Learn from the AWS subject-matter experts, apply real-world scenarios and clear the AWS Certified Solutions Architect –Associate exam

Key Features

• Build highly reliable and scalable workloads on the AWS platform
• Pass the exam in less time and with confidence
• Get up and running with building and managing applications on the AWS platform

Book Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the leader in the public cloud market. With an increasing global interest in leveraging cloud infrastructure, the AWS Cloud from Amazon offers a cutting-edge platform for architecting, building, and deploying web-scale cloud applications.

As more the rate of cloud platform adoption increases, so does the need for cloud certification. The AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate Guide is your one-stop solution to gaining certification. Once you have grasped what AWS and its prerequisites are, you will get insights into different types of AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, and more to get you prepared with core Amazon services. You will then move on to understanding how to design and deploy highly scalable applications. Finally, you will study security concepts along with the AWS best practices and mock papers to test your knowledge.

By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam but also capable of building secure and reliable applications.

What you will learn

• Explore AWS terminology and identity and access management
• Acquaint yourself with important cloud services and features in categories such as compute, network, storage, and databases
• Define access control to secure AWS resources and set up efficient monitoring
• Back up your database and ensure high availability by understanding all of the database-related services in the AWS Cloud
• Integrate AWS with your applications to meet and exceed non-functional requirements
• Build and deploy cost-effective and highly available applications

Who this book is for

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect –Associate Guide is for you if you are an IT professional or Solutions Architect wanting to pass the AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate 2018 exam. This book is also for developers looking to start building scalable applications on AWS

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Amazon Web Services
2. AWS Global Infrastructure Overview
3. Elasticity and Scalability Concepts
4. Hybrid Cloud Architectures
5. Resilient Patterns
6. Event Driven and Stateless Architectures
7. Integrating Application Services
8. Disaster Recovery Strategies
9. Storage Options
10. Matching Supply and Demand
11. Introducing Amazon Elastic MapReduce
12. Web Scale Applications
13. Understanding Access Control
14. Encryption & Key Management
15. Overview of Security and Compliance Services
16. AWS Security best practices
17. Web Application Security
18. Cost Effective Resources
19. Working with Infrastructure as Code
20. Automation with AWS
21. Introduction to the DevOps practice in AWS
22. Mock Test 1
23. Mock Test 2