AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Summary!

Note - This covers more than enough for the cloud practitioner exam, it will also help you for the Solutions Architect Associate exam.

Introduction to Amazon Web Services

Summarize the benefits of AWS

Describe differences between on-demand delivery and cloud deployments

Summarize the pay-as-you-go pricing model

Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? AWS Well-Architected Framework

Skills in:

? Understanding the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (for example,

operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost

optimization, sustainability)

? Identifying differences between the pillars of the Well-Architected

Framework

Understand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the

AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? Cloud adoption strategies

? Resources to support the cloud migration journey

Skills in:

? Understanding the benefits of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS

CAF) (for example, reduced business risk; improved environmental, social,

and governance (ESG) performance; increased revenue; increased

operational efficiency)

? Identifying appropriate migration strategies (for example, database

replication, use of AWS Snowball)

Compute in the Cloud

Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) at a basic level

Identify the different Amazon EC2 instance types

Differentiate between the various billing options for Amazon EC2

Describe the benefits of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Summarize the benefits of Elastic Load Balancing

Give an example of the uses for Elastic Load Balancing

Summarize the differences between Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) and Amazon Simple Queue Services (Amazon SQS)

Global Infrastructure and Reliability

Summarize the benefits of the AWS Global Infrastructure

Describe the basic concept of Availability Zones

Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudFront and Edge locations

Compare different methods for provisioning AWS services

Networking

Describe the basic concepts of networking

Describe the difference between public and private networking resources

Explain a virtual private gateway using a real life scenario

Explain a virtual private network (VPN) using a real life scenario

Describe the benefit of AWS Direct Connect

Describe the benefit of hybrid deployments

Describe the layers of security used in an IT strategy

Describe which services are used to interact with the AWS global network

Identify AWS network services.

Knowledge of:

? AWS network services

Skills in:

? Identifying the components of a VPC (for example, subnets, gateways)

? Understanding security in a VPC (for example, network ACLs, security

groups)

? Understanding the purpose of Amazon Route 53

? Identifying edge services (for example, CloudFront, Global Accelerator)

? Identifying network connectivity options to AWS (for example AWS VPN,

Direct Connect)

Storage and Databases

Summarize the basic concept of storage and databases

Describe benefits of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Describe benefits of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

Summarize various storage solutions

Describe the benefits of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

Describe the benefits of Amazon DynamoDB

Identify AWS storage services.

Knowledge of:

? AWS storage services

Skills in:

? Identifying the uses for object storage

? Recognizing the differences in Amazon S3 storage classes

? Identifying block storage solutions (for example, Amazon Elastic Block Store

[Amazon EBS], instance store)

? Identifying file services (for example, Amazon Elastic File System [Amazon

EFS], Amazon FSx)

? Identifying cached file systems (for example, AWS Storage Gateway)

? Understanding use cases for lifecycle policies

? Understanding use cases for AWS Backup

Security

Explain the benefits of the shared responsibility model

Describe multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Differentiate between the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) security levels

Describe security policies at a basic level

Explain the benefits of AWS Organizations

Summarize the benefits of compliance with AWS

Explain primary AWS security services at a basic level

Security and Compliance

Understand the AWS shared responsibility model.

Knowledge of:

? AWS shared responsibility model

Skills in:

? Recognizing the components of the AWS shared responsibility model

? Describing the customer’s responsibilities on AWS

? Describing AWS responsibilities

? Describing responsibilities that the customer and AWS share

? Describing how AWS responsibilities and customer responsibilities can shift,

depending on the service used (for example, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda,

Amazon EC2)

Identify components and resources for security.

Knowledge of:

? Security capabilities that AWS provides

? Security-related documentation that AWS provides

Skills in:

? Describing AWS security features and services (for example, security groups,

network ACLs, AWS WAF)

? Understanding that third-party security products are available from AWS

Marketplace

? Identifying where AWS security information is available (for example, AWS

Knowledge Center, AWS Security Center, AWS Security Blog)

? Understanding the use of AWS services for identifying security issues (for

example, AWS Trusted Advisor)

Understand AWS Cloud security, governance, and compliance

concepts.

Knowledge of:

? AWS compliance and governance concepts

? Benefits of cloud security (for example, encryption)

? Where to capture and locate logs that are associated with cloud security

Skills in:

? Identifying where to find AWS compliance information (for example, AWS

Artifact)

? Understanding compliance needs among geographic locations or industries

(for example, AWS Compliance)

? Describing how customers secure resources on AWS (for example, Amazon

Inspector, AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Shield)

? Identifying different encryption options (for example, encryption in transit,

encryption at rest)

? Recognizing services that aid in governance and compliance (for example,

monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch; auditing with AWS CloudTrail, AWS

Audit Manager, and AWS Config; reporting with access reports)

? Recognizing compliance requirements that vary among AWS services

Identify AWS access management capabilities.

