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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

AWS logging, monitoring, and incident handling

Logging and monitoring are everywhere in the AWS cloud. As we discussed earlier, the third A in AWS cloud’s AAA provides traceability of all activities in the cloud. We also introduced CloudTrail and analyzed the CloudTrail logs generated in the encryption and decryption process. In this section, we will explore further the AWS security services related to cloud resource logging and monitoring.

While CloudTrail provides a record of API calls made within a customer’s AWS account, thus enabling customers to monitor and audit activity within their accounts, Amazon CloudWatch is a managed service that enables customers to monitor, store, access, and analyze log files from AWS services and their own applications, such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, Lambda functions, and more, to gain insights into the health and performance of their applications and infrastructure. Some of the most important features of the AWS cloud are...