Hands-on AWS Lambda Labs: Essential Lab Exercises

Overview

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This course is designed to deepen learners' proficiency in AWS Lambda, Amazon’s powerful serverless computing service. AWS Lambda allows developers to execute code without managing servers, making it essential for reducing costs, building efficient architectures, and deploying microservices effectively in cloud environments. Through hands-on exercises, you will gain practical experience in creating, deploying, and troubleshooting Lambda functions. Each lab is designed to reinforce theoretical concepts, covering essential topics such as navigating the lambda console, scaling functions, integrating with services such as EventBridge and CloudWatch, managing concurrency, and optimizing function performance.

Syllabus

Hands-on AWS Lambda Labs

This module provides a comprehensive introduction to AWS Lambda, covering basic concepts, integration with other AWS services, monitoring, and concurrency management. Learners will gain hands-on experience with the Lambda console, automate EC2 backups, optimize function performance using CloudWatch Logs, and address scaling challenges with reserved and provisioned concurrency. The module includes practical labs for each topic to reinforce key skills.