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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By : Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott
Book Image

AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By: Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the leader in the public cloud market. With an increasing global interest in leveraging cloud infrastructure, the AWS Cloud from Amazon offers a cutting-edge platform for architecting, building, and deploying web-scale cloud applications. As more the rate of cloud platform adoption increases, so does the need for cloud certification. The AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate Guide is your one-stop solution to gaining certification. Once you have grasped what AWS and its prerequisites are, you will get insights into different types of AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, and more to get you prepared with core Amazon services. You will then move on to understanding how to design and deploy highly scalable applications. Finally, you will study security concepts along with the AWS best practices and mock papers to test your knowledge. By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam but also capable of building secure and reliable applications.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
22
Mock Test 1
23
Mock Test 2

AWS Trusted Advisor

The AWS Trusted Advisor service is extremely useful and can help you optimize your AWS infrastructure within your environment based on best practices. It provides recommendations based on the following five core categories:

  • Cost Optimization: This category will provide suggestion and improvements on how you could reduce your costs based on your current AWS environment and resources
  • Performance: Trusted Advisor will scan and assess your resources to see whether there are changes that could be made to rectify any performance concerns
  • Security: This will analyze your environment to look for security vulnerabilities and threats, based on best practice
  • Fault Tolerance: This category will provide suggestions and improvements that could enhance your resilience within your deployed resources
  • Service Limits: This will show you how close you are to particular service...