read, write, and manage data stored in
Python lists are one of the most commonly used data structures that are mutable (can be changed) and designed to store an ordered
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a popular data format representing structured data. It is used extensively in APIs and web applications. You
Using Boto3 For AWS Automation
This part of the tutorial describes how Python developers can configure the credentials file for the Boto3 library or AWS Access Key and AWS Access Secret Key to manage AWS services. After that, you’ll learn how to use AWS APIs to interact with each AWS service.
Every Cloud Automation Engineer must have a minimal understanding of the AWS SDK for his favorite programming language. This article covers not
With the Boto3 S3 client and resources, you can perform various operations using Amazon S3 API, such as creating and managing buckets,
EBS volumes are virtual hard drives that might be securely attached to your EC2 instances, providing persistent storage with durable and high-performance
One of the core services of AWS cloud is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Amazon EC2 is a web service that
The Amazon EC2 is a cloud service within Amazon Web Services cloud platform that allows building and managing virtual machines to support
AWS Secrets Manager helps you protect the secrets needed to access your applications, services, and IT resources. This service lets you rotate,
AWS Systems Manager (AWS SSM) is a collection of services for configuring and managing your AWS and on-premises resources at any scale.
Amazon Cloudwatch is an AWS service that allows you to monitor your services and applications metrics and store and analyze their logs.
AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) plays a big role in AWS security because it empowers you to control access by
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a highly available, secure, and fully managed Publisher-Subscriber (pub/sub) messaging service that allows application-to-application (A2A)
Amazon DynamoDB is a flexible, scalable, managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon Web Services. It supports document and key-value store models
Amazon Simple Queuing Service (Amazon SQS) is a distributed messaging system that helps you to send, store, and receive messages between web services
More and more companies nowadays are adopting Serverless technologies. AWS Lambda is the essential building block of any Serverless cloud application or
AWS Lambda is a Serverless, highly scalable, and cost-efficient computing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows you to execute
Amazon Simple Email Service is a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable email service that enables developers to send mail from within any application.
Amazon Elastic Map Reduce (Amazon EMR) is a big data platform that provides Big Data Engineers and Scientists to process large amounts
AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service that allows you to orchestrate AWS services, automate business processes, and build serverless applications.
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a relational fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale
AWS Glue is a serverless and fully-managed Extract Transform and Load (ETL) service that makes it simple and cost-effective to categorize your
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a core virtual networking service provided by Amazon Web Service to manage each account’s infrastructure within
AWS Batch enables developers, scientists, and engineers to quickly and efficiently run hundreds of thousands of batch computing jobs on AWS. AWS
Amazon Route 53 is a Domain Name System (DNS) service in AWS that is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely
Amazon Key Management Service (KMS) is a fully managed encryption service provided by AWS that enables users to encrypt and decrypt their data
LocalStack is an open-source, fully functional local stack of AWS services. LocalStack provides a local testing environment for applications utilizing the same APIs.
AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service) is a managed Docker container service to provision and orchestrate Docker containers and container-based applications. Automating and
Amazon Athena is a serverless interactive query service that analyzes data in Amazon S3. Athena analyses data sets in multiple well-known data
Q&A
Is This The Right Course For Me If I’m New To AWS?
If you’re new to the AWS cloud platform, we strongly recommend you get basic knowledge about the AWS cloud platform by following the “Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate” course. Once you have a basic understanding of the AWS services, you can start automating them using Python. And that’s where our content will bring you lots of value!
Is Cloud9 A Mandatory Requirement, Or Is It Possible To Cover All The Course Topics Using On-Premises IDE?
You can follow the course from on-premises IDE. We recommend using the Cloud9 IDE for the course as it simplifies environment configuration.
What Is The Expected Cost Of The AWS Resources Throughout The Course? Is The Course Content Eligible For AWS Free Tier, Or Some Extra Bucks Are Required?
All currently provided course examples, including Cloud9 IDE, are eligible for the AWS Free Tier and you can follow them at no additional cost.
“New AWS customers eligible for the AWS Free Tier can use AWS Cloud9 for free. If your AWS Cloud9 environment uses resources beyond the free tier, you are charged the normal AWS rates for those resources.” (https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/pricing/).
Do not forget to clean up created resources by following examples to avoid unexpected charges.
