by Chandra Lingam | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: April 2019 | ISBN: 9781838824396

Explore a wide variety of exam prep questions for solutions architects, SysOps administrators, and developersAbout This VideoBecome an AWS expert with the help of in-depth coverage of concepts and updated content along with hands-on exercises, and 300+ exam prep questionsSome experience with application architecture and solution development is essentialIn DetailThis course will give you a structured introduction to AWS and prepare you for the associate-level certification. This course covers services that form the foundation of AWS - networking, compute, load balancing, elastic scaling, storage, monitoring, security, and cost estimation. Each topic is covered with a detailed explanation of concepts, hands-on activities, and practice questions. The question bank consists of 300+ quizzes that simulate the exam.Downloading the example code for this course: You can download the example code files for this course on GitHub at the following link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Part-1-AWS-Certified-Solutions-Architect-and-CD-SO-. If you require support please email: [email protected]

1. Chapter 1 : Introduction
   • Introduction 00:02:31
   • Associate Exam Overview and Preparation Strategies - SA, Developer, SysOps 00:09:26
   • Six Advantages of Cloud Computing 00:06:08
   • AWS Global Infrastructure 00:06:23
2. Chapter 2 : Housekeeping
   • AWS Root Account Setup 00:03:58
   • Billing Alerts Setup and Granting Billing Access to IAM Users 00:04:38
   • IAM User and Command Line Tool Setup 00:08:14
   • KeyPair and Tools to connect to EC2 Instances 00:04:59
3. Chapter 3 : Networking Primer
   • Classless Inter Domain Routing, Subnets, Private IP 00:14:50
4. Chapter 4 : Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) - Networking Infrastructure
   • Introduction 00:01:49
   • VPC, Region and Availability Zones 00:03:55
   • VPC Core Components 00:10:20
   • Demo - VPC Wizard Launch Configuration 00:02:59
   • Demo - Default VPC Overview 00:05:08
   • Demo - Create a Public VPC 00:04:21
   • Demo - Launch EC2 Instance 00:06:03
   • VPC Security - IAM, Firewall, Flow Logs 00:06:07
   • Demo - Security Group and ACL Firewall 00:06:39
   • Demo - Ping EC2 Instances 00:03:49
   • VPC Data Flow Walk Through 00:03:32
   • Demo - IPv6 Configuration and Testing 00:11:16
   • Demo - VPC Flow Log 00:09:51
   • VPC Endpoints 00:02:46
   • VPC Hybrid Architectures - VPN and Direct Connect 00:02:54
   • VPC Peering Connection 00:02:08
   • Demo - Peering Connection (Same Region) 00:04:05
   • Demo - Cross Region Peering Connection 00:11:49
   • VPN CloudHub 00:01:38
   • VPC Pricing 00:01:30
   • Summary 00:00:57
5. Chapter 5 : Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - Compute Service
   • Introduction 00:02:59
   • Instance and Elastic Block Store (EBS), Dedicated and Shared Resources 00:03:25
   • EC2 Virtualization Types, Nitro and BareMetal 00:07:58
   • EC2 Console and Amazon Machine Images (AMI) 00:07:48
   • Instance Family, Type, Size, Hardware Acceleration 00:04:20
   • General Purpose, Burstable, Unlimited, CPU Credits 00:11:30
   • Compute, Storage, Memory, Accelerated Computing Instance Families 00:04:40
   • Which Instance Family to Pick? 00:02:15
   • Demo - CPU Credits, Burstable and Unlimited Mode 00:07:50
   • Instance Root Access - Secure Login Key Pairs 00:01:35
   • Physical Location - Region, Availability Zone and Virtual Private Cloud 00:02:56
   • Demo - EC2 Web Server Setup 00:04:32
   • Demo - EC2 Reboot, Stop, Start 00:03:24
   • Demo - Elastic IP 00:05:30
   • Demo - Resize Instances 00:06:33
   • Demo - Launch Windows EC2 instances 00:06:40
   • Placement Group 00:03:35
   • Elastic Block Store (EBS) Optimized Instances 00:01:18
