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Phase 2 — Core Services · Course 6 of 20

Databases

CloudNest's app needs a database that won't go down. Alex sets up RDS with multi-AZ failover, adds DynamoDB for fast lookups, and layers ElastiCache on top for millisecond response times.

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Alex Chen — Junior DevOps Engineer · CloudNest
Your Guide
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Alex Chen
Junior DevOps Engineer
CloudNest
Your guide through databases — rds, aurora and more on AWS.
Course Lessons
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Phase 2 — Core Services
Databases — RDS, Aurora and More
16Lessons
~5hDuration
1Project
FreeAccess
Your Guide
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Alex Chen
Junior DevOps Engineer
CloudNest
What you'll learn
  • Set up RDS with automated backups and failover
  • Choose between Aurora, DynamoDB, and Redshift
  • Configure read replicas for high-read workloads
  • Add ElastiCache to reduce database load
  • Migrate existing databases to AWS with DMS
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