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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: CLF-C01 Exam

By : Ben Piper, David Clinton
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: CLF-C01 Exam

By: Ben Piper, David Clinton

Overview of this book

AWS certifications validate the technical skills and knowledge required for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS cloud. The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification is for individuals who have the knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate an understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles addressed by other AWS certifications. An AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is a recommended path to achieving specialty certification or an optional start toward Associate certification. This guide provides a solid introduction and the resources you need to prove your knowledge in the exam. It covers all topics, beginning with what the AWS cloud 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. The text identifies sources of documentation or technical assistance, such as white papers or support tickets. 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 such as compute, analytics, and so on. By the end of this book, you'll be thoroughly prepared for the foundational CLF-C01 exam.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Cover
2
Acknowledgments
3
About the Authors
4
Table of Exercises
5
Introduction
6
Assessment Test
7
Answers to Assessment Test
20
Index
21
Advert
22
End User License Agreement

Introduction

In this chapter, you’ll learn the key tools that enable you to configure and monitor your AWS resources. Although each AWS service has its own unique aspects when it comes to configuration, AWS offers two common tools to interact with all of them.

The primary way you’ll interact with AWS services is through the AWS Management Console, a web-based application you can use from any compatible web browser. Until you get intimately familiar with the core AWS services, you’ll likely use the AWS Management Console almost exclusively. The AWS Management Console gives you a user friendly, point-and-click way to navigate your AWS resources, and you’ll start by learning your way around it. You’ll also learn about the AWS Console Mobile Application, which allows you to view and manage some of your AWS resources from an Android or iOS mobile device.

After that, you’ll learn how to use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to perform configurations...