AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Study Guide: Associate (SOA-C01) Exam 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1119561552

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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Study Guide: Associate (SOA-C01) Exam 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1119561552

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• Publisher: ‎ Sybex; 2nd edition (March 10, 2020)
• Language: ‎ English
• 512 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1119561558
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1119561552

Your #1 all-in-one reference and exam Study Guide for the UPDATED AWS SysOps Administrator certification!

This comprehensive book guides readers through the role of a SysOps Administrator and helps prepare candidates to take the updated AWS Certified SysOps Administrator―Associate (SOA-C01) Exam. The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator―Associate certification validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform.

This Study Guide not only prepares readers for the AWS exam, but it makes sure the reader is ready to perform the duties expected of SysOps Administrators. The book focuses on the skill-set required of AWS professionals by filling in the gap between test preparation and real-world preparedness. Concepts covered include:

• Monitoring and Reporting
• High Availability
• Deployment and Provisioning
• Storage and Dada Management
• Security and Compliance
• Networking
• Automation and Optimization
• And More

Table of Contents:

Cover

Introduction

What Does This Book Cover?

Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank

Exam Objectives

Objective Map

Assessment Test

Answers to Assessment Test

Part I: AWS Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS

The AWS Ecosystem

AWS Managed Services

What Is Systems Operations?

Working with AWS

Summary

Exam Essentials

Review Questions

Part II: Monitoring and Reporting

Chapter 2: Amazon CloudWatch

Monitoring on AWS

Basic CloudWatch Terms and Concepts

Monitoring Compute

Monitoring Storage

CloudWatch Alarms

CloudWatch Events

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 3: AWS Organizations

Managing Multiple Accounts

Core AWS Organizations Concepts

AWS Organizations and Consolidated Billing

Summary

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 4: AWS Config

Managing Configuration Changes

AWS Config Use Cases

AWS Config Rules and Responses

AWS Config or AWS CloudTrail?

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 5: AWS CloudTrail

API Logs Are Trails of Data

CloudTrail as a Monitoring Tool

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part III: High Availability

Chapter 6: Amazon Relational Database Service

Creating Databases with Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS Key Features

Multi-AZ Configuration

Read Replicas

Amazon Aurora

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Review Questions

Chapter 7: Auto Scaling

Auto Scaling Terms and Concepts

Launch Configurations

Auto Scaling Strategies

When Auto Scaling Fails

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part IV: Deployment and Provisioning

Chapter 8: Hubs, Spokes, and Bastion Hosts

VPC Peering

Bastion Hosts

Summary

Resources to Review

Linux Bastion Hosts on the AWS Cloud:

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 9: AWS Systems Manager

AWS Systems Manager

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part V: Storage and Data Management

Chapter 10: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Object Storage and Amazon S3

Availability and Durability

Securing and Protecting Data in S3

Amazon Glacier

S3 Lifecycle Management

Storage Gateways

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 11: Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Understanding Block Storage and EBS

Encrypting Your EBS Volumes

EBS Snapshots

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 12: Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)

AMI Security

Moving AMIs Between Regions

Common AMI Issues

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part VI: Security and Compliance

Chapter 13: IAM

Shared Responsibility Model: A Cloud Security Primer

Building Blocks of IAM

Managing IAM

Securing Your AWS Accounts

Other Identity Services

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 14: Reporting and Logging

Reporting and Monitoring in AWS

AWS CloudTrail

Amazon CloudWatch

AWS Config

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 15: Additional Security Tools

Amazon Inspector

Amazon GuardDuty

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part VII: Networking

Chapter 16: Virtual Private Cloud

Understanding AWS Networking

Securing Your Network

Troubleshooting Network Issues

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Chapter 17: Route 53

Domain Name System

Amazon Route 53

Routing Policies

Health Checks and Failover

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercises

Review Questions

Part VIII: Automation and Optimization

Chapter 18: CloudFormation

An Introduction to IaaS

CloudFormation Templates

Creating and Customizing Your Stacks

Improving Your Templates

Issues with CloudFormation Templates

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercise

Review Questions

Chapter 19: Elastic Beanstalk

What Is Elastic Beanstalk?

Updates in Elastic Beanstalk

Testing Your Application with a Blue/Green Deployment

Configuring Elastic Beanstalk

Securing Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI

Troubleshooting Elastic Beanstalk

Summary

Resources to Review

Exam Essentials

Exercise

Review Questions

Appendix: Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 1: Introduction to Systems Operations on AWS

Chapter 2: Amazon CloudWatch

Chapter 3: AWS Organizations

Chapter 4: AWS Config

Chapter 5: AWS CloudTrail

Chapter 6: Amazon Relational Database Service

Chapter 7: Auto Scaling

Chapter 8: Hubs, Spokes, and Bastion Hosts

Chapter 9: AWS Systems Manager

Chapter 10: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Chapter 11: Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Chapter 12: Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Chapter 13: IAM

Chapter 14: Reporting and Logging

Chapter 15: Additional Security Tools

Chapter 16: Virtual Private Cloud

Chapter 17: Route 53

Chapter 18: CloudFormation

Chapter 19: Elastic Beanstalk

Index

End User License Agreement

SARA PERROTT is an accredited AWS Academy instructor at Bellevue College where she is an adjunct professor. She works full-time in the cybersecurity field and is passionate about her work. She has an MS in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and holds several industry certifications such as the CISSP and GCIH, in addition to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate certifications. You can contact Sara via her website at https://www.saraperrott.com.

BRETT MCLAUGHLIN currently works in cloud computing, focusing on scalable cloud platforms and staging and distributing petabyte-scale data stores. He is an expert in cloud-based architectures and large data sets and has led projects for NASA and billion-dollar AUM hedge funds. He is currently the CTO for Volusion, as well as an active instructor in the AWS and serverless communities.

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