AWS Networking Services

Networking Services Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) – CLF-C02 IP Addresses in AWS VPC Components Hybrid Networking Services and Products AWS Global Infrastructure Services Global Applications App deployment in AWS High Availability? Low latency globally for reads? Low latency globally for writes? Single-region, single-AZ No No No Single-region, multi-AZ Yes No No Multi-region, Active-Passive Yes […]

Core AWS Services

AWS Global Infrastructure AWS Global Network AWS Infrastructure Groupings AWS Region AWS Availability Zone (AZ) AWS Edge Location (Point of Presence / PoP) Resilience of an AWS Service Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) 101 Amazon S3 – Core Concepts S3 Objects S3 Bucket Example: /images/badges.jpg appears under /images/, but /images/ is not a folder, just a prefix used to filter/display […]

AWS Frameworks and Surrounding Ecosystem

Best Practice Principles of AWS Cloud General Guiding Principles Best Practice Design Principles The 6 Pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework The pillars are synergistic, not trade-offs. 1. Operational Excellence 2. Security AWS Whitepaper: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/security-pillar/welcome.html 3. Reliability AWS Whitepaper: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/reliability-pillar/welcome.html 4. Performance Efficiency 5. Cost Optimization 6. Sustainability AWS Well-Architected Tool AWS Cloud Adoption Framework […]

Compute, Storage & Data Services

Identity Services Root User of an AWS Account Root User Privileges AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management) – CLF-C02 IAM Identities IAM Policies IAM Security Best Practices IAM Audit Tools Shared Responsibility Model for IAM Other Identity Services Advanced Identity Services Compute Services Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) – CLF-C02 EC2 Instance – Key Concepts […]

AWS Fundamentals

Cloud Computing Fundamentals Traditional IT Infrastructure Client–Server Model in Web Applications Physical Servers and Hardware (HW) Core Components of a Computer/Server Challenges of On-Premises Physical Servers What is Cloud Computing? Cloud Computing Five Key Characteristics of a Cloud Platform On-Demand Self-Service Broad Network Access Resource Pooling Rapid Elasticity Measured Service Six Advantages of Cloud Computing […]