AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate in Hong Kong S.A.R.

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• Chapter

• Chapter - 1.0
• Designing highly available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, scalable systems

• Chapter - 1.1
• Identify and recognize cloud architecture considerations, such as fundamental components and effecti

• Chapter - 1.2
• Content may include the following:

• Chapter - 1.3
• How to design cloud services

• Chapter - 1.4
• Planning and design

• Chapter - 1.5
• Monitoring and logging

• Chapter - 1.6
• Familiarity with:

• Chapter - 1.6.1
• Best practices for AWS architecture

• Chapter - 1.6.2
• Developing to client specifications, including pricing/cost (e.g., on Demand vs. Reserved vs Spot; R

• Chapter - 1.6.3
• Architectural trade-off decisions (e.g., high availability vs. cost, Amazon Relational DatabaseServi

• Chapter - 1.6.4
• Hybrid IT architectures (e.g., Direct Connect, Storage Gateway, VPC, Directory Services)

• Chapter - 1.6.5
• Elasticity and scalability (e.g., Auto Scaling, SQS, ELB, CloudFront)

• Chapter - 2.0
• Implementation/Deployment

• Chapter - 2.1
• Identify the appropriate techniques and methods using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, AWS Elastic Beanstalk,

• Chapter - 2.1.1
• Configure an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

• Chapter - 2.1.2
• Operate and extend service management in a hybrid IT architecture

• Chapter - 2.1.3
• Configure services to support compliance requirements in the cloud

• Chapter - 2.1.4
• Launch instances across the AWS global infrastructure

• Chapter - 2.1.5
• Configure IAM policies and best practices

• Chapter - 3.0
• Data Security

• Chapter - 3.1
• Recognize and implement secure practices for optimum cloud deployment and maintenance. Content may i

• Chapter - 3.1.1
• AWS shared responsibility model

• Chapter - 3.1.2
• AWS platform compliance

• Chapter - 3.1.3
• AWS security attributes (customer workloads down to physical layer)

• Chapter - 3.1.4
• AWS administration and security services

• Chapter - 3.1.5
• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Chapter - 3.1.6
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• Chapter - 3.1.7
• AWS CloudTrail

• Chapter - 3.1.8
• Ingress vs. egress filtering, and which AWS services and features fit

• Chapter - 3.1.9
• “Core” Amazon EC2 and S3 security feature sets

• Chapter - 3.1.10
• Incorporating common conventional security products (Firewall, VPN)

• Chapter - 3.1.11
• Design patterns

• Chapter - 3.1.12
• DOS mitigation

• Chapter - 3.1.13
• Encryption solutions (e.g., key services)

• Chapter - 3.1.14
• Complex access controls (building sophisticated security groups, ACLs, etc.)

• Chapter - 3.1.15
• Amazon CloudWatch for the security architect

• Chapter - 3.1.16
• Trusted Advisor

• Chapter - 3.1.17
• CloudW attached Logs

• Chapter - 3.2
• Recognize critical disaster recovery techniques and their implementation. Content may include the fo

• Chapter - 3.2.1
• Disaster recovery

• Chapter - 3.2.2
• Recovery time objective

• Chapter - 3.2.3
• Recovery point objective

• Chapter - 3.2.4
• Amazon Elastic Block Store

• Chapter - 3.2.5
• AWS Import/Export

• Chapter - 3.2.6
• AWS Storage Gateway

• Chapter - 3.2.7
• Amazon Route53

• Chapter - 3.2.8
• Validation of data recovery method

• Chapter - 4.0
• Troubleshooting : Content may include the following:

• Chapter - 4.1
• General troubleshooting information and questions