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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

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Exam Name AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Exam Code CLF-C01
Actual Exam Duration 90 minutes
Official Information https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/
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Section Weight Objectives
Domain 1: Cloud Concepts 26% 1.1 Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition
  • Define the benefits of the AWS cloud including:
    oSecurity
    oReliability
    oHigh Availability
    oElasticity
    oAgility
    oPay-as-you go pricing
    oScalability
    oGlobal Reach
    oEconomy of scale
  • Explain how the AWS cloud allows users to focus on business value
    oShifting technical resources to revenue-generating activities as opposed to managing infrastructure

1.2 Identify aspects of AWS Cloud economics
  • Define items that would be part of a Total Cost of Ownership proposal
    oUnderstand the role of operational expenses (OpEx)
    oUnderstand the role of capital expenses (CapEx)
    oUnderstand labor costs associated with on-premises operations
    oUnderstand the impact ofsoftware licensing costs when moving to the cloud
  • Identify which operations will reduce costs by moving to the cloud
    oRight-sized infrastructureoBenefits of automation
    oReduce compliance scope (for example, reporting)
    oManaged services (for example, RDS, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB)

1.3 Explain the different cloud architecture design principles
  • Explain the design principlesoDesign for failure
    oDecouple components versus monolithic architecture
    oImplement elasticity in the cloud versus on-premises
    oThink parallel
Domain 2:Security and Compliance 25% 2.1 Define the AWS shared responsibility model
  • Recognize the elements of the Shared Responsibility Model
  • Describe the customer’s responsibly on AWS
    oDescribe how the customer’s responsibilities may shift depending on the service used (for example with RDS, Lambda, or EC2)
  • Describe AWS responsibilities
2.2 Define AWS Cloud security and compliance concepts
  • Identify where to find AWS compliance information
    oLocations of lists of recognized available compliance controls (for example, HIPPA, SOCs)
    oRecognize that compliance requirements vary among AWS services
  • At a high level, describe how customers achieve compliance on AWS
    oIdentify different encryption options on AWS (for example, In transit, At rest)
  • Describe who enables encryption onAWS for a given service
  • Recognize there are services that will aid in auditing and reporting
    oRecognize that logs exist for auditing and monitoring (do not have to understand the logs)
    oDefine Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Config, and AWS CloudTrail
  • Explain the concept of least privileged access
2.3 Identify AWS access management capabilities
  • Understand the purpose of User and Identity Management
    oAccess keys and password policies (rotation, complexity)
    oMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA)
    oAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Groups/usersRolesPolicies, managed policies compared to custom policies
    oTasks that require use of root accountsProtection of root accounts

2.4 Identify resources for security support
  • Recognize there are different network security capabilities
    oNative AWS services (for example, security groups, Network ACLs, AWS WAF)
    o3rdparty security products from the AWS Marketplace
  • Recognize there is documentation and where to find it (for example, best practices, whitepapers, official documents)
    oAWS Knowledge Center, Security Center, security forum, and security blogs
    oPartner Systems Integrators
  • Know that security checks are a component of AWS Trusted Advisor
Domain 3: Technology 33% 3.1 Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
  • Identify at a high level different ways of provisioning and operating in the AWS cloud
    oProgrammatic access, APIs, SDKs,AWS Management Console, CLI, Infrastructure as Code
  •  Identify different types of cloud deployment models
    oAll in with cloud/cloud native
    oHybrid
    oOn-premises
  • Identify connectivity options
    oVPN
    oAWS Direct Connect
    oPublic internet

3.2 Define the AWS global infrastructure
  • Describe the relationships among Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
  • Describe how to achieve high availability through the use of multiple Availability Zones
    oRecall that high availability is achieved by using multiple Availability Zones
    oRecognize that Availability Zones do not share single points of failure
  • Describe when to consider the use of multiple AWS Regions
    oDisaster recovery/business continuity
    oLow latency for end-usersoData sovereignty
  • Describe at a high level the benefits of Edge Locations
    oAmazon CloudFrontoAWS Global Accelerator

3.3 Identify the core AWS services
  • Describe the categories of services on AWS (compute, storage, network, database)
  • Identify AWS compute services
    oRecognize there are different compute families
    oRecognizethe different services that provide compute (for example, AWS Lambda compared to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), or Amazon EC2, etc.)
    oRecognize that elasticity is achieved through Auto Scaling
    oIdentify the purpose of load balancers
  • Identify different AWS storage services
    oDescribe Amazon S3
    oDescribe Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
    oDescribe Amazon S3 Glacier
    oDescribe AWSSnowball
    oDescribe Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
    oDescribe AWS Storage Gateway
    oIdentify AWS networking services
    oIdentify VPC
    oIdentify security groups
    oIdentify the purpose of Amazon Route 53
    oIdentify VPN, AWS Direct Connect
  • Identify different AWS database services
    oInstall databases on Amazon EC2 compared to AWS managed databases
    oIdentify Amazon RDSoIdentify Amazon DynamoDB
    oIdentify Amazon Redshift

3.4Identify resources for technology support
  • Recognize there is documentation (best practices, whitepapers, AWS Knowledge Center, forums, blogs)
  • Identify the various levels and scope of AWS support
    oAWS AbuseoAWS support cases
    oPremium support
    oTechnical Account Managers
  • Recognize there is a partner network (marketplace, third-party) includingIndependent Software Vendors and System Integrators
  • Identify sources of AWS technical assistance and knowledge including professional services, solution architects, training and certification, and the Amazon Partner Network
  • Identify the benefits of using AWS Trusted Advisor
Domain 4: Billing and Pricing 16% 4.1 Compare and contrast the various pricing models for AWS (for example, On-DemandInstances, ReservedInstances,and Spot Instancepricing)
  • Identify scenarios/best fit for On-Demand Instance pricing
  • Identify scenarios/best fit for Reserved-Instance pricing
    oDescribe Reserved-Instances flexibility
    oDescribe Reserved-Instances behavior in AWS Organizations
  • Identify scenarios/best fit for Spot Instance pricing
4.2 Recognize the various account structures in relation to AWS billing and pricing
  • Recognize that consolidated billing is a feature of AWS Organizations
  • Identify how multiple accounts aid in allocating costs across departments
4.3 Identify resources available for billing support
  • Identify ways to get billing support and information
    oCost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, Amazon QuickSight, third-party partners, and AWS Marketplace tools
    oOpen a billing support case
    oThe role of the Concierge for AWS Enterprise Support Plan customers
  • Identify where to find pricing information on AWS services
    oAWS Simple Monthly Calculator
    oAWS Services product pages
    oAWS Pricing API
  • Recognize that alarms/alerts exist
  • Identify how tags are used in cost allocation

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