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Cloud Computing, Intro

Whatis, Terminology

• Cloud computing
• The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. A US government institution.
• NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. A US government institution.
• Cloud Computing has been standardized as ISO/IEC 22123, documents ISO-IEC-22123-1-2023 and ISO-IEC-22123-2-2023 are available. Copyright restrictions prevent us from linking to pdfs floating on the web. Search and ye shall find.

Educational, Courses/Tutorials

• https://www.coursera.org/collections/cloud-computing-for-beginners catering to the beginner, as does the others, but there are links to courses.

  Recommended Courses

  • AWS: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials
  • AWS, you might want the above first: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-technical-essentials
  • IBM: https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-cloud
  • Microsoft Azure: https://www.coursera.org/learn/microsoft-azure-cloud-services

• https://itconnect.uw.edu/guides-by-topic/research/cloud-computing-for-research/cloud-computing-basics/ is University of Washington’s take. You may continue with its Getting Started.

• https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/cloud-computing-primer) from the Defense Acquisition University.

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/a-general-introduction-to-cloud-computing part of a 39 article tutorial.

• https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/infographic/A-beginners-guide-to-cloud-computing-basics)

• https://cloudacademy.com/blog/prerequisites-to-learn-cloud-computing-introduction/

This Lesson’s References

1. Cloud Computing Beginner to Expert with 3 Projects
2. ACG Projects: Build Your Resume on Azure with Blob Storage, Functions, CosmosDB, and GitHub Actions
3. Learn to Cloud

Get Started

Cloud computing is a way of doing stuff in computing that you probably already know how to do, but mixing them in a different way. The mix is what we call cloud computing. To get a more formal definition, you should refer to the first NIST reference above.

Searching for an overview we found the 15 minute video Cloud Computing Beginner to Expert with 3 Projects , re by Gwyneth Peña-Siguensa, same as 1 above. She promises you to become an expert in 6 month by diving into the three projects she outlines in the video, and she is serious and trustworthy.

We do not have 6 months. We do have 5 ECTS equivalent to 5 x 6 lessons plus some homework. Actually, since a year is 60 ECTS, this course is a month of work for you.

Consequently, we will dive into the subject matter by using one of the resources mentioned on the Youtube page of the above video, no 3 above. Learn to Cloud , also by Gwyn. In the beginning of Phase 0, there are 6 videos listed in point 2. Watch the videos, they are not prohibitively long, and we shall discuss them in class.

Exercises

In Learn to Cloud, duly referenced in todays lesson, we have Phases 1 through 5, and then projects.

1. In phase 1, there are some headlines, Commands, Networking, and Bash Scripting, for each of those formulate three questions you want answers to. Then we shall discuss, and answer them as the model solution to this exercise. You must hand in your questions.
2. In phase 2, Programming and Git, the exercise is similar. I know it is harder, but look at it as a chance to catch up, and get answers to some questions that still lingers. Again, your questions must be handed in.