AWS Cloud Practitioner/Cloud Concepts

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Objectives and Skills[edit | edit source]

Objectives and skills for the cloud concepts portion of AWS Cloud Practitioner certification include:[1]

  • Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition
  • Identify aspects of AWS Cloud economics
  • List the different cloud architecture design principles

Readings[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia: Cloud computing
  2. Wikipedia: Amazon Web Services
  3. AWS: Overview of Amazon Web Services
  4. AWS: Fundamentals - Core Concepts

Multimedia[edit | edit source]

  1. YouTube: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Training
  2. YouTube: AWS Cloud Value Proposition
  3. YouTube: Practice Questions Walkthrough for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (1/4)

Activities[edit | edit source]

  1. Complete AWS: Cloud Practitioner Essentials Modules 1 - 3.

Lesson Summary[edit | edit source]

Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition[edit | edit source]

  • Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.[2]

Identify aspects of AWS Cloud economics[edit | edit source]

  • Six advantages of cloud computing are:[3]
    • Trade capital expense for variable expense
    • Benefit from massive economies of scale
    • Stop guessing capacity
    • Increase speed and agility
    • Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
    • Go global in minutes

List the different cloud architecture design principles[edit | edit source]

  • Cloud computing models include:[4]
    • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
    • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Cloud computing deployment models include:[5]
    • Cloud
    • Hybrid
    • On-premises
  • The AWS Cloud infrastructure is built around AWS Regions and Availability Zones.[6]
  • An AWS Region is a physical location in the world with multiple Availability Zones.[7]
  • Availability Zones consist of one or more discrete data centers, each with redundant power, networking, and connectivity, housed in separate facilities.[8]
  • The AWS cloud platform includes:[9]
    • AWS Management Console
    • AWS Command Line Interface
    • Software Development Kits
    • Services for:
      • Analytics
      • Application Integration
      • Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
      • AWS Cost Management
      • Blockchain
      • Business Applications
      • Compute Services
      • Customer Engagement
      • Database
      • Desktop and App Streaming
      • Developer Tools
      • Game Technology
      • Internet of Things (IoT)
      • Machine Learning
      • Management and Governance
      • Media Services
      • Migration and Transfer
      • Mobile Services
      • Networking and Content Delivery
      • Robotics
      • Satellite
      • Security, Identity, and Compliance
      • Storage
  • The AWS Well-Architected Framework includes:[10]
    • Operational Excellence
      • Infrastructure as Code
      • Observability
    • Security
      • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
      • Network Security
      • Data Encryption
    • Reliability
      • Fault Isolation
      • Limits
    • Performance Efficiency
      • Selection
      • Scaling
    • Cost Optimization
      • Pay For Use
      • Cost Optimization Lifecycle

Key Terms[edit | edit source]

client
server

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