AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification Preparation
Description
Learning Path Overview
This Learning Path AWS certified cloud practitioner is designed specifically for students looking to gain an understanding of the concepts of cloud computing without technical detail. This training is intended for individuals who are looking to build and validate an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud. It is useful for individuals in technical, managerial, sales, purchasing, or financial roles who work with the AWS Cloud.
The Cloud Practitioner Certification Preparation for AWS Learning Path is an ideal starting point for non-technical people looking to understand Cloud Computing from a business perspective. With a blend of instructional courses, hands-on labs, quizzes and a preparation exam, this Learning Path helps you prepare and master the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
Learning Objectives
This learning path will enable you to:
- Describe the AWS Cloud value proposition
- Describe the AWS Cloud and the AWS global infrastructure
- Recognize and explain basic AWS Cloud architectural principles
- Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases
- Describe the basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
- Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
- Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
Intended Audience
- Those looking to get certified for the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
Prerequisites
- Candidates will benefit from already having a basic understanding of IT services, the AWS platform and the product services it offers
Agenda
This Learning Path starts by outlining the basics of cloud computing before introducing you to the AWS services and solutions relevant to the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam.
Introduction to Cloud Concepts: You will learn about the benefits and economics of building IT services in the AWS cloud, as well as general best practices including those within the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Overview of AWS Services: You will learn how core services work across the AWS cloud, including:
- Compute
- Storage
- Networking
- Database
- Security
- Management Services
Introduction to Cloud Security: The Learning Path will cover essential security concepts, including best practices and the Shared Responsibility Model, encryption, access management as well as multiple services managing compliance.
Cloud Billing and Pricing: After completing this Learning Path, you'll not only learn how AWS pricing generally works, but how it varies specifically from service to service, what tools AWS makes available to manage account costs, and the customer support options available for every AWS account.
Quizzes and a final Preparation Exam: This Learning Path includes a final preparation exam to help prepare you for the questions you can expect on the exam within a timed environment. The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam enables individuals to prove their knowledge with an accredited industry certificate. This exam covers four domains including cloud concepts, security, technology, and billing and pricing.
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FAQ
What is AWS certified cloud practitioner?
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner course provides individuals with an overall understanding of the AWS cloud platform. It is the foundational level of AWS certification. Many individuals continue on to a specific certification after completing Cloud Practitioner. The certification offers an overview of core services offered by AWS, security, network and cloud pricing, and the available support services.
How do I prepare for this AWS certification?
The recommended path to follow in preparation of the certification exam is:
- Complete all steps to this learning path
- Study the exam guide
- Take the preparation exam a number of times
- Review multiple AWS whitepapers for additional information
- Schedule your exam
How long does it take to become AWS certified?
The time required is based strictly on your level of commitment and existing experience. Once you have completed this learning path ensure you set aside time to research any areas you feel the weakest in.
Do AWS certifications expire?
AWS certifications are valid for three years. You will receive a notification before your certification credentials are set to expire, so you can prepare for recertification.
Certificate
Learning Path Steps
This brief course introduces and explains the requirements of the Cloud Practitioner Certification Preparation for AWS learning path.
This course provides an introduction to Cloud Computing and its key concepts, deployment models, and service models.
Knowledge Check: What is Cloud Computing?
This course dives into the fundamental elements of AWS compute services, discussing the features and advantages of each one.
Learn the foundations of instance store volumes on EC2 instances and the differences between ephemeral and persistent storage options for EC2.
By completing this hands-on lab, you will be able to create your first Amazon EC2 instance using the AWS Management Console.
You will learn the steps to launch and configure a Windows virtual machine using Amazon AWS.
This short course will introduce you to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service.
This course explains how to implement both ELB and EC2 Auto Scaling and how they work together.
This course introduces you to arguably the most widely used storage service within AWS, the Amazon Simple Storage Service, more commonly known as Amazon S3.
Learn to create your first Amazon S3 bucket, create a logical folder for organizational purposes, and upload content to it and set custom metadata using the S3 console
In this course, you'll learn about some of the Amazon Web Services or (AWS) Storage Solutions and compare them to the Amazon Elastic File System offering.
This course explains how and when to use Amazon S3, AWS Storage Gateway, and AWS Snowball for backup and disaster recovery.
This course covers AWS databases at a very high level and will include how they work, their strengths, and what workloads are best suited for them.
This course introduces you to two widely-used AWS database services: the Amazon Relational Database Service — known as RDS — and Amazon DynamoDB.
You will learn the steps to create and use the MySQL Relational Database using Amazon RDS.
This course gives you an overview of the AWS Virtual Private Cloud and its associated networking components.
Learn how to create an isolated network using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
This course introduces you to two services that are used to manage DNS and content delivery within AWS: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront.
In this course, you'll learn how to manage AWS Cloud services including CloudTrail, Config, Trusted Advisor, CloudWatch, and Personal Health Dashboard.
In this course, you'll learn more about AWS architecture and infrastructure.
Understand where your security responsibility starts and ends with the shared responsibility models
This course explains AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM), what it is, and how to implement it.
Learn how to create and manage IAM users, groups and policies to securely control access to AWS services and resources.
This course explores the AWS Organizations service and how to use Service Control Policies (SCPs).
This course explores AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, and AWS Shield, and how they can be used to protect your cloud environments from malicious activity.
Gain a foundational understanding of the AWS KMS Service, including a high-level introduction to some of its core components
In this course, you’ll learn about the various billing and cost management services available, what they do, and when they can best help you.
Cert Prep: Certified Cloud Practitioner for AWS
Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 90+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 100,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.
He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.
In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.