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Foreword by Werner Vogels,
Vice President and Corporate Technology Officer, Amazon
The AWS exam has been updated. Your study guide should be, too.
The AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide-Associate Exam is your ultimate preparation resource for the latest exam! Covering all exam objectives, this invaluable resource puts a team of AWS experts at your side with expert guidance, clear explanations, and the wisdom of experience with AWS best practices. You'll master core services and basic architecture, and equip yourself to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS.
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NOTE: As of October 7, 2019, the accompanying code for hands-on exercises in the book is available for downloading from the secure Resources area in the online test bank. You'll find code for Chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12.
List of contents
Introduction xxix
Assessment Test xxxv
Chapter 1 Introduction to AWS Cloud API 1
Introduction to AWS 2
Calling an AWS Cloud Service 5
Working with Regions 9
API Credentials and AWS Identity and Access Management 14
Summary 24
Exam Essentials 24
Resources to Review 25
Exercises 26
Review Questions 33
Chapter 2 Introduction to Compute and Networking 37
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud 38
Running Applications on Instances 44
Customizing the Network 51
Managing Your Resources 64
Developer Tools 66
Summary 66
Exam Essentials 67
Resources to Review 68
Exercises 69
Review Questions 80
Chapter 3 Hello, Storage 85
Introduction to AWS Storage 86
Storage Fundamentals 87
AWS Block Storage Services 92
AWS Object Storage Services 99
AWS File Storage Services 136
Storage Comparisons 142
Cloud Data Migration 145
Summary 154
Exam Essentials 154
Resources to Review 159
Exercises 162
Review Questions 170
Chapter 4 Hello, Databases 175
Introduction to Databases 176
Relational Databases 178
Nonrelational Databases 195
Data Warehouse 217
In-Memory Data Stores 226
Graph Databases 230
Cloud Database Migration 232
Running Your Own Database on Amazon Elastic Compliance and Security 236
Summary 237
Exam Essentials 237
Resources to Review 239
Exercises 242
Review Questions 256
Chapter 5 Encryption on AWS 259
Introduction to Encryption 260
AWS Key Management Service 260
AWS CloudHSM 262
Controlling the Access Keys 263
Summary 273
Exam Essentials 273
Resources to Review 274
Exercises 275
Review Questions 279
Chapter 6 Deployment Strategies 281
Deployments on the AWS Cloud 282
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 290
Deployment Strategies 299
Monitoring and Troubleshooting 303
Summary 307
Exam Essentials 307
Resources to Review 308
Exercises 309
Review Questions 313
Chapter 7 Deployment as Code 317
Introduction to AWS Code Services 318
Using AWS CodePipeline to Automate Deployments 320
Using AWS CodeCommit as a Source Repository 332
Using AWS CodeBuild to Create Build Artifacts 344
Using AWS CodeDeploy to Deploy Applications 352
Summary 371
Exam Essentials 372
Resources to Review 373
Exercises 374
Review Questions 377
Chapter 8 Infrastructure as Code 381
Introduction to Infrastructure as Code 382
Infrastructure as Code 382
Using AWS CloudFormation to Deploy Infrastructure 383
Summary 432
Exam Essentials 434
Resources to Review 436
Exercises 437
Review Questions 440
Chapter 9 Configuration as Code 445
Introduction to Configuration as Code 446
Using AWS OpsWorks Stacks to Deploy Applications 447
Using Amazon Elastic Container Service to Deploy Containers 471
Summary 483
Exam Essentials 485
Resources to Review 487
Exercises 488
Review Questions 491
Chapter 10 Authentication and Authorization 495
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AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide ? Associate (DVA-C01) Exam is written by a team of leading AWS subject-matter experts. AWS offers a broad set of global compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment products and services. These offerings help businesses scale and build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability, and reliability.
