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Cloud Practitioner

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Cloud Technology and Services

How to deploy and operate on AWS, the global infrastructure, and the core compute, database, network, storage, AI/ML, analytics, and other in-scope services.

8 topics

About 13 minutes of reading

  1. 3.1Deploying and operating in the AWS CloudYou can reach AWS through the console, the CLI, SDKs, and APIs, and you can describe infrastructure as code. Pick the method that fits a one-off task versus a repeatable process, and know the cloud deployment models.2 min read
  2. 3.2The AWS global infrastructureAWS is built from Regions, each containing multiple isolated Availability Zones, plus a large network of edge locations. Design for high availability with multiple AZs and use multiple Regions for disaster recovery, latency, or data residency.1 min read
  3. 3.3Compute servicesCompute ranges from virtual servers (EC2) to containers (ECS, EKS) to serverless (Lambda, Fargate). Auto Scaling and load balancers make compute elastic and highly available.2 min read
  4. 3.4Database servicesRun a database yourself on EC2 or let AWS manage it. Know which managed service fits relational, key-value, document, graph, and in-memory needs, and which tools migrate databases.1 min read
  5. 3.5Network servicesAn Amazon VPC is your private network in AWS. Know its components, the two layers of network security, DNS with Route 53, and how to connect on-premises networks.2 min read
  6. 3.6Storage servicesAWS offers object storage (S3), block storage (EBS, instance store), file storage (EFS, FSx), hybrid storage (Storage Gateway), and central backup (AWS Backup). Know the S3 storage classes and lifecycle policies.2 min read
  7. 3.7AI/ML and analytics servicesAI services solve a specific task with an API call and no ML expertise; SageMaker AI is for building your own models. Analytics services query, process, stream, search, warehouse, and visualize data.1 min read
  8. 3.8Other in-scope servicesKnow the one-line purpose of the application integration, business application, customer enablement, developer tool, end-user computing, frontend, and IoT services in scope.2 min read