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 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.

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
 
Cloud Computing and Virtualization 4
 
Cloud Computing Architecture 4
 
Cloud Computing Optimization 5
 
The AWS Cloud 6
 
AWS Platform Architecture 10
 
AWS Reliability and Compliance 13
 
The AWS Shared Responsibility Model 13
 
The AWS Service Level Agreement 14
 
Working with AWS 14
 
AWS Organizations 14
 
AWS Control Tower 15
 
AWS Service Catalog 15
 
AWS License Manager 16
 
AWS Artifact 16
 
The AWS CLI 16
 
AWS SDKs 17
 
Technical Support and Online Resources 17
 
Support Plans 17
 
Other Support Resources 18
 
Migrating Existing Resources to AWS 18
 
AWS Migration Hub 19
 
AWS Application Migration Service 19
 
AWS Database Migration Service 19
 
AWS Application Discovery Service 20
 
Summary 20
 
Exam Essentials 21
 
Review Questions 22
 
Chapter 2 Compute Services 25
 
Introduction 26
 
EC2 Instances 27
 
Provisioning Your Instance 27
 
Configuring Instance Behavior 32
 
Placement Groups 33
 
Instance Pricing 33
 
Instance Life Cycle 34
 
Resource Tags 35
 
Service Limits 36
 
EC2 Storage Volumes 36
 
Elastic Block Store Volumes 36
 
Instance Store Volumes 38
 
Accessing Your EC2 Instance 39
 
Securing Your EC2 Instance 41
 
Security Groups 41
 
IAM Roles 41
 
NAT Devices 42
 
Key Pairs 42
 
EC2 Auto Scaling 43
 
Launch Configurations 43
 
Launch Templates 43
 
Auto Scaling Groups 45
 
Auto Scaling Options 46
 
AWS Systems Manager 49
 
Actions 50
 
Insights 52
 
AWS Systems Manager Inventory 53
 
Running Containers 54
 
Amazon Elastic Container Service 54
 
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service 55
 
Other Container- Oriented Services 55
 
AWS CLI Example 56
 
Summary 57
 
Exam Essentials 58
 
Review Questions 60
 
Chapter 3 AWS Storage 67
 
Introduction 68
 
S3 Service Architecture 69
 
Prefixes and Delimiters 69
 
Working with Large Objects 69
 
Encryption 71
 
Logging 71
 
S3 Durability and Availability 72
 
Durability 72
 
Availability 73
 
Eventually Consistent Data 73
 
S3 Object Life Cycle 74
 
Versioning 74
 
Life Cycle Management 74
 
Accessing S3 Objects 75
 
Access Control 75
 
Presigned URLs 77
 
Static Website Hosting 77
 
Amazon S3 Glacier 79
 
Storage Pricing 80
 
Other Storage- Related Services 81
 
Amazon Elastic File System 81
 
Amazon FSx 81
 
AWS Storage Gateway 81
 
AWS Snow Family 82
 
AWS DataSync 82
 
AWS CLI Example 83
 
Summary 84
 
Exam Essentials 85
 
Review Questions 86
 
Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 91
 
Introduction 92
 
VPC CIDR Blocks 92
 
Secondary CIDR Blocks 93
 
IPv6 CIDR Blocks 93
 
Subnets 95
 
Subnet CIDR Blocks 96
 
Availability Zones 97
 
IPv6 CIDR Blocks 99
 
Elastic Network Interfaces 99
 
Primary and Secondary Private IP Addresses 1

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.
 
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.