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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Official: Study Guide - Associate Exam
by Blaine Sundrud, Michael Roth, Jerry Rhoads, Shaun Qualheim, Steve Friedberg, Chr
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Official Study Guide
Foreword
Introduction
What Does this Book Cover?
Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
Exam Objectives
Objective Map
Assessment Test
Answers to the Assessment Test
Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS
Systems Operators
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
Which AWS Services Should You Study?
Reference Architecture: The Three-Tier Design
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 2 Working with AWS Cloud Services
Introduction to AWS Cloud Services
Summary
Exam Essentials
Resources to Review
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 3 Security and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Security on AWS
Securing Your AWS Account with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Securing Your AWS Cloud Services
Monitoring to Enhance Security
AWS Cloud Service-Specific Security
Summary
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 4 Compute
Introduction to AWS Compute Services
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon ECS)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Lambda
Amazon Lightsail
AWS Batch
Summary
Exam Essentials
Resources to Review
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 5 Networking
Introduction to Networking on AWS
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
AWS Direct Connect
Load Balancing
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Amazon Route 53
Amazon CloudFront
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 6 Storage Systems
Understanding Different Storage Options
Block Storage on AWS
Object Storage on AWS
Systems Operator Scenario: The Newspaper
Additional Storage Solutions
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 7 Databases
Introduction to AWS Databases
Monitoring Amazon RDS
Non-Relational Databases
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
Databases
Amazon ElastiCache
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 8 Application Deployment and Management
Introduction to Application Deployment and Management
Deployment Strategies
Deployment Services
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 9 Monitoring and Metrics
Introduction to Monitoring and Metrics
An Overview of Monitoring
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch Events
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Monitoring AWS Charges
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Config
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 10 High Availability
Introduction to High Availability
Amazon Simple Queue Service
Amazon Simple Notification Service
Highly Available Architectures
Multi-Region High Availability
Highly Available Connectivity Options
Disaster Recovery
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Appendix Answers to the Review Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS
Chapter 2: Working with AWS Cloud Services
Chapter 3: Security and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Chapter 4: Compute
Chapter 5: Networking
Chapter 6: Storage Systems
Chapter 7: Databases
Chapter 8: Application Deployment and Management
Chapter 9: Monitoring and Metrics
Chapter 10: High Availability
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Foreword
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
What Does this Book Cover?
Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
Exam Objectives
Objective Map
Assessment Test
Answers to the Assessment Test
Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS
Systems Operators
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
Which AWS Services Should You Study?
Reference Architecture: The Three-Tier Design
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 2 Working with AWS Cloud Services
Introduction to AWS Cloud Services
Summary
Exam Essentials
Resources to Review
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 3 Security and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Security on AWS
Securing Your AWS Account with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Securing Your AWS Cloud Services
Monitoring to Enhance Security
AWS Cloud Service-Specific Security
Summary
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 4 Compute
Introduction to AWS Compute Services
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon ECS)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Lambda
Amazon Lightsail
AWS Batch
Summary
Exam Essentials
