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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

Extended exercises – setting the scene

The upcoming exercises are based on the following scenario. You work for a fictitious company called The Vegan Studio. The company is in the hospitality industry. Specifically, the company runs a chain of cafes and restaurants across the United States (US), serving only vegan dishes for those looking to indulge in meat-free cuisine. The company employs over 4,000 employees across its business, and keeping everyone engaged and feeling part of a large family is something the business takes great pride in.

Every year, they run several contests for their employees to participate in. This year, they are running a My Good Deed for the Month contest. A web application has been designed by one of the developers, which you need to now deploy in a highly available and scalable manner on AWS in the us-east-1 Region. The contest will run for a month and all employees are encouraged to submit a statement of any good deeds they carried out. Five...