This course provides provides a technical drill-down into the inner workings and mechanics of foundational cloud computing platforms. Private and public cloud environments are dissected into concrete, componentized building blocks (referred to as “patterns”) that individually represent platform feature-sets, functions and/or artifacts, and are collectively applied to establish distinct technology architecture layers. Building upon these foundations, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) environments are further explored as compound patterns, comprised of unique and shared building blocks.
The course is structured as a guided tour through these architectural layers, describing primary components, highlighting shared components, exploring containerization extensions and explaining how building blocks can be assembled and implemented via cloud computing mechanisms and practices.
The following primary topics are covered:
– Understanding the Technology Architecture of Private Clouds and Public Clouds
– Understanding the Technology Architecture of SaaS, PaaS and ISaaS Environments
– Automated Administration and Centralized Remote Administration
– Container Sidecars and Container Chains
– Self-Provisioning and Platform Provisioning
– Rich Containers and Logical Pod Containers
– Bare-Metal Provisioning and Resource Management
– Single-Node Multi-Containers and Multipath Resource Access
– Usage Monitoring and Broad Access
– Realtime Resource Availability and Pay-as-You-Go
– Shared Resources and Resource Pooling
– Rapid Provisioning and Resource Reservation
– Non-Disruptive Service Relocation and Service State Management
– Workload Distribution and Dynamic Scalability
Duration: 1 Day
Taking the Course at a Workshop
This course can be taken as part of instructor-led workshops taught by Arcitura Certified Trainers. These workshops can be open for public registration or delivered privately for a specific organization. Certified Trainers can teach workshops in-person at a specific location or virtually using a video-enabled remote system, such as WebEx. Visit the Workshop Calendar page to view the current calendar of public workshops or visit the Private Training page to learn more about Arcitura’s worldwide private workshop delivery options.
Below are the base materials provided to public and private workshop participants. Some public and private workshops offer promotions whereby participants receive entire Study Kits for attending workshops, or are offered discounts for the purchase of Study Kits and/or Pearson VUE exam vouchers.
Taking the Course using a Study Kit
This course can be completed via self-study by purchasing a Study Kit, which includes the base course materials as well as additional supplements and resources designed specifically for self-paced study and exam preparation. 
Visit the CCP Module 4 Study Kit page for pricing information and for details. Also, visit the Study Kits Overview page for information regarding discounted Certification Study Kit Bundles for individual certification tracks.
The following materials are provided in the Study Kit for this course:
Taking the Course using an eLearning Study Kit
This course can be completed via self-study by purchasing an eLearning Study Kit subscription, which includes online access to the base course materials as well as additional supplements and resources designed for self-paced study and exam preparation. 
Visit the CCP Module 4 eLearning Study Kit page for pricing information and details. Also, visit the eLearning Study Kits Overview page for information regarding discounted Certification eLearning Study Kit Bundles for individual certification tracks.
This eLearning Study Kit provides access to the following materials:
Study Kits and Study Bundles can be purchased using the online store. By purchasing and registering this Study Kit, you may be eligible for discounts on the registration of this course as part of a public workshop.
About the Text Books
This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklets and further elaborated by more detailed coverage in the associated Cloud Computing Design Patterns text book from the acclaimed Prentice Hall Service Technology Series from Thomas Erl. This text book is included in eBook format as part of the Study Kit and may be provided in paperback or electronic format as part of workshops.
Note that this course contains reading exercises that require the Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture text book that is provided as part of the course materials for the pre-requisite CCP Module 1.
Certifications
This course is part of the following certification track(s):
– Certified Cloud Architect
Fact Sheet
Download a printable PDF document with information about this course module and its corresponding Study Kit.