AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide

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