   • Bastion Host 00:02:34
   • Demo - Bastion Host VPC Setup with Public and Private Subnets 00:08:57
   • Demo - Bastion Host Security Group, Launch Private and Public Instances 00:05:04
   • Demo - Bastion Host Credential Forwarding and Connecting to Instances 00:04:33
   • Demo - Bastion Host Cleanup 00:01:15
   • Security Group In Depth 00:10:43
   • Network Access Control List (ACL) 00:07:06
   • Access Control - IAM, Key Pairs and Sharing AMI 00:01:38
   • IAM Roles - Access Other AWS Services From EC2 00:02:40
   • Demo - EC2 Instance with IAM Roles to Access S3 00:06:34
   • Lifecycle of EC2 Instance 00:07:01
   • Recover Instance - Handle AWS Infrastructure, Host and Instance issues 00:01:37
   • EC2 Instance Purchasing Options 00:09:16
   • Reserved Instance Pricing and Features 00:10:17
   • Spot Instance Pricing Model 00:06:48
   • Spot Usage Examples, Best Practices 00:10:02
   • Demo - Spot Instance Launch 00:04:18
   • Demo - Spot Instance Diversified Allocation Strategy 00:04:57
   • Pricing - EC2, Elastic IP, Data Transfer, Storage, GPU 00:11:34
   • Managing Instance, OS, Users 00:02:46
   • Managing Instance with EC2 Instance Manager, Processor State Control 00:04:21
   • User Data - Customize Instance at Launch 00:02:11
   • Instance Metadata - Query Instance Attributes at Runtime 00:01:23
   • Demo - Customize Instance with User Data 00:03:42
   • Demo - Query Instance Metadata 00:03:25
6. Chapter 6 : CloudWatch - Monitoring Service for the Cloud
   • Architecture, CloudWatch Log, CloudWatch Events 00:07:19
   • Data Retention, Related AWS Services 00:02:31
   • Concepts and Terminology 00:05:37
   • Dimension Overview 00:03:02
   • Statistics, Percentiles 00:04:24
   • Alarms 00:03:39
   • Monitoring EC2 Instances - Metrics, Status Checks, Basic and Detailed Monitoring 00:06:12
   • Demo - Monitoring CloudWatch Dashboard 00:11:48
   • Demo - Alarm - Billing Alarm, Shutdown Idle Instance, Recover Instance 00:07:52
   • Demo - Metrics – Percentiles 00:02:00
   • CloudWatch Log Architecture and Concepts 00:06:49
   • Demo - CloudWatch Log - Configure Log Group and Stream 00:03:11
   • Demo - CloudWatch Log - Publish Events, Metric Filters for Count, Errors, Plot 00:16:06
7. Chapter 7 : Storage
   • Introduction to Instance Store, EBS, Snapshot, EFS and S3 00:04:07
   • Storage Units 00:01:29
   • Storage Technology Comparison 00:06:48
   • Storage - EC2 Instance Store 00:00:18
   • Pricing 00:13:20
   • Encryption of Elastic Block Store Volume 00:02:58
   • Volume Type Comparison - Elastic Block Store 00:06:43
   • Throughput Vs IOPS 00:02:13
   • EBS Optimized Instances 00:01:43
   • Snapshot - Backup solution for EBS Volume 00:03:26
   • Snapshot Best Practices, Sharing Snapshot, Modifying Volume 00:04:04
   • Monitoring EBS Volumes 00:02:16
   • Demo - Storage Monitoring 00:01:23
   • Demo - Storage Create Snapshot, Launch Volume from Snapshot 00:02:50
   • Demo - Create Amazon Machine Image (AMI) From Snapshot, Launch Instance, Encrypt 00:04:34
   • Demo - Attach New Volume to an Instance, Encrypted Volumes 00:10:03
8. Chapter 8 : Elastic Load Balancing - Load Balancer for the Cloud
   • Introduction to Elastic Load Balancers 00:02:18
   • Security Benefits of an Elastic Load Balancer 00:02:47
   • Internet Facing and Internal Load Balancers 00:03:10
   • Elastic Load Balancer Types 00:07:46
   • WebSocket and HTTP/2 - What is it? 00:01:59
   • Cross Zone Load Balancing – Concept 00:02:18
   • Demo - Internet Facing Classic Load Balancer Setup 00:01:55
   • Demo - Create VPC with Public and Private Subnets in Two Availability Zones 00:07:38
   • Demo - Launch Web Servers, Bastion Host and Configure Security Groups 00:08:43
   • Demo - Test Private Web Server Instances from Bastion Host 00:01:45
