Cloud FundamentalsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Purpose of the course

In modern digital services, various cloud services are often utilised as a platform. Digital services consist of different components, that are integrated to form a service as a whole. For example these might include: web and application services, as well as database services, all of these may be needed in the building of digital service environments. In this course, you will gain a broad understanding of the fundamentals of cloud services. You will learn about different cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS-models), and you will be able to implement a digital service composed of various components/services.

Course competences

- ICT Specialization Competence: Is able to apply their knowledge and skills in a specific area of ICT, as well as analyze, evaluate, and develop operations in this area.
- Application Development Competence: Knows the technologies used in application development and recognizes the significance of different technologies and their relationships.
- Information System Competence: Is familiar with typical information systems and services and understands the importance of security in utilizing services.
- Sustainable development: Understands sustainability challenges, their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problems.

Learning objectives of the course

Upon completing the course, you will comprehend the concepts and background theories of cloud services, and you will be able to use both infrastructure and higher-level managed cloud services. You will be familiar with various use cases for different types of cloud services, and you will know how to build a digital service, composed of various cloud service components. You understand the elasticity and scalability of cloud services from a sustainable development perspective.

Content

During the course, you will become familiar with the opportunities offered by the modern cloud service environment in the context of building digital service platforms. You will learn and understand the various platform options of cloud services and acquire knowledge about tools and solutions related to using cloud services. You will also learn how to configure services and automate application deployment. The course will specifically delve into Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud service technologies.

The course will progress according to the following areas: Cloud Concepts, Cloud Economics and Billing, Global Infrastructure Overview, Cloud Security, Networking and Content Delivery, Compute, Storage, Databases, Cloud Architecture, Automatic Scaling and Monitoring, Continous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD).

Qualifications

To complete the course, you should have a basic understanding of command-line usage, version control, networking concepts and relational databases.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Competencies required for a passing grade:

You can install and configure a suitable cloud-based development environment(s).
You can use the tools covered in the course.
You are familiar with methods and tools related to implementing deployment pipelines and can implement a deployment pipeline in the cloud.
You have successfully completed the required assignments for the course.

Further information

Class implementation, Finnish-language teaching