Resources to Review
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 5 Networking
Introduction to Networking on AWS
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
AWS Direct Connect
Load Balancing
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Amazon Route 53
Amazon CloudFront
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 6 Storage Systems
Understanding Different Storage Options
Block Storage on AWS
Object Storage on AWS
Systems Operator Scenario: The Newspaper
Additional Storage Solutions
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 7 Databases
Introduction to AWS Databases
Monitoring Amazon RDS
Non-Relational Databases
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
Databases
Amazon ElastiCache
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 8 Application Deployment and Management
Introduction to Application Deployment and Management
Deployment Strategies
Deployment Services
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 9 Monitoring and Metrics
Introduction to Monitoring and Metrics
An Overview of Monitoring
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch Events
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Monitoring AWS Charges
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Config
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Chapter 10 High Availability
Introduction to High Availability
Amazon Simple Queue Service
Amazon Simple Notification Service
Highly Available Architectures
Multi-Region High Availability
Highly Available Connectivity Options
Disaster Recovery
Summary
Resources to Review
Exam Essentials
Exercises
Review Questions
Appendix Answers to the Review Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS
Chapter 2: Working with AWS Cloud Services
Chapter 3: Security and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Chapter 4: Compute
Chapter 5: Networking
Chapter 6: Storage Systems
Chapter 7: Databases
Chapter 8: Application Deployment and Management
Chapter 9: Monitoring and Metrics
Chapter 10: High Availability
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List of Tables
Chapter 1
TABLE 1.1
TABLE 1.2
Chapter 2
TABLE 2.1
TABLE 2.2
Chapter 3
TABLE 3.1
Chapter 4
TABLE 4.1
Chapter 5
TABLE 5.1
TABLE 5.2
TABLE 5.3
TABLE 5.4
TABLE 5.5
TABLE 5.6
TABLE 5.7
Chapter 6
TABLE 6.1
Chapter 7
TABLE 7.1
Chapter 9
TABLE 9.1
TABLE 9.2
TABLE 9.3
TABLE 9.4
TABLE 9.5
TABLE 9.6
TABLE 9.7
TABLE 9.8
TABLE 9.9
TABLE 9.10
Chapter 10
TABLE 10.1
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
FIGURE 1.1
Lambda function interacting with the Amazon EC2 API and EC2 instances
FIGURE 1.2
AWS KMS operations with Lambda
Chapter 3
FIGURE 3.1
Shared responsibility model
FIGURE 3.2
Amazon Web Services Regions and Availability Zones (as of April 2017)
FIGURE 3.3
Amazon EC2 multiple layers of security
FIGURE 3.4
Amazon EC2 security group firewall
FIGURE 3.5
Amazon VPC network architecture
FIGURE 3.6
Flexible network topologies
Chapter 4
FIGURE 4.1
Differences between an instance store-backed Amazon EC2 instance and an Amazon EBS-backed Amazon EC2 instance
Chapter 5
FIGURE 5.1
AWS CLI used to create an Amazon VPC
FIGURE 5.2
Amazon VPC /22 CIDR block and subnets
FIGURE 5.3
Default network Access Control List
FIGURE 5.4
VPC diagram
FIGURE 5.5
DHCP option set
FIGURE 5.6
AWS CLI to create Internet gateway
FIGURE 5.7
VPC with VPN gateway
FIGURE 5.8
Weighted routing
FIGURE 5.9
Latency-based routing
Chapter 6
FIGURE 6.1
AWS CLI to create an Amazon EBS volume
FIGURE 6.2
Amazon EC2 instance with attached Amazon EBS volumes
FIGURE 6.3
AWS CLI with a rejected volume attachment
FIGURE 6.4
AWS CLI command to create snapshots
FIGURE 6.5
AWS CLI command to describe snapshots
FIGURE 6.6
Process to create an AMI from an instance store-backed instance
FIGURE 6.7
Amazon EFS create command
Chapter 7
FIGURE 7.1
The benefit of a managed service
FIGURE 7.2
Relational database tables with a shared key
FIGURE 7.3
The Instance Actions menu
FIGURE 7.4
DB Instance Class drop-down list
Chapter 9
FIGURE 9.1
Amazon CloudWatch integration
FIGURE 9.2
A threshold breach without a change in alarm state
Chapter 10
FIGURE 10.1
Demonstrates a queuing chain pattern
FIGURE 10.2
Short poll
FIGURE 10.3
Protocols supported by Amazon SNS
FIGURE 10.4
Fan-out scenario
FIGURE 10.5
Highly available three-tier architecture
FIGURE 10.6
Auto Scaling group
FIGURE 10.7
Unhealthy health check
FIGURE 10.8
No health check enabled
FIGURE 10.9
Health check for a complex failover
FIGURE 10.10
Evaluate target health
FIGURE 10.11
Redundant active-active VPN connections
FIGURE 10.12
AWS Direct Connect with redundant connections
FIGURE 10.13
AWS Direct Connect with backup VPN connection
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