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Trust the best-selling Cert Guide series from Pearson IT Certification to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. They are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) Cert Guide presents you with an organized test-preparation routine using proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. * Master AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) exam topics * Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes * Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks * Practice with realistic exam questions in the practice test software AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification prepares you to succeed on the exam by directly addressing the exam's official objectives as stated by Amazon. Leading Cloud expert Mark Wilkins shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. This complete study package includes * A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exams * Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section * Chapter-ending Key Topic tables, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly * The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports * An online, interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter * A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies * Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success. This study guide helps you master all the topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) exam, including * Resilient Architectures: multi-tier architecture solutions; highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures; decoupling mechanisms using AWS services; resilient storage * High-Performing Architectures: elastic and scalable compute solutions; high-performing and scalable storage solutions, networking solutions, and database solutions * Secure Applications and Architectures: secure access to AWS resources; secure application tiers; data security options * Cost-Optimized Architectures: cost-effective storage solutions and compute and database services; cost-optimized network architectures Companion Website: The companion website contains two complete practice exams, key term flash cards, a study planner, and more. Includes Exclusive Offers For Up to 80% Off Video Training, Practice Tests, and more Pearson Test Prep online system requirements: Browsers: Chrome version 73 and above, Safari version 12 and above, Microsoft Edge 44 and above. Devices: Desktop and laptop computers, tablets running on Android v8.0 and iOS v13, smartphones with a minimum screen size of 4.7”. Internet access required. Pearson Test Prep offline system requirements: Windows 10, Windows 8.1; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Client; Pentium-class 1 GHz processor (or equivalent); 512 MB RAM; 650 MB disk space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam; access to the Internet to register and download exam databases Also available from Pearson IT Certification for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) study is the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) Cert Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test. This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson Test Prep Practice Tests. This integrated learning package * Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams * Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions * Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions * Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

Table of Contents:
Introduction xxvi Chapter 1 Understanding the Foundations of AWS Essential Characteristics of AWS Cloud Computing     On-Demand Self-Service     Broad Network Access     Resource Pooling     Rapid Elasticity     Measured Service Moving to AWS     Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)     Platform as a Service (PaaS) Operational Benefits of AWS Cloud Provider Limitations Security at AWS     Network Security at AWS     Application Security at AWS     Playing in the AWS Sandbox     Determining What Problem Needs to Be Solved Migrating Applications     Applications That Can Be Moved to AWS and Hosted on an EC2 Instance with No Changes     Applications with Many Local Dependencies That Cause Problems When Being Moved to the Cloud     Replacing an Existing Application with a SaaS Application Hosted by a Public Cloud Provider     Applications That Should Remain on Premises and Eventually Be Deprecated The AWS Well-Architected Framework     The Well-Architected Tool In Conclusion Chapter 2 Designing Multi-Tier Architecture Solutions "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Availability and Reliability     Availability in the Cloud     Reliability AWS Regions and Availability Zones     Availability Zones     Availability Zone Distribution     Multiple Availability Zones Choosing a Region     Compliance Rules         Understanding Compliance Rules at AWS         The Shared Responsibility Model         AWS and Compliance         HIPAA         NIST         GovCloud     Latency Concerns     Services Offered in Each AWS Region     Calculating Costs Multi-Tier Architecture Solutions     Resilient VPC Architecture     Design Problems to Overcome     Multi-Tier Data Redundancy         