The Alibaba topics covered in this learning path include:

Elastic Compute Service (ECS)

Object Storage Service (OSS)

Server Load Balancer (SLB)

Alibaba RDS

Alibaba Auto Scaling

Security & monitoring

Learning Objectives

Use the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) to deploy servers in an Alibaba Cloud environment

Understand the basics of ECS with regards to storage, security, and networking

Learn about the management, use, and operations of the Object Storage Service (OSS)

Understand the advantages of OSS and its billing methods

Learn about Alibaba's Server Load Balancer (SLB) service and its main components

Learn about the advantages, use, and operations of the SLB service, and how to set up a Server Load Balancer

Learn about the relational database service offerings from Alibaba Cloud

Learn about Alibaba Auto Scaling, its uses, and how it works

Learn how to create scaling groups, scaling configurations, and scaling rules in Alibaba Cloud

Intended Audience

IT professionals who want to understand the basics of Alibaba Cloud with a view to setting up their own infrastructures using the platform

Anyone looking to look to obtain the Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate certification.

Prerequisites

This is a beginner-level learning path on Alibaba Cloud, so no previous experience with the platform is required. Having, you should have some basic knowledge of cloud technologies in general, and the kinds of services offered by the major cloud providers.

Topics

Alibaba Fundamentals - Elastic Compute Service (ECS)

Alibaba Object Storage Service

Implementing a Scalable Storage Solution With Alibaba Object Storage Service

Alibaba RDS

Alibaba Auto Scaling

Alibaba Security & Monitoring

Creating an Alibaba Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Alibaba Virtual Private Cloud Creation Challenge