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Virtual, hands-on learning labs allow you to apply your technical skills in realistic environments. So Sybex has bundled AWS labs from XtremeLabs with our popular AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide to give you the same experience working in these labs as you prepare for the Certified Solutions Architect Exam that you would face in a real-life application. These labs in addition to the book are a proven way to prepare for the certification and for work as an AWS Solutions Architect.The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam is your complete and fully updated resource to the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification. This invaluable Sybex study guide covers all relevant aspects of the AWS Solutions Architect job role, including mapping multi-tier architectures to AWS services, loose coupling and stateless systems, applying AWS security features, deploying and managing services, designing large scale distributed systems, and many more. Written by two AWS subject-matter experts, this self-study guide and reference provides all the tools and information necessary to master the exam, earn your certification, and gain insights into the job of an AWS Solutions Architect. Efficient and logical presentation of exam objectives allows for flexible study of topics, and powerful learning tools increase comprehension and retention of key exam elements. Practice questions, chapter reviews, and detailed examination of essential concepts fully prepare you for the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification.The certification is highly valued in IT and cloud computing professionals. Now in a new edition--reflecting the latest changes, additions, and updates to the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam guide--this book is your complete, one-stop resource:* Learn all the components of the AWS exam and know what to expect on exam day* Review challenging exam topics and focus on the areas that need improvement* Expand your AWS skillset and keep pace with current cloud computing technologies* Readers will also have one year of free access to the Sybex interactive online learning environment and test bank, providing a suite of robust study tools including an assessment test, chapter tests, bonus practice exam, electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms.The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam enables you to validate your skills, increase your competitive advantage, and take the next step on your career path. Comprehensive and up-to-date content and superior study tools make this guide a must-have resource for those seeking AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification.And with this edition you also get XtremeLabs virtual labs that run from your browser. The registration code is included with the book and gives you 6 months unlimited access to XtremeLabs AWS Certified Solutions Architect Labs with 10 unique lab modules based on the book.
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Ben Piper, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, is an IT consultant who has created more than 20 training courses, covering Amazon Web Services, Cisco routing and switching, Puppet configuration management, and Windows Server Administration.David Clinton, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, is a Linux server admin who has worked with IT infrastructure in both academic and enterprise environments. He has created more than 15 video courses, teaching Amazon Web Services and other technologies.
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Introduction xxvAssessment Test xxxiPart I The Core AWS Services 1Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS 3Cloud Computing and Virtualization 4Cloud Computing Architecture 5Cloud Computing Optimization 5The AWS Cloud 6AWS Platform Architecture 11AWS Reliability and Compliance 13The AWS Shared Responsibility Model 13The AWS Service Level Agreement 14Working with AWS 14The AWS CLI 15AWS SDKs 15Technical Support and Online Resources 15Support Plans 15Other Support Resources 16Summary 16Exam Essentials 17Exercise 17Review Questions 18Chapter 2 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Elastic