AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide

by Ben Piper, David Clinton
Released July 2019
Publisher(s): Sybex
ISBN: 9781119490708

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Book description

Set yourself apart by becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Take the next step in your career by expanding and validating your skills on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: Exam CLF-C01 provides a solid introduction to this industry-leading technology, relied upon by thousands of businesses across the globe, as well as the resources you need to prove your knowledge in the AWS Certification Exam. This guide offers complete and thorough treatment of all topics included in the exam, beginning with a discussion of what the AWS cloud is and its basic global infrastructure and architectural principles. Other chapters dive into the technical, exploring core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud Platform, as well as basic security and compliance aspects and the shared security model. In addition, the text identifies sources of documentation or technical assistance, such as white papers or support tickets.

To complete their coverage, the authors discuss the AWS Cloud value proposition and define billing, account management, and pricing models. This includes describing the key services AWS can provide and their common use cases (e.g., compute, analytics, etc.).

  • Distinguish yourself as an expert by obtaining a highly desirable certification in a widely used platform
  • Hone your skills and gain new insights on AWS whether you work in a technical, managerial, sales, purchasing, or financial field
  • Fully prepare for this new exam using expert content and real-world knowledge, key exam essentials, chapter review questions, and other textual resources
  • Benefit from access to the Sybex online interactive learning environment and test bank, including chapter tests, practice exams, key term glossary, and electronic flashcards

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide is essential reading for any professional in IT or other fields that work directly with AWS, soon-to-be graduates studying in those areas, or anyone hoping to prove themselves as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. About the Authors
  4. Table of Exercises
  5. Introduction
  6. Assessment Test
  7. Answers to Assessment Test
  8. Chapter 1 The Cloud
    1. Introduction
    2. What Is Cloud Computing?
    3. Server Virtualization: The Basics
    4. Cloud Platform Models
    5. Scalability and Elasticity
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  9. Chapter 2 Understanding Your AWS Account
    1. Introduction
    2. The Free Tier
    3. Product Pricing
    4. Service Limits
    5. Billing and Cost Management
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  10. Chapter 3 Getting Support on AWS
    1. Introduction
    2. Support Plans
    3. Documentation and Online Help
    4. Trusted Advisor
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  11. Chapter 4 Understanding the AWS Environment
    1. Introduction
    2. AWS Global Infrastructure: AWS Regions
    3. AWS Global Infrastructure: Availability Zones
    4. AWS Global Infrastructure: Edge Locations
    5. The AWS Shared Responsibility Model
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  12. Chapter 5 Securing Your AWS Resources
    1. Introduction
    2. AWS Identity and Access Management
    3. Encryption
    4. Regulatory Compliance (AWS Artifact)
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  13. Chapter 6 Working with Your AWS Resources
    1. Introduction
    2. The AWS Management Console
    3. The AWS Command Line Interface
    4. Software Development Kits
    5. CloudWatch
    6. CloudTrail
    7. Cost Explorer
    8. Summary
    9. Exam Essentials
    10. Review Questions
  14. Chapter 7 The Core Compute Services
    1. Introduction
    2. Deploying Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Servers
    3. Simplified Deployments Through Managed Services
    4. Deploying Container and Serverless Workloads
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  15. Chapter 8 The Core Storage Services
    1. Introduction
    2. Simple Storage Service
    3. S3 Glacier
    4. AWS Storage Gateway
    5. AWS Snowball
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  16. Chapter 9 The Core Database Services
    1. Introduction
    2. Database Models
    3. Amazon Relational Database Service
    4. DynamoDB
    5. Amazon Redshift
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  17. Chapter 10 The Core Networking Services
    1. Introduction
    2. Virtual Private Cloud
    3. Route 53
    4. CloudFront
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  18. Chapter 11 Automating Your AWS Workloads
    1. Introduction
    2. CloudFormation
    3. AWS Developer Tools
    4. EC2 Auto Scaling
    5. Configuration Management
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  19. Chapter 12 Common Use-Case Scenarios
    1. Introduction
    2. The Well-Architected Framework
    3. A Highly Available Web Application Using Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
    4. Static Website Hosting Using S3
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  20. Appendix A Answers to Review Questions
    1. Chapter 1: The Cloud
    2. Chapter 2: Understanding Your AWS Account
    3. Chapter 3: Getting Support on AWS
    4. Chapter 4: Understanding the AWS Environment
    5. Chapter 5: Securing Your AWS Resources
    6. Chapter 6: Working with Your AWS Resources
    7. Chapter 7: The Core Compute Services
    8. Chapter 8: The Core Storage Services
    9. Chapter 9: The Core Database Services
    10. Chapter 10: The Core Networking Services
    11. Chapter 11: Automating Your AWS Workloads
    12. Chapter 12: Common Use-Case Scenarios
  21. Appendix B Additional Services
    1. Athena
    2. AWS Backup
    3. AWS Glue
    4. Batch
    5. Cognito
    6. Database Migration Service
    7. Elastic File System
    8. Elastic MapReduce
    9. Inspector
    10. Kinesis
    11. Macie
    12. Neptune
    13. Simple Queue Service
    14. WorkDocs
    15. WorkSpaces
  22. Index
  23. Advert
  24. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide
  • Author(s): Ben Piper, David Clinton
  • Release date: July 2019
  • Publisher(s): Sybex
  • ISBN: 9781119490708