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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam Cert Guide, Premium Edition and Practice Tests
- By Anthony J. Sequeira
- Published Mar 15, 2019 by Pearson IT Certification. Part of the Certification Guide series.
Description
- Copyright 2019
- Pages: 320
- Edition: 1st
- Premium Edition eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-526687-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-526687-8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C01) Cert Guide, Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test
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Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.
The study guide helps you master all the topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam, including how to
· Design resilient architectures that ensure storage high availability while providing for decoupling mechanisms, multitier infrastructure, and high availability
· Define performant architectures with efficient storage and databases, caching optimizations, and improved elasticity
· Specify secure applications and architectures, encompassing application tiers, data, and networking infrastructure
· Design cost-optimized architectures, addressing both storage and compute
· Define operationally excellent architectures, and understand their characteristics
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Introduction xx
Part I: Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures
Chapter 1 The Fundamentals of AWS 3
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 3
Advantages of Cloud Technologies 6
An Overview of Key AWS Services 7
Compute Services 8
Elastic Compute Cloud 8
Lambda 10
Elastic Container Service 11
Elastic Container Registry 12
Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes 12
Fargate 13
Serverless Application Repository 13
Lightsail 13
AWS Batch 14
Elastic Beanstalk 14
Elastic Load Balancing 16
Auto Scaling 16
CloudFormation 17
Application Services 18
OpsWorks 18
CloudFront 18
Simple Queue Service 19
Simple Notification Service 19
Kinesis 19
Database Services 20
Aurora 20
Relational Database Service 20
DynamoDB 21
ElastiCache 22
Redshift 22
Database Migration Service 23
Networking Services 23
The AWS Global Infrastructure 23
Virtual Private Cloud 24
Direct Connect 25
Route 53 26
Storage Services 26
Simple Storage Service 26
Elastic Block Store 28
Elastic File System 29
Glacier 30
Snowball 30
AWS Storage Gateway 31
Security Services 31
Identity and Access Management 31
Web Application Firewall 32
Key Management Service 33
Directory Services 33
Management Services 33
Trusted Advisor 33
CloudWatch 34
CloudTrail 34
Review All Key Topics 35
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 35
Define Key Terms 35
Q&A 36
Chapter 2 Designing Resilient Storage 39
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 39
Designing Resilient S3 Services 42
S3 Storage Classes 42
Lab: Creating an S3 Bucket 44
Lab Cleanup 47
Designing Resilient EBS Services 47
EBS Versus Instance Stores 47
Elastic Block Store 48
Lab: Creating an EBS Volume 48
Lab Cleanup 49
Elastic Block Store 49
Designing Resilient EFS Services 51
Lab: A Basic EFS Configuration 51
Lab Cleanup 53
Designing Resilient Glacier Services 53
Lab: Creating a Vault 54
Lab Cleanup 55
Review All Key Topics 56
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 56
Define Key Terms 56
Q&A 57
Chapter 3 Designing Decoupling Mechanisms 59
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 59
Decoupling Demystified 61
Advantages of Decoupled Designs 62
Synchronous Decoupling 62
Asynchronous Decoupling 62
Lab: Configure SQS 63
Lab Cleanup 66
Review All Key Topics 67
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 67
Define Key Terms 67
Q&A 67
Chapter 4 Designing a Multitier Infrastructure 69
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 69
Single-Tier Architectures 71
Lab: Building a Single-Tier Architecture with EC2 72
Lab Cleanup 74
Multitier Architectures 74
The Classic Three-Tier Architecture 76
Review All Key Topics 78
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 78
Define Key Terms 78
Q&A 79
Chapter 5 Designing High Availability Architectures 81
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 81
High Availability Compute 84
Lab: Provisioning EC2 Instances in Different Availability Zones 85
Lab Cleanup 88
High Availability Application Services 88
High Availability Database Services 88
High Availability Networking Services 91
High Availability Storage Services 92
High Availability Security Services 92
High Availability Monitoring Services 93
Review All Key Topics 93
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 94
Define Key Terms 94
Q&A 94
Part II: Domain 2: Defi ne Performant Architectures
Chapter 6 Choosing Performant Storage 97
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 97
Performant S3 Services 99
Performant EBS Services 101
Performant EFS Services 103
Performant Glacier Services 108
Review All Key Topics 108
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 109
Define Key Terms 109
Q&A 109
Chapter 7 Choosing Performant Databases 111
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 111
Aurora 114
Which DB Instance Are You Connected To? 115
When to Use T2 Instances 115
Work with Asynchronous Key Prefetch 116
Avoid Multithreaded Replication 116
Use Scale Reads 117
Consider Hash Joins 117