Knowledge of:

? Identity and access management (for example, AWS Identity and Access

Management [IAM])

? Importance of protecting the AWS root user account

? Principle of least privilege

? AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On)

? Understanding access keys, password policies, and credential storage (for

example, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager)

? Identifying authentication methods in AWS (for example, multi-factor

authentication [MFA], IAM Identity Center, cross-account IAM roles)

? Defining groups, users, custom policies, and managed policies in compliance

with the principle of least privilege

? Identifying tasks that only the account root user can perform

? Understanding which methods can achieve root user protection

? Understanding the types of identity management (for example, federated)

Monitoring and Analytics

Summarize approaches to monitoring your AWS environment

Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudWatch

Describe the benefits of AWS CloudTrail

Describe the benefits of AWS Trusted Advisor

Pricing and Support

Understand AWS pricing and support models

Describe the AWS Free Tier

Describe key benefits of AWS Organizations and consolidated billing

Explain the benefits of AWS Budgets

Explain the benefits of AWS Cost Explorer

Explain the primary benefits of the AWS Pricing Calculator

Distinguish between the various AWS Support Plans

Describe the benefits of AWS Marketplace

Identify AWS technical resources and AWS Support options.

Knowledge of:

? Resources and documentation available on official AWS websites

? AWS Support plans

? Role of the AWS Partner Network, including independent software vendors

and system integrators

? AWS Support Center

Skills in:

? Locating AWS whitepapers, blogs, and documentation on official AWS

websites

? Identifying and locating AWS technical resources (for example AWS

Prescriptive Guidance, AWS Knowledge Center, AWS re:Post)

? Identifying AWS Support options for AWS customers (for example,

customer service and communities, AWS Developer Support, AWS Business

Support, AWS Enterprise On-Ramp Support, AWS Enterprise Support)

? Identifying the role of Trusted Advisor, AWS Health Dashboard, and the

AWS Health API to help manage and monitor environments for cost

optimization

? Identifying the role of the AWS Trust and Safety team to report abuse of

AWS resources

? Understanding the role of AWS Partners (for example AWS Marketplace,

independent software vendors, system integrators)

? Identifying the benefits of being an AWS Partner (for example, partner

training and certification, partner events, partner volume discounts)

? Identifying the key services that AWS Marketplace offers (for example, cost

management, governance and entitlement)

? Identifying technical assistance options available at AWS (for example, AWS

Professional Services, AWS Solutions Architects)

Migration and Innovation

Understand migration and innovation in the AWS Cloud

Summarize the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)

Summarize six key factors of a cloud migration strategy

Describe the benefits of various AWS data migration solutions, such as AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile

Summarize the broad scope of innovative solutions that AWS offer

Cloud Concepts

Define the benefits of the AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? Value proposition of the AWS Cloud

Skills in:

? Understanding the economies of scale (for example, cost savings)

? Understanding the benefits of global infrastructure (for example, speed of

deployment, global reach)

? Understanding the advantages of high availability, elasticity, and agility

Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? AWS Well-Architected Framework

Skills in:

? Understanding the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (for example,

operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost

optimization, sustainability)

? Identifying differences between the pillars of the Well-Architected

Framework

Understand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the

AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? Cloud adoption strategies

? Resources to support the cloud migration journey

Skills in:

? Understanding the benefits of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS

CAF) (for example, reduced business risk; improved environmental, social,

and governance (ESG) performance; increased revenue; increased

operational efficiency)

? Identifying appropriate migration strategies (for example, database

replication, use of AWS Snowball)

Understand concepts of cloud economics.

Knowledge of:

? Aspects of cloud economics

? Cost savings of moving to the cloud

Skills in:

? Understanding the role of fixed costs compared with variable costs

? Understanding costs that are associated with on-premises environments

? Understanding the differences between licensing strategies (for example,

Bring Your Own License [BYOL] model compared with included licenses)

? Understanding the concept of rightsizing

? Identifying benefits of automation (for example, provisioning and

configuration management with AWS CloudFormation)

? Identifying managed AWS services (for example, Amazon RDS, Amazon

Elastic Container Service [Amazon ECS], Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

[Amazon EKS], Amazon DynamoDB)

Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud.

