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Understanding AWS: global infrastructure, accounts, tools and pricing
The essential basics for getting started with Amazon Web Services: regions, availability zones and points of presence, accounts and organization, console,…
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IAM: identities, roles and policies on AWS
Secure access to AWS with IAM: users, groups, roles and JSON policies, permission evaluation, MFA, IAM Identity Center for humans, roles for applications,…
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AWS networking: VPC, subnets, routing and security
Design an AWS network: VPCs and CIDR ranges, public and private subnets, route tables, Internet and NAT gateways, security groups and NACLs, endpoints, pe…
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Compute on AWS: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda and containers
Choose and use AWS compute services: EC2 instances (types, AMIs, EBS, user data, purchasing models), Auto Scaling groups behind a load balancer, Lambda fu…
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Storage on AWS: S3, EBS, EFS and backup
Store data on AWS: Amazon S3 (buckets, storage classes, versioning, lifecycle, encryption, policies and public access blocking), EBS volumes, EFS file sys…
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Databases on AWS: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB and ElastiCache
Choose a managed database on AWS: RDS and Aurora for relational (multi-AZ, read replicas, backups), DynamoDB for large-scale key-value NoSQL, ElastiCache …
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Monitoring and securing AWS: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, KMS and GuardDuty
Operate and protect an AWS environment: CloudWatch metrics, logs and alarms, the CloudTrail API call log, compliance with AWS Config, encryption with KMS,…
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Infrastructure as Code on AWS: CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform and Well-Architected
Describe and deploy your AWS infrastructure as code with CloudFormation, the CDK or Terraform, automate deployments, and design with the six pillars of th…
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Controlling your AWS costs: pricing models, budgets and optimization
Understand and optimize the AWS bill: cost drivers (compute, storage, data transfer), Cost Explorer, Budgets, cost allocation tags, Savings Plans, Spot in…
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Preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification (CLF-C02)
Preparation guide for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: exam format, domains and weightings, services to know per domain, a four-week study plan and c…
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Preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification (SAA-C03)
Preparation guide for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate: format, the four domains (security, resilience, performance, costs), reference architectures …
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AWS best practices: security, reliability, costs and operations
The essential best practices for running AWS in production: multi-account organization, identities and least privilege, networking, encryption, high avail…
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