   • Demo - Launch Classic Load Balancer - Configure Health Checks 00:05:04
   • Demo - Attach EC2 Instances to Load Balancer, Test Load Balancer, Metrics 00:03:47
   • Demo - Simulate Error Conditions and Verify How Load Balancer Handles Failures 00:03:25
   • Demo - Internal Load Balancer, Testing Load Balancer 00:05:43
   • Identifying Client IP, Listener Configuration for Classic Load Balancer 00:04:41
   • Load Balancer Access Logs 00:02:49
   • Application Load Balancer - Architecture and Concept 00:04:22
   • Demo - Application Load Balancer Setup and Usage 00:10:26
   • Demo - Path Based Routing, Monitoring and Metrics 00:09:32
   • Demo – Cleanup 00:02:39
   • Demo - Network Load Balancer 00:11:18
   • Demo - Network Load Balancer Cross Zone Load Balancing 00:04:22
   • Demo - Review Billing Dashboard 00:01:23
   • Billing - Load Balancer Charges - How are they calculated? 00:01:20
   • Summary 00:04:18
9. Chapter 9 : Auto Scaling
   • Introduction to Auto Scaling 00:01:02
   • Scenarios and Examples where you can use Auto Scaling 00:05:06
   • CloudWatch Alarms - Trigger for Auto Scaling 00:01:04
   • Auto Scaling Terminology 00:02:48
   • Demo - Auto Scaling Interface, Constant Fleet Size Maintenance 00:13:48
   • Demo - Auto Scaling Instance Termination Test 00:03:29
   • Demo - Auto Scaling Availability Zone Test 00:03:31
   • Demo - Auto Scaling with Elastic Load Balancer Test 00:04:49
   • Demo - Auto Scaling With Load Balancer Health Check 00:05:04
   • Demo - Auto Scaling with Application Load Balancer 00:03:54
   • Demo - Auto Scaling Adjust Desired Capacity Test 00:03:14
   • Rebalance Across Availability Zones 00:01:37
   • Lifecycle of an Auto Scaling EC2 instance 00:06:40
   • Triggers for Scale out and Scale In 00:01:38
   • Demo - Dynamic Scaling with Simple Scaling Policy 00:09:31
   • Demo - Dynamic Scaling with Step Scaling Policy 00:04:41
   • Summary - Scaling Options - Constant, Manual, Scheduled, Dynamic 00:02:14
   • Summary - Multiple Scaling Policies and how concurrent trigger is handled 00:01:39
   • Summary - Scale in - Process for Identifying Instance to Terminate 00:02:52
10. Chapter 10 : Identity and Access Management - Security - Manage Access to Services
    • Introduction to Identity and Access Management 00:03:01
    • IAM Roles 00:03:03
    • Policy – Types 00:02:35
    • User Types - Root, IAM Users 00:02:36
    • Corporate Network Federated Users 00:01:40
    • Internet Identity Federated Users 00:03:37
    • Service Users 00:00:43
    • Amazon Resource Name (ARN) 00:03:56
    • Demo - Setup IAM Users Needed For Testing 00:04:26
    • Demo - Setup S3 Bucket, Policy & Test Files and Resource Level Policy Structure 00:02:42
    • Demo - Policy Generator and Test Resource Level Policy 00:05:09
    • Demo - Cross Account Access Using Bucket Level Policy 00:01:43
    • Demo - User Inline Policy 00:03:00
    • Demo - Maintaining an Inline Policy 00:03:44
    • Demo - Managed Policy 00:05:22
    • Demo - Policy Variables and User Home Directory 00:08:21
    • Demo - Policy Conditions to Restrict Access by Source IP Address and CIDR Block 00:06:17
    • Demo - VPC Endpoints based Policy Conditions 00:10:13
11. Chapter 11 : Simple Storage Service (S3) - Cloud Storage
    • Introduction to Simple Storage Service (S3) 00:03:21
    • Terminology - Bucket, Object, Key, Region 00:03:17
    • Consistency Model - How S3 Responds When Changes are propagated 00:02:53
    • Versioning - Concept and Usage Scenarios ADD, DELETE 00:04:24
    • Versioning - Usage Scenarios GET Object, List Bucket, Undelete, Restore 00:03:42
    • Suspend Versioning – Scenarios 00:02:44
    • Demo - S3 Versioning 00:05:22
    • Demo - Versioned Object Delete, Un-delete, Permanent Delete of a Version 00:02:11
    • Demo - Suspend Versioning 00:01:43
