AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide with 900 Practice Test Questions, 4th Edition

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide with 900 Practice Test Questions, 4th Edition

by David Clinton, Ben Piper
Released October 2022
Publisher(s): Sybex
ISBN: 9781119982623

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Book description

Master Amazon Web Services solution delivery and efficiently prepare for the AWS Certified SAA-C03 Exam with this all-in-one study guide

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C03) Exam, 4th Edition comprehensively and effectively prepares you for the challenging SAA-C03 Exam. This Study Guide contains efficient and accurate study tools that will help you succeed on the exam. It offers access to the Sybex online learning environment and test bank, containing hundreds of test questions, bonus practice exams, a glossary of key terms, and electronic flashcards.

In this complete and authoritative exam prep blueprint, Ben Piper and David Clinton show you how to:

  • Design resilient AWS architectures
  • Create high-performing solutions
  • Craft secure applications and architectures
  • Design inexpensive and cost-optimized architectures

An essential resource for anyone trying to start a new career as an Amazon Web Services cloud solutions architect, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C03) Exam, 4th Edition will also prove invaluable to currently practicing AWS professionals looking to brush up on the fundamentals of their work.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About the Author
  6. About the Technical Editor
  7. Table of Exercises
  8. Introduction
    1. What Does This Book Cover?
    2. Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
    3. Exam Objectives
    4. Objective Map
    5. Assessment Test
    6. Answers to Assessment Test
  9. PART I: The Core AWS Services
    1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS
      1. Cloud Computing and Virtualization
      2. The AWS Cloud
      3. AWS Platform Architecture
      4. AWS Reliability and Compliance
      5. Working with AWS
      6. Migrating Existing Resources to AWS
      7. Summary
      8. Exam Essentials
      9. Review Questions
    2. Chapter 2: Compute Services
      1. Introduction
      2. EC2 Instances
      3. EC2 Storage Volumes
      4. Accessing Your EC2 Instance
      5. Securing Your EC2 Instance
      6. EC2 Auto Scaling
      7. AWS Systems Manager
      8. Running Containers
      9. AWS CLI Example
      10. Summary
      11. Exam Essentials
      12. Review Questions
    3. Chapter 3: AWS Storage
      1. Introduction
      2. S3 Service Architecture
      3. S3 Durability and Availability
      4. S3 Object Life Cycle
      5. Accessing S3 Objects
      6. Amazon S3 Glacier
      7. Other Storage-Related Services
      8. AWS CLI Example
      9. Summary
      10. Exam Essentials
      11. Review Questions
    4. Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
      1. Introduction
      2. VPC CIDR Blocks
      3. Subnets
      4. Elastic Network Interfaces
      5. Internet Gateways
      6. Route Tables
      7. Security Groups
      8. Network Access Control Lists
      9. AWS Network Firewall
      10. Public IP Addresses
      11. Elastic IP Addresses
      12. AWS Global Accelerator
      13. Network Address Translation
      14. Network Address Translation Devices
      15. AWS PrivateLink
      16. VPC Peering
      17. Hybrid Cloud Networking
      18. High-Performance Computing
      19. Summary
      20. Exam Essentials
      21. Review Questions
    5. Chapter 5: Database Services
      1. Introduction
      2. Relational Databases
      3. Amazon Relational Database Service
      4. Amazon Redshift
      5. Nonrelational (NoSQL) Databases
      6. DynamoDB
      7. Summary
      8. Exam Essentials
      9. Review Questions
    6. Chapter 6: Authentication and Authorization—AWS Identity and Access Management
      1. Introduction
      2. IAM Identities
      3. Authentication Tools
      4. AWS CLI Example
      5. Summary
      6. Exam Essentials
      7. Review Questions
    7. Chapter 7: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config
      1. Introduction
      2. CloudTrail
      3. CloudWatch
      4. AWS Config
      5. Summary
      6. Exam Essentials
      7. Review Questions
    8. Chapter 8: The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront
      1. Introduction
      2. The Domain Name System
      3. Amazon Route 53
      4. Amazon CloudFront
      5. AWS CLI Example
      6. Summary
      7. Exam Essentials
      8. Review Questions
    9. Chapter 9: Data Ingestion, Transformation, and Analytics
      1. Introduction
      2. AWS Lake Formation
      3. AWS Transfer Family
      4. Kinesis
      5. Summary
      6. Exam Essentials
      7. Review Questions
  10. PART II: Architecting for Requirements
    1. Chapter 10: Resilient Architectures
      1. Introduction
      2. Calculating Availability
      3. EC2 Auto Scaling
      4. Data Backup and Recovery
      5. Creating a Resilient Network
      6. Simple Queue Service
      7. Designing for Availability
      8. Summary
      9. Exam Essentials
      10. Review Questions
    2. Chapter 11: High-Performing Architectures
      1. Introduction
      2. Optimizing Performance for the Core AWS Services
      3. Infrastructure Automation
      4. Reviewing and Optimizing Infrastructure Configurations
      5. Optimizing Data Operations
      6. Summary
      7. Exam Essentials
      8. Review Questions
    3. Chapter 12: Secure Architectures
      1. Introduction
      2. Identity and Access Management
      3. Detective Controls
      4. Protecting Network Boundaries
      5. AWS Firewall Manager
      6. Data Encryption
      7. Summary
      8. Exam Essentials
      9. Review Questions
    4. Chapter 13: Cost-Optimized Architectures
      1. Introduction
      2. Planning, Tracking, and Controlling Costs
      3. Cost-Optimizing Compute
      4. Summary
      5. Exam Essentials
      6. Review Questions
  11. Appendix A: Answers to Review Questions
    1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS
    2. Chapter 2: Compute Services
    3. Chapter 3: AWS Storage
    4. Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    5. Chapter 5: Database Services
    6. Chapter 6: Authentication and Authorization—AWS Identity and Access Management
    7. Chapter 7: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config
    8. Chapter 8: The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront
    9. Chapter 9: Data Ingestion, Transformation, and Analytics
    10. Chapter 10: Resilient Architectures
    11. Chapter 11: High-Performing Architectures
    12. Chapter 12: Secure Architectures
    13. Chapter 13: Cost-Optimized Architectures
  12. Appendix B: Additional Services
    1. Deployment Tools
    2. Developer Tools
    3. Infrastructure Tools
    4. Connectivity Tools
    5. Database Tools
    6. Data Streaming Tools
    7. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
    8. Other Tools
  13. Index
  14. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide with 900 Practice Test Questions, 4th Edition
  • Author(s): David Clinton, Ben Piper
  • Release date: October 2022
  • Publisher(s): Sybex
  • ISBN: 9781119982623