AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide
Associate Exam
Published on 29. November 2016
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Validate your AWS skills.
This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career by expanding and validating your skills on the AWS cloud. AWS has been the frontrunner in cloud computing products and services, and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide for the Associate exam will get you fully prepared through expert content, and real-world knowledge, key exam essentials, chapter review questions, access to Sybex's interactive online learning environment, and much more. This official study guide, written by AWS experts, covers exam concepts, and provides key review on exam topics, including:
* Mapping Multi-Tier Architectures to AWS Services, such as web/app servers, firewalls, caches and load balancers
* Understanding managed RDBMS through AWS RDS (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, Aurora)
* Understanding Loose Coupling and Stateless Systems
* Comparing Different Consistency Models in AWS Services
* Understanding how AWS CloudFront can make your application more cost efficient, faster and secure
* Implementing Route tables, Access Control Lists, Firewalls, NAT, and DNS
* Applying AWS Security Features along with traditional Information and Application Security
* Using Compute, Networking, Storage, and Database AWS services
* Architecting Large Scale Distributed Systems
* Understanding of Elasticity and Scalability Concepts
* Understanding of Network Technologies Relating to AWS
* Deploying and Managing Services with tools such as CloudFormation, OpsWorks and Elastic Beanstalk.
Learn from the AWS subject-matter experts, review with proven study tools, and apply real-world scenarios. If you are looking to take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam, this guide is what you need for comprehensive content and robust study tools that will help you gain the edge on exam day and throughout your career.
This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career by expanding and validating your skills on the AWS cloud. AWS has been the frontrunner in cloud computing products and services, and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide for the Associate exam will get you fully prepared through expert content, and real-world knowledge, key exam essentials, chapter review questions, access to Sybex's interactive online learning environment, and much more. This official study guide, written by AWS experts, covers exam concepts, and provides key review on exam topics, including:
* Mapping Multi-Tier Architectures to AWS Services, such as web/app servers, firewalls, caches and load balancers
* Understanding managed RDBMS through AWS RDS (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, Aurora)
* Understanding Loose Coupling and Stateless Systems
* Comparing Different Consistency Models in AWS Services
* Understanding how AWS CloudFront can make your application more cost efficient, faster and secure
* Implementing Route tables, Access Control Lists, Firewalls, NAT, and DNS
* Applying AWS Security Features along with traditional Information and Application Security
* Using Compute, Networking, Storage, and Database AWS services
* Architecting Large Scale Distributed Systems
* Understanding of Elasticity and Scalability Concepts
* Understanding of Network Technologies Relating to AWS
* Deploying and Managing Services with tools such as CloudFormation, OpsWorks and Elastic Beanstalk.
Learn from the AWS subject-matter experts, review with proven study tools, and apply real-world scenarios. If you are looking to take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam, this guide is what you need for comprehensive content and robust study tools that will help you gain the edge on exam day and throughout your career.