Protecting Against Application Failure AWS Global Services: Edge Locations     Services Located at the Edge         Route 53         AWS Shield (Standard and Advanced)         Web Application Firewall (WAF)         CloudFront         AWS Lambda@Edge AWS Service Quotas Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 3 Highly Available and Fault-Tolerant Architectures "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Comparing Architecture Designs     Designing for High Availability     Adding Fault Tolerance     Removing Single Points of Failure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity     Backup and Restoration     Pilot Light Solution     Warm Standby Solution     Hot Site Solution     Multi-Region Active-Active Application Deployment     The AWS Service-Level Agreement (SLA) Automating AWS Architecture     Automating Infrastructure with CloudFormation         CloudFormation Components         CloudFormation Templates         CloudFormation Stacks         CloudFormation Stack Sets     Third-Party Solutions     AWS Service Catalog Elastic Beanstalk     Updating Elastic Beanstalk Applications Deployment Methodologies     Rule 1: Use One Codebase That Is Tracked with Version Control to Allow Many Deployments         AWS CodeCommit     Rule 2: Explicitly Declare and Isolate Dependencies     Rule 3: Store Configuration in the Environment     Rule 4: Treat Backing Services as Attached Resources     Rule 5: Separate the Build and Run Stages     Rule 6: Execute an App as One or More Stateless Processes     Rule 7: Export Services via Port Binding     Rule 8: Scale Out via the Process Model     Rule 9: Maximize Robustness with Fast Startup and Graceful Shutdown     Rule 10: Keep Development, Staging, and Production as Similar as Possible     Rule 11: Treat Logs as Event Streams     Rule 12: Run Admin/Management Tasks as One-Off Processes Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 4 Decoupling Mechanisms Using AWS Services "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Stateful Design     Changing User State Locations     User Session Management Application Integration Services     Amazon SNS         SNS Cheat Sheet     Amazon SQS         SQS Cheat Sheet     AWS Step Functions Lambda     Lambda Cheat Sheet API Gateway     API Gateway Cheat Sheet Building a Serverless Web App     Step 1: Create a Static Website     Step 2: Handle User Authentication     Step 3: Create the Serverless Backend Components     Step 4: Set Up the API Gateway     Step 5: Register for Conference Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 5 Choosing Resilient Storage Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics AWS Storage Options     Workload Storage Requirements Elastic Block Storage (EBS)     EBS Volume Types     General-Purpose SSD (gp2/gp3)     Elastic Volumes     Attaching an EBS Volume     EBS Cheat Sheet     EBS Snapshots         Taking a Snapshot from a Linux Instance         Taking a Snapshot from a Windows Instance         Snapshot Administration         Snapshot Cheat Sheet     Local Instance Storage Elastic File System (EFS)     EFS Performance Modes     EFS Throughput Modes     EFS Security     EFS Lifecycle Management     EFS DataSync     EFS Cheat Sheet FSx for Windows File Server Simple Storage Service (S3)     Buckets, Objects, and Keys     S3 Data Consistency     S3 Storage Classes     S3 Management     Versioning     Amazon S3 Access Points     S3 Cheat Sheet S3 Glacier Storage Options     S3 Glacier     Vaults and Archives     S3 Glacier Deep Archive     Glacier Cheat Sheet Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 6 Designing High-Performing Compute Architecture Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics EC2 Instances     Instance Families     What Is a vCPU?     EC2 Instance Choices         Micro Instances         General-Purpose Instances         Instances Designed to Burst         Compute-Optimized Instances         Memory-Optimized Instances         x1 Instances         High-Memory Instances         z1d Instances         Accelerated Computing Instances         g3 Instances         f1 Instances         Storage-Optimized Instances         Bare-Metal Instances     Dedicated Hosts         Dedicated Hosts Cheat Sheet     Dedicated Instances     EC2 Network Performance     Using Launch Templates     Changing the Current Instance Type     Amazon Lightsail Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)     Choosing an AMI         AWS Linux AMIs         Windows AMIs     AMIs at AWS Marketplace     Creating a Custom AMI     Instance Store-Backed Windows or Linux AMIs     Custom Instance Store AMIs     AMI Build Considerations Elastic Container Service (ECS)     Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)     AWS Fargate     AWS ECS for Kubernetes (EKS) Monitoring with CloudWatch     CloudWatch Basic Monitoring     CloudWatch Logs     Collecting Data with the CloudWatch Agent     Planning for Monitoring     CloudWatch Integration     CloudWatch Terminology     Creating a CloudWatch Alarm     Additional Alarm and Action Settings     CloudWatch Cheat Sheet Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Services     Redundancy in Design     Health Checks     ELB Cheat Sheet     Classic Load Balancer (CLB)     Application Load Balancer (ALB)         Target Groups         ALB Cheat Sheet         Big-Picture Steps: ALB Creation         Rule Choices         HTTPS Listener Security Settings         Target Group Routing         Target Group Attributes         Maintaining User Sessions         Sticky Session Support         Configuring Health Checks         ALB Security     Monitoring Load Balancer Operation         CloudWatch         Access Logs     Network Load Balancer         NLB Cheat Sheet EC2 Auto Scaling     EC2 Auto Scaling Cheat Sheet     EC2 Auto Scaling Operation         Launch Configuration         Launch Templates         Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs)         Scaling Options for Auto Scaling Groups     Cooldown Period     Termination Policy     Lifecycle Hooks Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 7 Choosing High-Performing and Scalable Storage Solutions Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics Elastic Block Storage (Provisioned IOPS)     io1 and io2     Storage-Optimized EC2 Instances Shared File Storage at AWS     Elastic File System (EFS)         EFS Performance Modes         Storage Classes         EFS Throughput Modes         EFS Security         EFS Cheat Sheet     Storage Options Compared     Amazon FSx for Windows File Server         FSx File System Performance         FSx Cheat Sheet     FSx for Lustre         FSx for Lustre Cheat Sheet AWS Data Transfer Options AWS Storage Gateway Family     AWS Storage Gateway Cheat Sheet Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 8 Selecting Networking Solutions for Workloads Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics VPC Networking     Partnering with AWS     VPC Cheat Sheet     To Host or to Associate?     What's Behind the Networking Curtain?     It's All About Packet Flow         The Mapping Service     Creating a VPC         Using the Create VPC Wizard         Using the Launch VPC Wizard         Using the AWS CLI to Create a VPC     How Many VPCs Do You Need?     Creating the VPC CIDR Block         Planning Your Primary VPC CIDR Block         Adding a Secondary CIDR Block     The Default VPC     Revisiting Availability Zones Subnets     Subnet Cheat Sheet Route Tables     The Main Route Table     Custom Route Tables     Route Table Summary     Route Table Cheat Sheet IP Address Types     Private IPv4 Addresses     Private IP Address Summary     Public IPv4 Addresses         Elastic IP Addresses         Public IPv4 Address Cheat Sheet     Inbound and Outbound Traffic Charges     Bring-Your-Own IP (BYOIP)         The BYOIP Process     IPv6 Addresses Security Groups     Security Group Cheat Sheet     Custom Security Groups         Application Server Inbound Ports         Database Server Inbound Ports     Administration Access     Pinging an EC2 Instance     Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)     Security Group Planning Network ACLs     Network ACL Implementation Details     Network ACL Cheat Sheet     Network ACL Rule Processing     Understanding Ephemeral Ports     Network ACL Planning     VPC Flow Logs Connectivity Options     Peering VPCs     Establishing a Peering Connection     Endpoints         Gateway Endpoints         Interface Endpoints         Endpoint Services with PrivateLink External Connections     Internet Gateway: The Public Door         Internet Gateway Cheat Sheet     Egress-Only Internet Gateway     NAT         NAT Gateway         NAT Gateway Cheat Sheet         Transit Gateway     VPN Connections     Virtual Private Gateway     Customer Gateway     VPN CloudHub     Understanding Route Propagation     Direct Connect     Direct Connect Cheat Sheet Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 9 Designing High-Performing Database Solutions Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics Relational Database Service (RDS)     RDS Database Instances     Database Instance Class Types     High-Availability Design for RDS     Multi-AZ RDS Deployments     Big-Picture RDS Installation Steps     Monitoring Database Performance     Best Practices for RDS     RDS Cheat Sheet Amazon Aurora     Aurora Storage     Communicating with Aurora     Aurora Cheat Sheet DynamoDB     Database Design 101     DynamoDB Tables         Provisioning Table Capacity         Adaptive Capacity         Data Consistency         ACID and DynamoDB         Global Tables     DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)     Backup and Restoration ElastiCache     Memcached Cheat Sheet     Redis Cheat Sheet Amazon Redshift Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 10 Securing AWS Resources Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics Identity and Access Management (IAM)     IAM Policy Definitions     IAM Authentication     Requesting Access to AWS Resources     The Authorization Process     Actions IAM Users and Groups     The Root User     The IAM User         Creating an IAM User         IAM User Access Keys     IAM Groups     Signing In as an IAM User     IAM Account Details     Creating a Password Policy     Rotating Access Keys     Using Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Creating IAM Policies     IAM Policy Types         Identity-Based Policies         Resource-Based Policies         In-Line Policies     IAM Policy Creation         Policy Elements         