Use TCP Keepalive Parameters 117
RDS 118
DynamoDB 119
Burst Capacity 121
Adaptive Capacity 122
Secondary Indexes 122
Querying and Scanning Data 124
ElastiCache 126
Lazy Loading Versus Write Through 127
Scenario 1: Cache Hit 127
Scenario 2: Cache Miss 127
Advantages and Disadvantages of Lazy Loading 127
Advantages and Disadvantages of Write Through 128
What Is TTL? 129
Background Write Process and Memory Usage 129
Avoid Running Out of Memory When Executing a Background Write 129
How Much Reserved Memory Do You Need? 130
Parameters to Manage Reserved Memory 130
Online Cluster Resizing 131
Redshift 132
Amazon Redshift Best Practices for Designing Queries 133
Work with Recommendations from Amazon Redshift Advisor 134
Review All Key Topics 135
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 136
Define Key Terms 136
Q&A 136
Chapter 8 Improving Performance with Caching 139
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 139
ElastiCache 142
Lab: Configuring a Redis ElastiCache Cluster 142
Lab Cleanup 145
DynamoDB Accelerator 145
CloudFront 147
Lab: Configuring CloudFront 147
Lab Cleanup 149
Greengrass 149
Route 53 150
Lab: Creating a Hosted Domain and DNS Records in Route 53 152
Lab Cleanup 153
Review All Key Topics 154
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 154
Define Key Terms 154
Q&A 155
Chapter 9 Designing for Elasticity 157
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 157
Elastic Load Balancing 159
Auto Scaling 160
Target Tracking Scaling Policies 162
The Cooldown Period 163
Review All Key Topics 164
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 164
Define Key Terms 164
Q&A 164
Part III: Domain 3: Specify Secure Applications and Architectures
Chapter 10 Securing Application Tiers 167
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 167
Using IAM 169
IAM Identities 171
Securing the OS and Applications 173
Security Groups 174
Network ACLs 175
Systems Manager Patch Manager 175
Review All Key Topics 176
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 177
Define Key Terms 177
Q&A 177
Chapter 11 Securing Data 179
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 179
Resource Access Authorization 181
Storing and Managing Encryption Keys in the Cloud 182
Protecting Data at Rest 183
Decommissioning Data Securely 184
Protecting Data in Transit 185
Review All Key Topics 185
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 185
Define Key Terms 186
Q&A 186
Chapter 12 Networking Infrastructure for a Single VPC Application 190
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 190
Introducing the Basic AWS Network Infrastructure 193
Lab: Checking Default Networking Components in a Region 194
Network Interfaces 198
Route Tables 199
Internet Gateways 201
Egress-Only Internet Gateways 201
DHCP Option Sets 202
DNS 202
Elastic IP Addresses 203
VPC Endpoints 204
Interface Endpoints (Powered by AWS PrivateLink) 204
Gateway Endpoints 205
NAT 205
VPC Peering 206
ClassicLink 206
Review All Key Topics 207
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 207
Define Key Terms 207
Q&A 208
Part IV: Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Chapter 13 Cost-Optimized Storage 211
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 211
S3 Services 214
Lab: Estimating AWS S3 Costs 214
Lab: Implementing Lifecycle Management 216
Lab Cleanup 218
EBS Services 218
EFS Services 218
Glacier Services 219
Lab: Changing the Retrieval Rate in Glacier 220
Lab Cleanup 221
Review All Key Topics 221
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 221
Define Key Terms 221
Q&A 222
Chapter 14 Cost-Optimized Compute 225
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 225
Cost-Optimized EC2 Services 227
Lab: Using the Cost Explorer 228
Lab: Creating a Billing Alarm 230
Cost-Optimized Lambda Services 231
Review All Key Topics 233
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 233
Define Key Terms 233
Q&A 233
Part V: Domain 5: Defi ne Operationally Excellent Architectures
Chapter 15 Features for Operational Excellence 235
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 235
Introduction to the AWS Well-Architected Framework 237
Prepare 239
Operational Priorities 239
Design for Operations 239
Operational Readiness 240
Operate 241
Understanding Operational Health 241
Responding to Events 241
Evolve 242
Learning from Experience 242
Share Learnings 242
Review All Key Topics 242
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 243
Define Key Terms 243
Q&A 243
Part VI: Final Preparation
Chapter 16 Final Preparation 245
Exam Information 245
Getting Ready 248
Tools for Final Preparation 249
Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Engine and Questions on the Website 249
Accessing the Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Software Online 249
Accessing the Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Software Offline 250
Customizing Your Exams 251
Updating Your Exams 252
Premium Edition 252
Memory Tables 252
Chapter-Ending Review Tools 253
Suggested Plan for Final Review/Study 253
Summary 254
Part VII: Appendixes
Glossary 255
Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes and Q&A Sections 263
Appendix B AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate (SAA-C01) Cert Guide Exam Updates 273
Online Elements
Glossary
Appendix C Memory Tables
Appendix D Memory Tables Answer Key
Appendix E Study Planner
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