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Content
Foreword xxvii
Introduction xxix
Assessment Test xxxvii
Chapter 1 Introduction to AWS 1
What Is Cloud Computing? 3
Advantages of Cloud Computing 3
Cloud Computing Deployment Models 5
AWS Fundamentals 6
Global Infrastructure 6
Security and Compliance 7
AWS Cloud Computing Platform 8
Accessing the Platform 9
Compute and Networking Services 9
Storage and Content Delivery 11
Database Services 13
Management Tools 13
Security and Identity 15
Application Services 16
Summary 17
Exam Essentials 17
Review Questions 19
Chapter 2 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier Storage 21
Introduction 23
Object Storage versus Traditional Block and File Storage 24
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Basics 25
Buckets 25
AWS Regions 25
Objects 26
Keys 26
Object URL 26
Amazon S3 Operations 27
REST Interface 27
Durability and Availability 28
Data Consistency 28
Access Control 28
Static Website Hosting 29
Amazon S3 Advanced Features 30
Prefixes and Delimiters 30
Storage Classes 30
Object Lifecycle Management 31
Encryption 32
Versioning 33
MFA Delete 33
Pre-Signed URLs 34
Multipart Upload 34
Range GETs 34
Cross-Region Replication 34
Logging 35
Event Notifications 35
Best Practices, Patterns, and Performance 36
Amazon Glacier 36
Archives 37
Vaults 37
Vaults Locks 37
Data Retrieval 37
Amazon Glacier versus Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) 37
Summary 38
Exam Essentials 39
Exercises 40
Review Questions 46
Chapter 3 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 51
Introduction 53
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) 53
Compute Basics 53
Securely Using an Instance 56
The Lifecycle of Instances 59
Options 61
Instance Stores 65
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 65
Elastic Block Store Basics 65
Types of Amazon EBS Volumes 66
Protecting Data 68
Summary 70
Exam Essentials 71
Exercises 73
Review Questions 81
Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 85
Introduction 87
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 87
Subnets 89
Route Tables 89
Internet Gateways 90
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option Sets 92
Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs) 92
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) 93
Endpoints 93
Peering 94
Security Groups 95
Network Access Control Lists (ACLs) 97
Network Address Translation (NAT) Instances and NAT Gateways 98
NAT Instance 99
NAT Gateway 99
Virtual Private Gateways (VPGs), Customer Gateways (CGWs), and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 100
Summary 101
Exam Essentials 103
Exercises 105
Review Questions 107
Chapter 5 Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling 111
Introduction 112
Elastic Load Balancing 112
Types of Load Balancers 113
Listeners 114
Configuring Elastic Load Balancing 115
Amazon CloudWatch 117
Auto Scaling 119
Auto Scaling Plans 120
Auto Scaling Components 121
Summary 126
Exam Essentials 127
Exercises 128
Review Questions 131
Chapter 6 AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 137
Introduction 138
Principals 140
Root User 140
IAM Users 140
Roles/Temporary Security Tokens 141
Authentication 143
Authorization 144
Policies 144
Associating Policies with Principals 145
Other Key Features 147
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 147
Rotating Keys 148
Resolving Multiple Permissions 148
Summary 149
Exam Essentials 149
Exercises 150
Review Questions 154
Chapter 7 Databases and AWS 157
Database Primer 158
Relational Databases 159
Data Warehouses 160
NoSQL Databases 161
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) 161
Database (DB) Instances 162
Operational Benefits 163
Database Engines 164
Storage Options 166
Backup and Recovery 167
High Availability with Multi-AZ 169
Scaling Up and Out 170
Security 172
Amazon Redshift 172
Clusters and Nodes 173
Table Design 174
Loading Data 175
Querying Data 176
Snapshots 176
Security 176
Amazon DynamoDB 177
Data Model 178
Writing and Reading Data 181
Scaling and Partitioning 183
Security 185
Amazon DynamoDB Streams 185
Summary 186
Exam Essentials 187
Exercises 189
Review Questions 192
Chapter 8 SQS, SWF, and SNS 197
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) 198
Message Lifecycle 199
Delay Queues and Visibility Timeouts 200
Queue Operations, Unique IDs, and Metadata 201
Queue and Message Identifiers 201
Message Attributes 201
Long Polling 202
Dead Letter Queues 202
Access Control 202
Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF) 203
Workflows 204
Actors 204
Tasks 205
Task Lists 205
Long Polling 206
Object Identifiers 206
Workflow Execution Closure 206
Lifecycle of a Workflow Execution 206
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) 208
Common Amazon SNS Scenarios 209
Summary 211
Exam Essentials 212
Exercises 213
Review Questions 216
Chapter 9 Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon Route 53 221
Domain Name System (DNS) 223
Domain Name System (DNS) Concepts 223
Steps Involved in Domain Name System (DNS) Resolution 226
Record Types 228
Amazon Route 53 Overview 230
Domain Registration 230
Domain Name System (DNS) Service 230
Hosted Zones 231
Supported Record Types 232
Amazon Route 53 Enables Resiliency 235
Summary 236
Exam Essentials 237
Exercises 238
Review Questions 244
Chapter 10 Amazon ElastiCache 249
Introduction 250
In-Memory Caching 250
Amazon ElastiCache 251
Data Access Patterns 252
Cache Engines 252
Nodes and Clusters 253
Memcached Auto Discovery 254
Scaling 254
Replication and Multi-AZ 255
Backup and Recovery 256
Access Control 257
Summary 257
Exam Essentials 258
Exercises 259
Review Questions 261
Chapter 11 Additional Key Services 263
Introduction 265
Storage and Content Delivery 265
Amazon CloudFront 266
AWS Storage Gateway 269
Security 271
AWS Directory Service 272
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and AWS CloudHSM 274
AWS CloudTrail 276
Analytics 277
Amazon Kinesis 278
Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) 280
AWS Data Pipeline 281
AWS Import/Export 283
DevOps 284
AWS OpsWorks 284
AWS CloudFormation 287
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 290
AWS Trusted Advisor 292
AWS Config 294
Summary 296
Exam Essentials 297
Review Questions 301
Chapter 12 Security on AWS 307
Introduction 308
Shared Responsibility Model 308
AWS Compliance Program 309
AWS Global Infrastructure Security 310
Physical and Environmental Security 310
Business Continuity Management 312
Network Security 313
Network Monitoring and Protection 314
AWS Account Security Features 315
AWS Credentials 316
Passwords 317
AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (AWS MFA) 317
Access Keys 318
Key Pairs 319
X.509 Certificates 319
AWS CloudTrail 319
AWS Cloud Service-Specific Security 320
Compute Services 320
Networking 324
Storage 330
AWS Storage Gateway Security 334
Database 334
Application Services 342
Analytics Services 343
Deployment and Management Services 345
Mobile Services 347
Applications 348
Summary 350
Security Model 350
Account Level Security 350
Service-Specific Security 351
Exam Essentials 355
Exercises 357
Review Questions 358
Chapter 13 AWS Risk and Compliance 363
Introduction 364
Overview of Compliance in AWS 364
Shared Responsibility Model 364
Strong Compliance Governance 366
Evaluating and Integrating AWS Controls 366
AWS IT Control Information 367
AWS Global Regions 368
AWS Risk and Compliance Program 368
Risk Management 368
Control Environment 369
Information Security 370
AWS Reports, Certifications, and Third-Party Attestations 370
Summary 374
Exam Essentials 375
Review Questions 377
Chapter 14 Architecture Best Practices 381
Introduction 382
Design for Failure and Nothing Fails 383
Implement Elasticity 385
Scaling Vertically 386
Scaling Horizontally 386
Deployment Automation 388
Leverage Different Storage Options 389
One Size Does Not Fit All 389
Build Security in Every Layer 392
Use AWS Features for Defense in Depth 393
Offload Security Responsibility to AWS 393
Reduce Privileged Access 394
Security as Code 394
Real-Time Auditing 394
Think Parallel 395
Loose Coupling Sets You Free 396
Don't Fear Constraints 398
Summary 399
Exam Essentials 400
Exercises 401
Review Questions 409
Appendix Answers to Review Questions 415
Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS 416
Chapter 2: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier Storage 417
Chapter 3: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 419
Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 420
Chapter 5: Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling 421
Chapter 6: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 423
Chapter 7: Databases and AWS 423
Chapter 8: SQS, SWF, and SNS 425
Chapter 9: Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon Route 53 426
Chapter 10: Amazon ElastiCache 427
Chapter 11: Additional Key Services 428
Chapter 12: Security on AWS 430
Chapter 13: AWS Risk and Compliance 432
