AWS Pathways

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Certification Prep: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/

Solutions Architect: https://aws.amazon.com/training/course-descriptions/architect/ https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/

Reading Materials:

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/AWS_Cloud_Best_Practices.pdf

Exam Tips

• https://acloud.guru/forums/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate/discussion/-KKr5HCv2bzH3EOBSUAt/my_path_to_solutions_architect
• http://cantrill.io/certification/aws/2016/03/27/how-to-pass-AWS-certifications.html
• https://www.cozero.com.au/news/2017/424-things-you-should-know-about-aws.html
• https://acloud.guru/forums/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate/discussion/-KSDNs4nfg5ikp6yBN9l/exam_feedback
• read CloudGuru forums
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-get-all-aws-certifications-asia-wong-chun-yin-cyrus-%E9%BB%83%E4%BF%8A%E5%BD%A5-/

Interesting links: Breaking the monolith: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/container-microservices-tutorial/ Make diagrams: https://draw.io

h3. S3 https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/

• Manage Access to Your S3 Resources: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/intro-managing-access-s3-resources.html
• Log Requests to Your Bucket: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/UG/ManagingBucketLogging.html To manage the lifecycle of an object, we provide the ability to automatically delete or transition objects to Glacier: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html To get started with event driven workflows, you can configure Amazon S3 Event Notifications: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/NotificationHowTo.html S3 also supports many use cases like running a web service/application or running enterprise applications. We have several narratives that can help you on this journey like:
• Host a Static Website: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/WebsiteHosting.html
• Monitor Storage Metrics with Amazon CloudWatch: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/cloudwatch-monitoring.html
• Programmatically Access S3 with the AWS Command Line Interface: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html
• Optimize Performance for High Request Rates (More Than 100 Requests per Second): http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/request-rate-perf-considerations.html https://aws.amazon.com/answers/infrastructure-management/crr-monitor/

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Few more days before the exam

Doing a cloud guru final exam, few things to review:

• Site to site VPN vs direct connect - what's required -> You need to ensure that your application in your custom VPC can communicate back to the on-premise data center. You can do this by either using a site to site VPN or Direct Connect. It will be using an internal IP address range, so you must make sure that your internal IP addresses do not overlap.
• cname vs a record
• what is AWS WAF - what filters are available
• in auto scaling - how to determine which instance to kill?
• what services are offered by trusted advisor?
• ECS - especially with regards to permission, permission can be applied to task and the instance themselves?
• SQS - what is DelaySeconds mean?
• To establish a successful site-to-site VPN connection from your on-premise network to an AWS Virtual Private Cloud, which of the following must be configured? (Choose 3)
  You must have a VPC with Hardware VPN Access, an on-premise Customer Gateway, and a Virtual Private Gateway to make the VPN connection work.
• what is Virtual Private Gateway and Customer Gateway?

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