Knowledge of:

? Different ways of provisioning and operating in the AWS Cloud

? Different ways to access AWS services

? Types of cloud deployment models

? Connectivity options

? Deciding between options such as programmatic access (for example, APIs,

SDKs, CLI), the AWS Management Console, and infrastructure as code (IaC)

? Evaluating requirements to determine whether to use one-time operations

or repeatable processes

? Identifying different deployment models (for example, cloud, hybrid, on-premises)

? Identifying connectivity options (for example, AWS VPN, AWS Direct

Connect, public internet)

Define the AWS global infrastructure.

Knowledge of:

? AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations

? High availability

? Use of multiple Regions

? Benefits of edge locations

? AWS Wavelength Zones and AWS Local Zones

Skills in:

? Describing relationships among Regions, Availability Zones, and edge

locations

? Describing how to achieve high availability by using multiple Availability

Zones

? Recognizing that Availability Zones do not share single points of failure

? Describing when to use multiple Regions (for example, disaster recovery,

business continuity, low latency for end users, data sovereignty)

? Describing at a high level the benefits of edge locations (for example,

Amazon CloudFront, AWS Global Accelerator)

Identify AWS compute services.

Knowledge of:

? AWS compute services

Skills in:

? Recognizing the appropriate use of different EC2 instance types (for

example, compute optimized, storage optimized)

? Recognizing the appropriate use of different container options (for

example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)

? Recognizing the appropriate use of different serverless compute options

(for example, AWS Fargate, Lambda)

? Recognizing that auto scaling provides elasticity

? Identifying the purposes of load balancers

Identify AWS database services.

Knowledge of:

? AWS database services

? Database migration

Skills in:

? Deciding when to use EC2 hosted databases or AWS managed databases

? Identifying relational databases (for example, Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora)

? Identifying NoSQL databases (for example, DynamoDB)

? Identifying memory-based databases

? Identifying database migration tools (for example AWS Database Migration

Service [AWS DMS], AWS Schema Conversion Tool [AWS SCT])

Identify services from other in-scope AWS service categories.

Knowledge of:

? Application integration services of Amazon EventBridge, Amazon Simple

Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and Amazon Simple Queue Service

(Amazon SQS)

? Business application services of Amazon Connect and Amazon Simple Email

Service (Amazon SES)

? Customer engagement services of AWS Activate for Startups, AWS IQ, AWS

Managed Services (AMS), and AWS Support

? Developer tool services and capabilities of AWS AppConfig, AWS Cloud9,

AWS CloudShell, AWS CodeArtifact, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeCommit,

AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeStar, and AWS X-Ray

? End-user computing services of Amazon AppStream 2.0, Amazon

WorkSpaces, and Amazon WorkSpaces Web

? Frontend web and mobile services of AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync

? IoT services of AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Greengrass

Skills in:

? Choosing the appropriate service to deliver messages and to send alerts and

notifications

? Choosing the appropriate service to meet business application needs

? Choosing the appropriate service for AWS customer support

? Choosing the appropriate option for business support assistance

? Identifying the tools to develop, deploy, and troubleshoot applications

? Identifying the services that can present the output of virtual machines

(VMs) on end-user machines

? Identifying the services that can create and deploy frontend and mobile

services

? Identifying the services that manage IoT devices

Billing, Pricing, and Support

Compare AWS pricing models.

Knowledge of:

? Compute purchasing options (for example, On-Demand Instances, Reserved

Instances, Spot Instances, Savings Plans, Dedicated Hosts, Dedicated

Instances, Capacity Reservations)

? Data transfer charges

? Storage options and tiers

Skills in:

? Identifying and comparing when to use various compute purchasing options

? Describing Reserved Instance flexibility

? Describing Reserved Instance behavior in AWS Organizations

? Understanding incoming data transfer costs and outgoing data transfer costs

(for example, from one Region to another Region, within the same Region)

? Understanding different pricing options for various storage options and

tiers

Understand resources for billing, budget, and cost management.

Knowledge of:

? Billing support and information

? Pricing information for AWS services

? AWS Organizations

? AWS cost allocation tags

Skills in:

? Understanding the appropriate uses and capabilities of AWS Budgets, AWS

Cost Explorer, and AWS Billing Conductor

? Understanding the appropriate uses and capabilities of AWS Pricing

Calculator

? Understanding AWS Organizations consolidated billing and allocation of

costs

? Understanding various types of cost allocation tags and their relation to

billing reports (for example, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

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