Chapter 14: Architecture Best Practices 433
Index 437
Introduction xxix
Assessment Test xxxvii
Chapter 1 Introduction to AWS 1
What Is Cloud Computing? 3
Advantages of Cloud Computing 3
Cloud Computing Deployment Models 5
AWS Fundamentals 6
Global Infrastructure 6
Security and Compliance 7
AWS Cloud Computing Platform 8
Accessing the Platform 9
Compute and Networking Services 9
Storage and Content Delivery 11
Database Services 13
Management Tools 13
Security and Identity 15
Application Services 16
Summary 17
Exam Essentials 17
Review Questions 19
Chapter 2 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier Storage 21
Introduction 23
Object Storage versus Traditional Block and File Storage 24
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Basics 25
Buckets 25
AWS Regions 25
Objects 26
Keys 26
Object URL 26
Amazon S3 Operations 27
REST Interface 27
Durability and Availability 28
Data Consistency 28
Access Control 28
Static Website Hosting 29
Amazon S3 Advanced Features 30
Prefixes and Delimiters 30
Storage Classes 30
Object Lifecycle Management 31
Encryption 32
Versioning 33
MFA Delete 33
Pre-Signed URLs 34
Multipart Upload 34
Range GETs 34
Cross-Region Replication 34
Logging 35
Event Notifications 35
Best Practices, Patterns, and Performance 36
Amazon Glacier 36
Archives 37
Vaults 37
Vaults Locks 37
Data Retrieval 37
Amazon Glacier versus Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) 37
Summary 38
Exam Essentials 39
Exercises 40
Review Questions 46
Chapter 3 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 51
Introduction 53
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) 53
Compute Basics 53
Securely Using an Instance 56
The Lifecycle of Instances 59
Options 61
Instance Stores 65
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 65
Elastic Block Store Basics 65
Types of Amazon EBS Volumes 66
Protecting Data 68
Summary 70
Exam Essentials 71
Exercises 73
Review Questions 81
Chapter 4 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 85
Introduction 87
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 87
Subnets 89
Route Tables 89
Internet Gateways 90
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option Sets 92
Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs) 92
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) 93
Endpoints 93
Peering 94
Security Groups 95
Network Access Control Lists (ACLs) 97
Network Address Translation (NAT) Instances and NAT Gateways 98
NAT Instance 99
NAT Gateway 99
Virtual Private Gateways (VPGs), Customer Gateways (CGWs), and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 100
Summary 101
Exam Essentials 103
Exercises 105
Review Questions 107
Chapter 5 Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling 111
Introduction 112
Elastic Load Balancing 112
Types of Load Balancers 113
Listeners 114
Configuring Elastic Load Balancing 115
Amazon CloudWatch 117
Auto Scaling 119
Auto Scaling Plans 120
Auto Scaling Components 121
Summary 126
Exam Essentials 127
Exercises 128
Review Questions 131
Chapter 6 AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 137
Introduction 138
Principals 140
Root User 140
IAM Users 140
Roles/Temporary Security Tokens 141
Authentication 143
Authorization 144
Policies 144
Associating Policies with Principals 145
Other Key Features 147
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 147
Rotating Keys 148
Resolving Multiple Permissions 148
Summary 149
Exam Essentials 149
Exercises 150
Review Questions 154
Chapter 7 Databases and AWS 157
Database Primer 158
Relational Databases 159
Data Warehouses 160
NoSQL Databases 161
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) 161
Database (DB) Instances 162
Operational Benefits 163
Database Engines 164
Storage Options 166
Backup and Recovery 167
High Availability with Multi-AZ 169
Scaling Up and Out 170
Security 172
Amazon Redshift 172
Clusters and Nodes 173
Table Design 174
Loading Data 175
Querying Data 176
Snapshots 176
Security 176
Amazon DynamoDB 177
Data Model 178
Writing and Reading Data 181
Scaling and Partitioning 183
Security 185
Amazon DynamoDB Streams 185
Summary 186
Exam Essentials 187
Exercises 189
Review Questions 192
Chapter 8 SQS, SWF, and SNS 197
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) 198
Message Lifecycle 199
Delay Queues and Visibility Timeouts 200
Queue Operations, Unique IDs, and Metadata 201
Queue and Message Identifiers 201
Message Attributes 201
Long Polling 202
Dead Letter Queues 202
Access Control 202
Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF) 203
Workflows 204
Actors 204
Tasks 205
Task Lists 205
Long Polling 206
Object Identifiers 206
Workflow Execution Closure 206
Lifecycle of a Workflow Execution 206
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) 208
Common Amazon SNS Scenarios 209
Summary 211
Exam Essentials 212
Exercises 213
Review Questions 216
Chapter 9 Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon Route 53 221
Domain Name System (DNS) 223
Domain Name System (DNS) Concepts 223
Steps Involved in Domain Name System (DNS) Resolution 226
Record Types 228
Amazon Route 53 Overview 230
Domain Registration 230
Domain Name System (DNS) Service 230
Hosted Zones 231
Supported Record Types 232
Amazon Route 53 Enables Resiliency 235
Summary 236
Exam Essentials 237
Exercises 238
Review Questions 244
Chapter 10 Amazon ElastiCache 249
Introduction 250
In-Memory Caching 250
Amazon ElastiCache 251
Data Access Patterns 252
Cache Engines 252
Nodes and Clusters 253
Memcached Auto Discovery 254
Scaling 254
Replication and Multi-AZ 255
Backup and Recovery 256
Access Control 257
Summary 257
Exam Essentials 258
Exercises 259
Review Questions 261
Chapter 11 Additional Key Services 263
Introduction 265
Storage and Content Delivery 265
Amazon CloudFront 266
AWS Storage Gateway 269
Security 271
AWS Directory Service 272
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and AWS CloudHSM 274
AWS CloudTrail 276
Analytics 277
Amazon Kinesis 278
Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) 280
AWS Data Pipeline 281
AWS Import/Export 283
DevOps 284
AWS OpsWorks 284
AWS CloudFormation 287
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 290
AWS Trusted Advisor 292
AWS Config 294
Summary 296
Exam Essentials 297
Review Questions 301
Chapter 12 Security on AWS 307
Introduction 308
Shared Responsibility Model 308
AWS Compliance Program 309
AWS Global Infrastructure Security 310
Physical and Environmental Security 310
Business Continuity Management 312
Network Security 313
Network Monitoring and Protection 314
AWS Account Security Features 315
AWS Credentials 316
Passwords 317
AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (AWS MFA) 317
Access Keys 318
Key Pairs 319
X.509 Certificates 319
AWS CloudTrail 319
AWS Cloud Service-Specific Security 320
Compute Services 320
Networking 324
Storage 330
AWS Storage Gateway Security 334
Database 334
Application Services 342
Analytics Services 343
Deployment and Management Services 345
Mobile Services 347
Applications 348
Summary 350
Security Model 350
Account Level Security 350
Service-Specific Security 351
Exam Essentials 355
Exercises 357
Review Questions 358
Chapter 13 AWS Risk and Compliance 363
Introduction 364
Overview of Compliance in AWS 364
Shared Responsibility Model 364
Strong Compliance Governance 366
Evaluating and Integrating AWS Controls 366
AWS IT Control Information 367
AWS Global Regions 368
AWS Risk and Compliance Program 368
Risk Management 368
Control Environment 369
Information Security 370
AWS Reports, Certifications, and Third-Party Attestations 370
Summary 374
Exam Essentials 375
Review Questions 377
Chapter 14 Architecture Best Practices 381
Introduction 382
Design for Failure and Nothing Fails 383
Implement Elasticity 385
Scaling Vertically 386
Scaling Horizontally 386
Deployment Automation 388
Leverage Different Storage Options 389
One Size Does Not Fit All 389
Build Security in Every Layer 392
Use AWS Features for Defense in Depth 393
Offload Security Responsibility to AWS 393
Reduce Privileged Access 394
Security as Code 394
Real-Time Auditing 394
Think Parallel 395
Loose Coupling Sets You Free 396
Don't Fear Constraints 398
Summary 399
Exam Essentials 400
Exercises 401
Review Questions 409
Appendix Answers to Review Questions 415
Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS 416
Chapter 2: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier Storage 417
Chapter 3: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 419
Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) 420
Chapter 5: Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling 421
Chapter 6: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 423
Chapter 7: Databases and AWS 423
Chapter 8: SQS, SWF, and SNS 425
Chapter 9: Domain Name System (DNS) and Amazon Route 53 426
Chapter 10: Amazon ElastiCache 427
Chapter 11: Additional Key Services 428
Chapter 12: Security on AWS 430
Chapter 13: AWS Risk and Compliance 432
Chapter 14: Architecture Best Practices 433
Index 437