Reading a Simple JSON Policy         Policy Actions         Additional Policy Control Options         Reviewing Policy Permissions         IAM Policy Versions         Using Conditional Elements         Using Tags with IAM Identities IAM Roles     When to Use Roles         Using Roles When AWS Services Perform Actions on Your Behalf         Using Roles for EC2 Instances Hosting Applications That Need Access to AWS Resources         Using Roles with Mobile Applications     Cross-Account Access to AWS Resources     AWS Security Token Service (STS)     IAM Cheat Sheet     Identity Federation     IAM Best Practices     IAM Security Tools AWS Organizations     AWS Organizations Cheat Sheet AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 11 Securing Application Tiers Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics AWS CloudTrail     Creating a CloudWatch Trail     CloudTrail Cheat Sheet Essential AWS Management Tools     AWS Secrets Manager     GuardDuty     Amazon Inspector     AWS Trusted Advisor Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 12 Selecting Appropriate Data Security Options Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics EBS Encryption S3 Bucket Security     S3 Storage at Rest     Object Lock Policies     Legal Hold     S3 Glacier Storage at Rest Key Management Service (KMS)     Envelope Encryption     KMS Cheat Sheet     CloudHSMfa Amazon Certificate Manager (ACM) Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 13 Designing Cost-Effective Solutions Do I Know This Already? Foundation Topics Calculating AWS Costs     Management Service Costs     Understanding Tiered Pricing at AWS Compute Costs     EC2 Pricing     On-Demand Instance Limits     Reserved Instances (RI)     Term Commitment     Payment Options     EC2 Reserved Instance Types     Scheduled Reserved EC2 Instances     Regional and Zonal Reserved Instances     Savings Plans     Spot Instances     Spot Fleet Optimization Strategies     Spot Capacity Pools     EC2 Fleet     EC2 Pricing Cheat Sheet Storage Costs     Tagging EBS Volumes and Snapshots     Cost Allocation Tags     Storage Performance Comparison Database Costs     Database Design Solutions Networking Costs     Network Design Solutions     Public Versus Private Traffic Charges     Data Transfer Costs Cheat Sheet     Management Tool Pricing Example: AWS Config         AWS Config Results AWS Billing Costs     AWS Cost Explorer     AWS Budgets     Cost Explorer     Cost and Usage Report     Managing Costs Cheat Sheet Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 14 Final Preparation Exam Information Tips for Getting Ready for the Exam Scheduling Your Exam Tools for Final Preparation     Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Software and Questions on the Website         Accessing the Pearson Test Prep Software Online         Accessing the Pearson Test Prep Software Offline         Customizing Your Exams     Updating Your Exams         Premium Edition     Chapter-Ending Review Tools Suggested Plan for Final Review/Study Summary Glossary of Key Terms Appendix A Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Quizzes and Q&A Sections Appendix B AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02) Cert Guide Exam Updates Online Elements: Appendix C Study Planner Glossary of Key Terms 9780137325214    TOC    5/27/2021

About the Author :
Mark Wilkins is an electronic engineering technologist with a wealth of experience in designing, deploying, and supporting software and hardware technology in the corporate and small business world. Since 2013, Mark has focused on supporting and designing cloud service solutions with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the IBM Cloud. He is certified in Amazon Web Services (Architecture and SysOps). Mark is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and holds certifications in MCTS, MCSA, Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V, and Azure Cloud Services. Mark worked as a technical evangelist for IBM SoftLayer from 2013 through 2016 and taught both SoftLayer fundamentals and SoftLayer design classes to many Fortune 500 companies in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia. As former course director for Global Knowledge, Mark developed and taught many technical seminars, including Configuring Active Directory Services, Configuring Group Policy, and Cloud and Virtualization Essentials. Mark currently develops AWS curriculum on technical aspects of AWS architecture for O'Reilly Media, Pluralsight, and LinkedIn Learning. To read and discuss all things Mark finds interesting about the cloud visit The Cloud Thingy, at https://thecloudthingy.substack.com/. Mark's published books include Windows 2003 Registry for Dummies, Administering SMS 3.0, Administering Active Directory, and Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS): A Hands-On Guide to the Fundamentals of AWS Cloud.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780137325047
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson IT Certification
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0137325045
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jul 2021
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 704


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