Complete AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 study guide — 130 chapters for beginners covering cloud concepts, AWS services, security, and billing.
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AWS Cloud Overview
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Global Infrastructure
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Concepts
Benefits of AWS Cloud
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS on AWS
Objective 1.3 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Cloud Economics and TCO
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
CapEx vs OpEx on AWS
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
Elasticity and Scalability on AWS
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Well-Architected Six Pillars Deep Dive
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
On-Premises vs AWS Cloud Trade-offs
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
Pay-as-You-Go Pricing Model
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Economies of Scale
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Objective 1.3 · Cloud Concepts
Cloud Agility and Innovation on AWS
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
Hybrid Cloud with AWS
Objective 1.3 · Cloud Concepts
Disaster Recovery Concepts on AWS
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
High Availability on AWS
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
Fault Tolerance Concepts
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Migration Strategies (7 Rs)
Objective 1.3 · Cloud Concepts
Serverless Computing on AWS
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Global Reach Benefits
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
Multi-Region Strategy on AWS
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Concepts
Microservices on AWS
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Cloud Compliance Overview
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) on AWS
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
Avoiding AWS Vendor Lock-In
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Sustainability and Green Cloud
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Concepts
AWS Regions and Availability Zones Deep Dive
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Concepts
35 chapters
AWS Shared Responsibility Model
Objective 2.1 · Security Compliance
AWS IAM — Users, Groups, Roles, Policies
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Security Services Overview
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Compliance and Governance
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
Data Encryption on AWS
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Organizations and SCPs
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Artifact and AWS Config
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
AWS Multi-Factor Authentication
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Root Account Security Best Practices
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS IAM Policies — Inline vs Managed
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
IAM Roles for AWS Services
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
IAM Permission Boundaries
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Security Token Service (STS)
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Identity Federation and SSO
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
Amazon Cognito
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
Amazon GuardDuty
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
Amazon Inspector
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
Amazon Macie
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Security Hub
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
Amazon Detective
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Shield — DDoS Protection
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS WAF — Web Application Firewall
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Network Firewall
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Secrets Manager
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS CloudHSM
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Objective 2.3 · Security Compliance
AWS CloudTrail Deep Dive
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
AWS Config Rules and Compliance
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
AWS IAM Access Analyzer
Objective 2.2 · Security Compliance
AWS Penetration Testing Policy
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
Security Pillar — Well-Architected
Objective 2.1 · Security Compliance
AWS Compliance Programs (PCI, HIPAA, SOC)
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
Non-Compliance Risks on AWS
Objective 2.4 · Security Compliance
53 chapters
Amazon EC2
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Lambda (Serverless)
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon S3
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Storage Services Comparison
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Database Services
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
RDS vs DynamoDB
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon VPC
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon CloudFront and Route 53
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Migration Services
Objective 3.6 · Cloud Technology Services
EC2 Instance Types and Families
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
EC2 Pricing Models — On-Demand, Reserved, Spot
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Auto Scaling
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
Elastic Load Balancing — ALB vs NLB
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon ECS — Container Service
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Fargate — Serverless Containers
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon EKS Overview
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon Lightsail
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Outposts — Hybrid Infrastructure
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
S3 Storage Classes — Standard to Glacier
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
S3 Lifecycle Policies
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon EBS Volume Types
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon EFS — Elastic File System
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon S3 Glacier and Deep Archive
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Storage Gateway
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS DataSync
Objective 3.2 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon Aurora
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon ElastiCache
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon Redshift
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon DocumentDB
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon RDS Deep Dive
Objective 3.3 · Cloud Technology Services
Route 53 Routing Policies
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
CloudFront Deep Dive
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon API Gateway
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Direct Connect
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Transit Gateway
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon VPC Deep Dive
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon SNS — Simple Notification Service
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon SQS — Simple Queue Service
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon Kinesis — Real-Time Streaming
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
CloudWatch Alarms and Dashboards
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS CloudFormation
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Glue — ETL Service
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
Amazon Athena
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Step Functions
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS CodePipeline and CI/CD Services
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
Service Control Policies and SCPs
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS AI/ML Services Overview
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS IoT Services Overview
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
VMware Cloud on AWS
Objective 3.1 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Wavelength and Local Zones
Objective 3.4 · Cloud Technology Services
AWS Service Quotas and Limits
Objective 3.5 · Cloud Technology Services
14 chapters
AWS Pricing Models
Objective 4.1 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Free Tier
Objective 4.1 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets
Objective 4.2 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Support Plans
Objective 4.3 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Trusted Advisor
Objective 4.3 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Billing Dashboard
Objective 4.2 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Cost Allocation Tags
Objective 4.2 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances
Objective 4.1 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Consolidated Billing with Organizations
Objective 4.2 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Marketplace
Objective 4.3 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Pricing Calculator
Objective 4.1 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS TCO Calculator
Objective 4.1 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Partner Network (APN)
Objective 4.3 · Billing Pricing Support
AWS Basic vs Premium Support Plans
Objective 4.3 · Billing Pricing Support
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