    • Storage Class - Standard and Infrequent Access 00:03:19
    • Storage Class - Glacier Storage 00:03:55
    • Storage Class - One Zone IA 00:02:25
    • Storage Class - Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) 00:01:24
    • Table - Comparison of Storage Classes and Attributes 00:06:13
    • Changing Storage Class 00:01:28
    • Demo - Storage Class - Specifying Storage Class, Changing It, Version Storage 00:04:09
    • Billing - S3 Cost Structure 00:04:46
    • Billing - Requester Pays For Transfer Option 00:01:01
    • Performance - Multipart Loading for Large Objects and Improved Reliability 00:04:00
    • Performance Continued - Content Distribution Network, Key Naming 00:03:29
    • Transfer Acceleration & Performance Comparison Tool 00:04:19
    • Lifecycle Management - Manage Retention, Storage Class, Cost of S3 Storage 00:04:41
    • Lifecycle Management Rules - Recommended Object Lifecycle Flow 00:02:50
    • Lifecycle Behavior - UnVersioned, Version Enabled, Version Suspended Bucket 00:03:48
    • Demo - Object Retention by Age 00:02:58
    • Demo - Object Retention by Folder and Age 00:01:53
    • Demo - Tiered Storage Management 00:02:05
    • Demo - Versioned Object Management 00:02:36
    • Cross Region Replication (CRR) - Introduction and Usage Scenarios 00:03:46
    • CRR - What is replicated and what is Not Replicated? 00:03:58
    • Replication Status - How to Check? 00:00:50
    • Demo - Cross Region Replication Setup, Add, Delete, Update Test, Check Status 00:08:27
    • Access - When to use Object Access Control List (ACL) and Predefined Groups? 00:03:49
    • Access Management - When to use Bucket ACL and Bucket Policies? 00:02:09
    • Demo - Object ACL and Bucket ACL 00:02:38
    • Encryption Options - Protecting Data at Rest and In-Transit 00:04:24
    • Table - Server Side Encryption (SSE) Types and Comparison 00:04:26
    • Demo - Encrypting New and Existing Objects with Server Side Encryption 00:02:34
    • Static Website Hosting vs REST Based Access 00:07:23
    • Presigned URL - Allow Temporary Access to Object and Upload Access 00:01:58
    • Event Notification - Send Alerts and Trigger WorkFlows Based on S3 Events 00:03:20
    • Monitoring - CloudWatch Metrics and Server Access Logs 00:03:29
    • Request Routing in S3 - Handling Errors during RESTful Calls 00:07:23
    • BitTorrent Based S3 Content Distribution 00:02:04
    • Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) - Serving Javascripts, Images, Videos 00:02:12
12. Chapter 12 : Glacier
    • Glacier Features an Introduction 00:03:57
    • Demo - S3 Glacier Storage Class Usage 00:01:54
    • Demo - Glacier Vault and Archive Usage 00:06:33
13. Chapter 13 : Route 53 - Domain Name System Service
    • Introduction to Domain Name System Service 00:01:17
    • Domain Name System - Query, Name Server, Cache Example Walk Through 00:02:18
    • Trace DNS Request - Dig, NSLookUp, SimpleDNS 00:03:16
    • Domain Registration, DNS, Private DNS, Health Check, Global Traffic 00:01:51
    • Routing Policy - Types of Traffic Routing 00:02:27
    • Terminology and Concepts 00:03:08
    • Route 53 Availability, Latency, SLA, Service Credits 00:01:10
    • Demo - Route 53 Management Console, S3 Static Website Access using Custom Domain 00:11:00
    • Demo - Access Website and Bastion on EC2 instance using Custom Domain 00:05:24
    • Demo - Access RDS MySql Database Instance Using Custom Domain 00:08:23
    • Demo - Private Hosted Zone - Private DNS for Your VPC 00:03:20
    • Demo - Distributing Traffic across Global Infrastructure 00:07:42
    • Demo - Handling Regional Failures by Failing over To Other Available Regions 00:10:11
    • Traffic Flow - Visual Tool for Managing Application Traffic 00:01:26
    • Pricing 00:02:10
    • Route 53 - IAM Security and CloudWatch Monitoring 00:01:12