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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

By : Rajesh Daswani
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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

Exercise 3.1 – Setting up your first AWS Free Tier account

The following step-by-step process will show you how to set up your first AWS account. You will need the following to complete the setup process:

  • Your personal details, name, physical address, and an email address.
  • A mobile phone.
  • A credit card. As far as possible, the labs in this training guide will fall under the free tier and your credit card will not be charged for those resources you deploy. A couple of labs, however, may go over the free tier threshold and if you choose to do those labs, there may be a small minimum charge. We will discuss this in more detail shortly.

Now that we know about the requirements, let's get started with creating our account:

  1. In your favorite browser, search for the term AWS Free Tier and you should find a link to the Amazon Web Services Free Tier offering. Click on the second link, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Figure 3.4 – AWS Free...