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<text variant="body1">You’ll create a Cloud Workload Placement and Automation Plan for a fictional online learning provider. Using a workload inventory, a manual operations log, and a demand profile, you’ll recommend deployment models and migration strategies for six workloads. You’ll also explain how automation and monitoring would support the proposed environment.

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Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

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Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

This course is part of Cloud Engineering: Infrastructure, Virtualisation & Security Specialization

Instructor: Matt Bushby

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

6 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Identify the hardware and technologies underlying cloud infrastructure, including servers, operating systems, and virtualisation.
Compare public, private, hybrid, and community cloud deployment models.
Explain how infrastructure as code, configuration management, monitoring, and logging support cloud deployment and operations.
Evaluate cloud migration approaches and explain their benefits and limitations.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Cloud infrastructure brings together physical hardware, virtualisation, and services that organisations use to run applications and manage data. This course introduces data centres, cloud data centres, the cloud computing stack, and the technologies that support them.

You will then examine public, private, hybrid, and community deployment models and compare migration approaches, from lift and shift to cloud-native strategies. The course also introduces infrastructure as code, configuration management, monitoring, and logging as foundations for managing cloud environments. Role-play and practice activities connect these concepts to the needs of a growing organisation. By the end of the course, you will be able to explain the main components of cloud infrastructure and propose a deployment and migration approach that considers organisational requirements and technical trade-offs.

Cloud computing has evolved into a fundamental technology that underpins nearly all the ICT services we rely on today. In this topic, you will learn basic concepts about the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure and its underlying technologies and hardware.

What's included

1 assignment8 plugins

Cloud computing is essential in modern technology, transforming how businesses use IT resources. Proficiency in cloud deployment and management is crucial for enhancing organisational efficiency and scalability. Understanding cloud deployment models, migration strategies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD pipelines is key to orchestrating smooth cloud environments, enabling informed decision-making and effective management of cloud infrastructures.

What's included

1 assignment9 plugins

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Develop a Cloud Migration and Deployment Proposal30 minutes

9 pluginsTotal 110 minutes

Overview5 minutes
Introduction10 minutes
2.1 Cloud deployment strategies15 minutes
2.2 Cloud migration strategies15 minutes
2.3 Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)15 minutes
2.4 Configuration management15 minutes
2.5 Monitoring and logging15 minutes
Summary15 minutes
Conclusion5 minutes

Learners act as a cloud engineer for a fictional online learning provider that currently runs everything in one on-premises server room. Using a workload inventory, a log of manual operations work, and an hourly demand profile, learners explain why cloud infrastructure suits the company, place six workloads in the right deployment model with a suitable migration strategy, and show how infrastructure as code, configuration management, CI/CD, and monitoring would replace manual work. The result is a Cloud Workload Placement and Automation Plan written for a mixed technical and non-technical audience.

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3 readings1 assignment

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Matt Bushby

Macquarie University

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Frequently asked questions

You can start with this course if you are new to cloud infrastructure. Basic familiarity with computers and IT terminology will help as you explore servers, virtualisation, cloud services, and deployment models. This is the recommended starting point in the Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Management specialization.

You’ll compare public, private, hybrid, and community cloud models and examine migration approaches ranging from lift and shift to cloud-native strategies. You’ll learn to recommend an approach based on workload demand, data sensitivity, and legacy system constraints. These skills help you explain why a particular cloud approach suits an organisation’s needs.

The course develops foundational reasoning used in cloud infrastructure planning and IT operations. You’ll practise comparing deployment options, explaining migration trade-offs, and communicating recommendations to technical and non-technical colleagues. These are useful skills for learners exploring cloud support, infrastructure, or operations roles.

To access course materials, assignments, and earn a Certificate, you'll need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. Eligible learners may also have the option to start with a Free Trial. Some courses may also offer a Full Course, No Certificate option. This lets you access course materials, submit required assessments, and receive a final grade, but you won't be able to earn or purchase a Certificate.

Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Build your subject-matter expertise

There are 3 modules in this course

Introduction to cloud infrastructure

What's included

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

8 pluginsTotal 105 minutes

Cloud deployment and management

What's included

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

9 pluginsTotal 110 minutes

Mini Project: The Cloud Workload Placement and Automation Plan

What's included

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Earn a career certificate

Instructor

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Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Build your subject-matter expertise

There are 3 modules in this course

Introduction to cloud infrastructure

What's included

Cloud deployment and management

What's included

Mini Project: The Cloud Workload Placement and Automation Plan

What's included

Earn a career certificate

Instructor

Offered by

Explore more from Cloud Computing

Intro to Managing Resources Using Infrastructure-as-Code

Cloud Computing Primer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Cloud: Infrastructure as a Service - Master's

Cloud: Infrastructure as a Service - Bachelor's

Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.

Jennifer J.

Larry W.

Chaitanya A.

What brings you to Coursera today?

Give yourself skills that last, now $239

Gift your team new skills

Frequently asked questions

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