certification prep
AWS DevOps Essentials (Cert Map)
Labs traverse CodePipeline, ECS/Fargate intro, and CloudWatch alarms with cost guardrails. You receive a domain checklist rather than exam answers.
Logistics
8 weeks · 6h/week · Cohort · ¥185,000 JPY (informational)
Included focus areas
- IAM least-privilege labs with SCP awareness
- VPC patterns for internal services
- Pipeline stages with manual approvals
- Infrastructure snippets with tagging discipline
- Observability baselines in CloudWatch
- Cost anomaly hooks introduction
- Exam domain mapping spreadsheet
Outcomes
- Draw an architecture your security reviewer accepts.
- Complete a domain self-assessment with gaps noted.
- Automate a noop deploy to a staging account.
Responsible instructor
Leo Hartmann
CI consultant for startups migrating from Jenkins.
FAQ
Exam voucher?
Not included; you receive a pacing plan instead.
Free tier?
Labs attempt to stay within typical free-tier bounds with teardown scripts.
Limitation?
Multi-account landing zones are overview only.
Experience notes
“Domain map saved me from rereading entire AWS docs — tied each lab to a cert section explicitly.”
“Pipeline lab was smooth; Fargate section assumes you finished Container Internals or similar.”