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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

By : Rajesh Daswani
3 (1)
Book Image

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

3 (1)
By: Rajesh Daswani

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud computing service provider in the world. Its foundational certification, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01), is the first step to fast-tracking your career in cloud computing. This certification will add value even to those in non-IT roles, including professionals from sales, legal, and finance who may be working with cloud computing or AWS projects. If you are a seasoned IT professional, this certification will make it easier for you to prepare for more technical certifications to progress up the AWS ladder and improve your career prospects. The book is divided into four parts. The first part focuses on the fundamentals of cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure. The second part examines key AWS technology services, including compute, network, storage, and database services. The third part covers AWS security, the shared responsibility model, and several security tools. In the final part, you'll study the fundamentals of cloud economics and AWS pricing models and billing practices. Complete with exercises that highlight best practices for designing solutions, detailed use cases for each of the AWS services, quizzes, and two complete practice tests, this CLF-C01 exam study guide will help you gain the knowledge and hands-on experience necessary to ace the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Cloud Concepts
5
Section 2: AWS Technologies
16
Section 3: AWS Security
18
Section 4: Billing and Pricing
20
Chapter 16: Mock Tests

Managed databases versus unmanaged databases

Traditionally, in an on-premises setup, you would configure a server (physical or virtual) with a base operating system and then proceed to install the database software on it. Because the primary purpose of a database is to store data, you would also need to ensure that you had adequate storage attached to your server. Due to the importance of the data store, you would take additional security measures to protect the data and ensure you had adequate backups and copies of the data (ideally stored offsite in another location) in case of disasters.

On AWS, you can set up an Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance and install your database, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle, in the same manner to serve your frontend web and application servers as required. In this case, you take full ownership of managing the database, provisioning the required amount of Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes for storage, and ensuring adequate backups are made...