Lesson 1Identity and access control: IAM, Azure RBAC/AAD, GCP IAM — roles, service principals, cross-account access basicsCompare how identity and access work on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Learn about IAM roles, Azure AD and RBAC, service principals, and sharing access between accounts to build safe multi-cloud access that suits our needs.
AWS IAM core concepts and entitiesAzure AD, RBAC, and role assignmentsGCP IAM roles and resource hierarchyService principals and workload identityCross-account and cross-tenant accessLeast privilege and policy designLesson 2Networking primitives across providers: VPC, VNet, VPC Network — CIDR planning, subnets, route tables, NAT, Internet GatewaysLearn how main networking parts match across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will plan CIDR blocks, set up subnets, and handle routing, plus understand NAT, internet gateways, and security lines for connecting clouds in Uganda.
VPC, VNet, and VPC Network comparisonCIDR sizing and IP address planningPublic, private, and isolated subnetsRoute tables and custom routing rulesNAT gateways and internet egressNetwork security groups and firewallsLesson 3DNS and global traffic management: Route 53, Azure DNS, Cloud DNS — DNS records, TTL, health-check based failoverLearn how DNS services work across clouds for managing traffic worldwide. Explore record types, TTL plans, health checks, and routing ways for low delay, weighted, and backup scenarios that help in our region.
Route 53, Azure DNS, and Cloud DNSDNS record types and common usesTTL tuning and caching behaviorHealth checks and DNS-based failoverLatency and geo-based routing policiesWeighted and multi-value answersLesson 4Managed database services: RDS/Aurora, Azure Database (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Cloud SQL — high-availability options, read replicas, failover behaviorCompare managed database options across clouds. Understand engine picks, high availability and backup models, read copies, backups, and scaling ways to make strong, movable database setups for Ugandan use.
Service overview: RDS, Azure DB, Cloud SQLEngine support and feature differencesHigh availability and failover behaviorRead replicas and read scaling patternsBackup, restore, and point-in-time recoverySecurity, networking, and access controlsLesson 5Cross-cloud connectivity basics: VPN, interconnect/expressroute options, Transit Gateway equivalents and routing considerationsLook at ways to connect clouds and on-site safely. Compare VPN, private links, and transit hubs, and learn routing tips for scalable, strong multi-cloud networks that work across Uganda and beyond.
Site-to-site VPN across providersDirect Connect, ExpressRoute, InterconnectTransit Gateway and hub-and-spoke modelsRouting domains and overlapping CIDRsHigh availability and failover designEncryption and compliance considerationsLesson 6Core compute services: EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, Google Compute Engine — instance types, images, lifecycleUnderstand main compute services for most tasks. Compare EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, and Google Compute Engine, looking at instance types, images, life cycles, and automation that fit local needs.
Instance families and sizing strategyImages, templates, and golden imagesInstance lifecycle and state transitionsStorage options and performance tuningPlacement groups and availability zonesAutomation with autoscaling and scriptsLesson 7Storage and object stores: S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCS — lifecycle, versioning, encryption, access policiesExplore object storage on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Learn how life cycle rules, versioning, encryption, and access match, and design movable ways for backups, logs, static sites, and data lakes in Uganda.
S3, Blob Storage, and GCS core conceptsLifecycle rules and storage class tiersObject versioning and recovery patternsEncryption at rest and in transit optionsBucket- and object-level access controlsCross-region replication and data localityLesson 8Managed compute alternatives: AWS ECS/EKS, Azure AKS/Container Instances, GCP GKE/Cloud Run — when to choose containers vs VMsCompare managed compute from VMs to containers and serverless. Learn when to pick ECS, EKS, AKS, GKE, or Cloud Run over VM setups, and how it affects work and costs in our setting.
Core VM vs container trade-offsECS, EKS, AKS, and GKE overviewCloud Run and Azure Container InstancesCluster provisioning and scaling modelsImage registries and deployment flowsCost, operations, and portability concernsLesson 9Load balancing and ingress: ELB/ALB/NLB, Azure Load Balancer/Application Gateway, GCP Cloud Load Balancing — SSL termination, path-based routing, health checksUnderstand load balancing and entry points across providers. Learn to choose L4 or L7 services, set up SSL end, path routing, and health checks for strong multi-region access in Uganda.
L4 vs L7 load balancers across cloudsELB, ALB, NLB, and Azure equivalentsGCP HTTP(S) and TCP load balancersSSL termination and certificate handlingPath- and host-based routing rulesHealth checks and failover strategies
