AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide with 900 Practice Test Questions

Master Amazon Web Services solution delivery and efficiently prepare for the AWS Certified SAA-C03 Exam with this all-in-one study guide

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C03) Exam, 4th Edition comprehensively and effectively prepares you for the challenging SAA-C03 Exam. This Study Guide contains efficient and accurate study tools that will help you succeed on the exam. It offers access to the Sybex online learning environment and test bank, containing hundreds of test questions, bonus practice exams, a glossary of key terms, and electronic flashcards. This one year free access is supported by Wiley's support agents who are available 24x7 via email or live chat to assist with access and login questions.

In this complete and authoritative exam prep blueprint, Ben Piper and David Clinton show you how to:

• Design resilient AWS architectures
• Create high-performing solutions
• Craft secure applications and architectures
• Design inexpensive and cost-optimized architectures

An essential resource for anyone trying to start a new career as an Amazon Web Services cloud solutions architect, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C03) Exam, 4th Edition will also prove invaluable to currently practicing AWS professionals looking to brush up on the fundamentals of their work.

Introduction xxv

Assessment Test xxxi

Answers to Assessment Test xxxvii

Part I The Core AWS Services 1

Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS 3

Chapter 2 Compute Services 25

Chapter 3 AWS Storage 67

Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 91

Chapter 5 Database Services 143

Chapter 6 Authentication and Authorization— AWS Identity and Access Management 175

Chapter 7 CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config 193

Chapter 8 The Domain Name System and Network Routing: Amazon Route 53 and Amazon CloudFront 223

Chapter 9 Data Ingestion, Transformation, and Analytics 243

Part II Architecting for Requirements 255

Chapter 10 Resilient Architectures 257

Chapter 11 High- Performing Architectures 289

Chapter 12 Secure Architectures 323

Chapter 13 Cost- Optimized Architectures 357

Appendix A Answers to Review Questions 375

Appendix B Additional Services 405

Index 417

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BEN PIPER is an IT consultant who has created more than 30 educational courses covering Amazon Web Services, networking, and automation. Learn more about Ben from his website at www.benpiper.com.

DAVID CLINTON is a system administrator, teacher, and writer. He has created training material for subjects including Linux systems, cloud computing (AWS in particular), and container technologies like Docker. David has written books on AWS, Linux administration, and server virtualization. Many of his video training courses can be found on Pluralsight.com.

Your Comprehensive Guide to the SAA-C03 Exam

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Exam certification is intended for individuals who perform in a solutions architect role. This exam validates your ability to effectively demonstrate knowledge of how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies. This fully revised AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide, Fourth Edition contains robust and effective study tools that will help you succeed on the SAA-C03 exam. Carefully organized and covering every exam essential, it provides an assessment test to help you focus your study as well as detailed summaries and review questions in each chapter. You’ll also have access to the exclusive Sybex online learning environment with hundreds of practice questions, electronic flashcards, and a glossary of terms. It’s the smart way to prepare for the exam.

Coverage of 100% of all exam objectives in this Study Guide means you’ll be ready to:

• Design secure architectures
• Design resilient architectures
• Design high-performing architectures
• Design cost-optimized architectures

ABOUT THE AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) certification is intended for individuals who perform in a solutions architect role. The exam validates a candidate’s ability to use AWS technologies to design solutions based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

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