Block Store 21Introduction 22EC2 Instances 22Provisioning Your Instance 23Configuring Instance Behavior 28Instance Pricing 28Instance Lifecycle 29Resource Tags 30Service Limits 30EC2 Storage Volumes 31Elastic Block Store Volumes 31Instance Store Volumes 33Accessing Your EC2 Instance 33Securing Your EC2 Instance 35Security Groups 35IAM Roles 36NAT Devices 36Key Pairs 37Other EC2-Related Services 37AWS Systems Manager 37Placement Groups 37AWS Elastic Beanstalk 37Amazon Elastic Container Service and AWS Fargate 38AWS Lambda 38VM Import/Export 38Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling 38AWS CLI Example 39Summary 40Exam Essentials 40Review Questions 42Chapter 3 Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Glacier Storage 47Introduction 48S3 Service Architecture 49Prefixes and Delimiters 49Working with Large Objects 49Encryption 50Logging 51S3 Durability and Availability 51Durability 52Availability 52Eventually Consistent Data 53S3 Object Lifecycle 53Versioning 53Lifecycle Management 54Accessing S3 Objects 54Access Control 55Presigned URLs 56Static Website Hosting 56S3 and Glacier Select 57Amazon Glacier 57Storage Pricing 58Other Storage-Related Services 59Amazon Elastic File System 59AWS Storage Gateway 59AWS Snowball 59AWS CLI Example 60Summary 61Exam Essentials 61Review Questions 63Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud 67Introduction 68VPC CIDR Blocks 68Secondary CIDR Blocks 69IPv6 CIDR Blocks 69Subnets 70Subnet CIDR Blocks 70Availability Zones 71IPv6 CIDR Blocks 72Elastic Network Interfaces 72Primary and Secondary Private IP Addresses 72Attaching Elastic Network Interfaces 73Internet Gateways 73Route Tables 74Routes 74The Default Route 75Security Groups 76Inbound Rules 76Outbound Rules 77Sources and Destinations 78Stateful Firewall 78Default Security Group 78Network Access Control Lists 79Inbound Rules 79Outbound Rules 80Using Network Access Control Lists and Security Groups Together 81Public IP Addresses 82Elastic IP Addresses 82Network Address Translation 83Network Address Translation Devices 84Configuring Route Tables to Use NAT Devices 85NAT Gateway 86NAT Instance 87VPC Peering 87Summary 88Exam Essentials 89Review Questions 91Chapter 5 Databases 95Introduction 96Relational Databases 96Columns and Attributes 96Using Multiple Tables 97Structured Query Language 98Online Transaction Processing vs. Online Analytic Processing 99Amazon Relational Database Service 99Database Engines 100Licensing Considerations 101Database Option Groups 101Database Instance Classes 102Storage 103Read Replicas 106High Availability (Multi-AZ) 108Backup and Recovery 109Automated Snapshots 109Maintenance Items 110Amazon Redshift 110Compute Nodes 110Data Distribution Styles 111Nonrelational (No-SQL) Databases 111Storing Data 111Querying Data 112Types of Nonrelational Databases 112DynamoDB 112Partition and Hash Keys 113Attributes and Items 113Throughput Capacity 114Reading Data 116Summary 117Exam Essentials 117Review Questions 119Chapter 6 Authentication and Authorization--AWS Identity and Access Management 123Introduction 124IAM Identities 125IAM Policies 125User and Root Accounts 126Access Keys 129Groups 130Roles 131Authentication Tools 131Amazon Cognito 132AWS Managed Microsoft AD 132AWS Single Sign-On 132AWS Key Management Service 133AWS Secrets Manager 133AWS CloudHSM 133AWS CLI Example 134Summary 135Exam Essentials 136Review Questions 137Chapter 7 CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config 141Introduction 142CloudTrail 143Management Events 143Data Events 144Event History 144Trails 144Log File Integrity Validation 146CloudWatch 147CloudWatch Metrics 147Graphing Metrics 149Metric Math 150CloudWatch Logs 152Log Streams and Log Groups 153Metric Filters 153CloudWatch Agent 153Sending CloudTrail Logs to CloudWatch Logs 154CloudWatch Alarms 155Data Point to Monitor 155Threshold 155Alarm States 156Data Points to Alarm and Evaluation Period 156Missing Data 157Actions 157AWS Config 158The Configuration Recorder 159Configuration Items 159Configuration History 159Configuration Snapshots 160Monitoring Changes 161Summary 162Exam Essentials 162Review Questions 164Chapter 8 The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront 169Introduction 170The Domain Name System 170Namespaces 