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AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Exam Guide

By : Marko Sluga
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AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Exam Guide

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By: Marko Sluga

Overview of this book

Amazon has recently come up a with specialty certifications which validates a particular user's expertise that he/she would want to build a career in. Since the Cloud market now demands of AWS networking skills this becomes the most wanted certification to upheld ones industry portfolio. This book would be your ideal companion to getting skilled with complex and creative networking solutions. Cloud practitioners or associate-level certified individuals interested in validating advanced skills in networking can opt for this practical guide. This book will include topics that will help you design and implement AWS and hybrid IT network architectures along with some network automation tasks. You will also delve deep into topics that will help you design and maintain network architecture for all AWS services. Like most of our certification guides this book will also follow a unique approach of testing your learning with chapter-level practice exercises and certification-based mock tests. The exam mock tests will help you gauge whether you are ready to take the certification exam or not. This book will also be an advanced guide for networking professionals to enhance their networking skills and get certified. By the end of this book, you will be all equipped with AWS networking concepts and techniques and will have mastered core architectural best practices.

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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Introduction
Section 1: Introduction
2
Overview of AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Certification
Overview of AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Certification
Technical requirements
The exam blueprint
The exam requirements
The exam structure
Scoring
Knowledge domains
Taking the exam
Summary
3
Section 2: Managing Networks in AWS
Section 2: Managing Networks in AWS
4
Networking with the Virtual Private Cloud
Networking with the Virtual Private Cloud
Technical requirements
Introduction to the VPC
Working with VPCs
VPC networking components
Best practices
Summary
Questions
Further reading
5
VPC Network Security
VPC Network Security
Technical requirements
An overview of network security
Securing the VPC
Securing EC2 instance operating systems
Delivering advanced network security in AWS
Summary
Questions
Further reading
6
Connecting On-Premises and AWS
Connecting On-Premises and AWS
Technical requirements
An overview of on-premises connectivity
Connecting VPCs and private networks
VPN with the virtual private gateway
Connecting with Direct Connect
Designing highly available and secure WAN links
Summary
Questions
Further reading
7
Section 3: Managing and Securing Network-Attached Platform Services in AWS
Section 3: Managing and Securing Network-Attached Platform Services in AWS
8
Managing and Securing Servers with ELB
Managing and Securing Servers with ELB
Technical requirements
Introduction to ELB
Types of ELB
Working with the ELB
Securing traffic on the ELB
Summary
Questions
Further reading
9
Managing and Securing Content Distribution with CloudFront
Managing and Securing Content Distribution with CloudFront
Technical requirements
Introducing CloudFront
Working with CloudFront
Securing content delivery
Encryption
DDoS mitigation
Summary
Questions
Further reading
10
Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System
Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System
Technical requirements
Introduction to Route 53
DNS resource record types
Routing policies
Health checking
Registering a domain name
Best practices
Summary
Questions
Further reading
11
Managing and Securing API Gateway
Managing and Securing API Gateway
Technical requirements
Introduction to API Gateway
How API Gateway works
Securing API Gateway
Encryption
DoS mitigation and enhanced security
Summary
Questions
Further reading
12
Section 4: Monitoring and Operating the AWS Networks
Section 4: Monitoring and Operating the AWS Networks
13
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Networks in AWS
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Networks in AWS
Technical requirements
Introducing CloudWatch
How CloudWatch works
Metrics, logs, and alarms
Monitoring types – standard and detailed
Creating a CloudWatch alarm
AWS CloudTrail
Working with VPC Flow Logs
Monitoring network components
Monitoring ELB
Monitoring CloudFront
Monitoring the API gateway
Monitoring Route 53
Troubleshooting
Summary
Questions
Further reading
14
Section 5: Network automation in AWS
Section 5: Network automation in AWS
15
Network Automation with CloudFormation
Network Automation with CloudFormation
Technical requirements
Introduction to CloudFormation
CloudFormation basic elements
How CloudFormation works
Creating network services with CloudFormation
Best practices
Summary
Questions
Further reading
16
Section 6: The Exam
Section 6: The Exam
17
Exam Tips and Tricks
Exam Tips and Tricks
Technical requirements
Introduction to the exam
Domain 1 – Design and implement hybrid IT network architectures at scale
Domain 2 – Design and implement AWS networks
Domain 3 – Automate AWS tasks
Domain 4 – Configure network integration with application services
Domain 5 – Design and implement for security and compliance
Domain 6 – Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot the network
Summary
Further reading
18
Mock Tests
Mock Tests
Mock Test 1
Mock Test 2
19
Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 2 – Networking with the Virtual Private Cloud
Chapter 3 – VPC Network Security
Chapter 4 – Connecting On-Premises and AWS
Chapter 5 – Managing and Securing Servers with ELB
Chapter 6 – Managing and Securing Content Distribution with CloudFront
Chapter 7 – Managing and Securing the Route 53 Domain Name System
Chapter 8 – Managing and Securing API Gateways
Chapter 9 – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Networks in AWS
Chapter 10 – Network Automation with CloudFormation
Mock test 1
Mock test 2
20
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How CloudWatch works

The Amazon CloudWatch service is a serverless, fully managed, highly scalable metering, log collection, graphing, and alarming service that can collect metrics and the logs from our AWS components and services, as well as from any on-premise systems that have a CloudWatch agent installed. By default, all AWS services will send the relevant metrics and logs to CloudWatch, but we can augment and enhance the capability of CloudWatch by adding our custom metrics and logs into the collection service.

The following diagram gives a comprehensive overview of what CloudWatch can offer us:

As seen in the preceding diagram, the benefits that CloudWatch can offer us are as follows:

  • The service can collect metrics from all AWS services and any other sources.
  • The built-in tools for analytics allow us to quickly and efficiently analyze data.
  • With CloudWatch, we are able...
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