AWS Solution Architect Associate

Index:

• Introduction to AWS Cloud:

• Overview of AWS cloud computing fundamentals, including benefits, services, and architectural principles.

• AWS Global Infrastructure:

• Understanding AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations, and their impact on designing highly available and fault-tolerant architectures.

• Compute Services:

• Detailed exploration of AWS compute services such as Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), AWS Lambda, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).

• Storage Services:

• Overview of AWS storage services including Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Amazon Glacier, and AWS Storage Gateway.

• Networking and Content Delivery:

• Designing resilient and scalable network architectures using Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), Route 53 (DNS), CloudFront (CDN), and AWS Direct Connect.

• Database Services:

• Deep dive into AWS database services including Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service), Amazon DynamoDB (NoSQL Database), Amazon Aurora, and Amazon Redshift.

• Security and Compliance:

• Implementing security controls and best practices using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Organizations, and AWS CloudTrail.

• Scalability and Elasticity:

• Designing scalable and elastic architectures using AWS Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and leveraging AWS CloudWatch for monitoring and scaling.

• Cost Optimization:

Optimizing costs by leveraging AWS pricing models, Reserved Instances, and cost management tools like AWS Budgets and AWS Cost Explorer