170Name Servers 171Domains and Domain Names 171Domain Registration 172Domain Layers 172Fully Qualified Domain Names 172Zones and Zone Files 173Record Types 173Alias Records 174Amazon Route 53 174Domain Registration 174DNS Management 175Availability Monitoring 176Routing Policies 177Traffic Flow 180Amazon CloudFront 181AWS CLI Example 182Summary 183Exam Essentials 183Review Questions 185Part II The Well-Architected Framework 189Chapter 9 The Reliability Pillar 191Introduction 192Calculating Availability 192Availability Differences in Traditional vs. Cloud-Native Applications 193Know Your Limits 196Increasing Availability 196EC2 Auto Scaling 197Launch Configurations 197Launch Templates 197Auto Scaling Groups 199Auto Scaling Options 200Data Backup and Recovery 204S3 204Elastic File System 205Elastic Block Storage 205Database Resiliency 205Creating a Resilient Network 206VPC Design Considerations 206External Connectivity 207Designing for Availability 207Designing for 99 Percent Availability 208Designing for 99.9 Percent Availability 209Designing for 99.99 Percent Availability 210Summary 211Exam Essentials 211Review Questions 213Chapter 10 The Performance Efficiency Pillar 217Introduction 218Optimizing Performance for the Core AWS Services 218Compute 219Storage 223Database 226Network Optimization and Load Balancing 227Infrastructure Automation 230CloudFormation 230Third-Party Automation Solutions 232Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment 232Reviewing and Optimizing Infrastructure Configurations 234Load Testing 235Visualization 235Optimizing Data Operations 236Caching 237Partitioning/Sharding 238Compression 239Summary 239Exam Essentials 240Review Questions 242Chapter 11 The Security Pillar 247Introduction 248Identity and Access Management 248Protecting AWS Credentials 248Fine-Grained Authorization 249Permissions Boundaries 251Roles 252Enforcing Service-Level Protection 258Detective Controls 258CloudTrail 258CloudWatch Logs 259Searching Logs with Athena 260Auditing Resource Configurations with AWS Config 262Amazon GuardDuty 264Amazon Inspector 265Protecting Network Boundaries 267Network Access Control Lists and Security Groups 267AWS Web Application Firewall 267AWS Shield 268Data Encryption 268Data at Rest 268Data in Transit 270Summary 270Exam Essentials 271Review Questions 272Chapter 12 The Cost Optimization Pillar 277Introduction 278Planning, Tracking, and Controlling Costs 278AWS Budgets 279Monitoring Tools 280AWS Organizations 281AWS Trusted Advisor 282Online Calculator Tools 282Cost-Optimizing Compute 284Maximizing Server Density 284EC2 Reserved Instances 285EC2 Spot Instances 285Auto Scaling 288Elastic Block Store Lifecycle Manager 288Summary 288Exam Essentials 289Review Questions 290Chapter 13 The Operational Excellence Pillar 295Introduction 296CloudFormation 296Creating Stacks 297Deleting Stacks 298Using Multiple Stacks 298Stack Updates 301Preventing Updates to Specific Resources 302Overriding Stack Policies 303CodeCommit 303Creating a Repository 304Repository Security 304Interacting with a Repository Using Git 305CodeDeploy 307The CodeDeploy Agent 308Deployments 308Deployment Groups 308Deployment Types 308Deployment Configurations 309Lifecycle Events 310The Application Specification File 311Triggers and Alarms 312Rollbacks 312CodePipeline 313Continuous Integration 313Continuous Delivery 313Creating the Pipeline 314Artifacts 315AWS Systems Manager 316Actions 316Insights 318Summary 320Exam Essentials 320Review Questions 322Appendix Answers to Review Questions 327Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS 328Chapter 2: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Elastic Block Store 329Chapter 3: Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Glacier Storage 331Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud 332Chapter 5: Databases 334Chapter 6: Authentication and Authorization--AWS Identity and Access Management 336Chapter 7: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config 338Chapter 8: The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront 340Chapter 9: The Reliability Pillar 342Chapter 10: The Performance Efficiency Pillar 344Chapter 11: The Security Pillar 346Chapter 12: The Cost Optimization Pillar 348Chapter 13: The Operational Excellence Pillar 349Index 353
